METHOD AND RECORDING DEVICE FOR SELECTING AN OPTIMIZED WRITE STRATEGY AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR USE BY THE METHOD

摘要

The invention relates to a method and recording device for selecting an optimal write strategy for a specific type of optical recording disk. Such an optimal write strategy is selected even when the optical recording disk is of a type that has not been previously encountered or when the optical recording disk is otherwise unrecognized by an optical disk drive. The optimal write strategy and associated settings are selected from a set of write strategies stored in a disk drive. The disk drive bases its selection of the write strategy on the performance results of test writings conducted on the optical disk. The method entails testing the write strategies first at the maximum possible write speed and if necessary, at successively lower speeds until a write strategy that achieves a minimum acceptable write quality is identified or until the minimum write speed is reached. The selected optimal write strategy may be stored in the recording device or, alternatively, on the optical recording disk itself.