iR0b0t wrote:0x00 sounds okay for DVD sector replacement, at least i feel so.
That makes bad sectors undistinguishable from empty sectors.
iR0b0t wrote:If i remember correctly SS areas of Xbox discs aren't stable, each ss range has different amount of readable sectors in the beginning and in the end, and if i recall it right the amount of readable sectors differs also between drives.
The contents is stable, the amount of readable sectors may differ a little between the drives, but that's due to the nature of these sectors, anyway, it seems nobody has even tried to preserve them.
iR0b0t wrote:0x00 sounds okay for DVD sector replacement, at least i feel so.
That makes bad sectors undistinguishable from empty sectors.
I agree with that, i don't see it being critical though. Besides xbox systems i have only ever seen one PC-DVD disc with this "issue", and for xbox systems we have all the range replacement logs.
F1ReB4LL wrote:
iR0b0t wrote:If i remember correctly SS areas of Xbox discs aren't stable, each ss range has different amount of readable sectors in the beginning and in the end, and if i recall it right the amount of readable sectors differs also between drives.
The contents is stable, the amount of readable sectors may differ a little between the drives, but that's due to the nature of these sectors, anyway, it seems nobody has even tried to preserve them.
We were looking into that ages ago and didn't see any good reason to preserve those few readable sectors.
