NAME¶
qscan - console tool for quality measurement of optical media
SYNOPSIS¶
qscan [-l] [-h]
qscan -d DEVICE [-S] [-i] [-m]
qscan -d DEVICE [-p] [-r] [-w] [-v]
qscan -d DEVICE [-f] [-s] [-t] [-v]
qscan -d DEVICE -t wt [-s #] [-W]
DESCRIPTION¶
qscan is the linux console tool for error correction measuring with optical
devices. The related plugin allows one to use vendor specific commands on your
optical device. Currently supported vendors are Asus, Benq, Liteon, NEC,
Pioneer and Plextor. For detailed information look at
http://qpxtool.sourceforge.net/supported.html
DEVICE¶
can be an IDE, SCSI, SATA, USB or FireWire connected optical drive. Not all SATA
controller support all Plextor features.
Linux:
/dev/hdX: IDE device
/dev/scdX: Linux 2.4: SATA, SCSI, USB device, or IDE device via ide-scsi
emulation
/dev/srX: Linux 2.6: IDE device via new ATA layer, SCSI or USB device
OpenBSD/NetBSD:
/dev/rcdX
FreeBSD:
/dev/cd: SCSI device
/dev/acd: ATA device
MacOS X:
/dev/disk:
win32:
C:,D:,E:, ... X:,Y:,Z:
OPTIONS¶
-l, --scanbus
scan busses for all available optical devices
-h, --help
show help
-S, --speeds
detect available read and write speeds for selected -d DEVICE and the relating
media
-i, --info
show device info of selected -d DEVICE
-m, --media
show media info of selected -d DEVICE
-p, --plugins
list all available plugins
-f, --force-plugin PLUGIN [ ASUS | BENQ | BENQ_DVDROM |GENERIC |LITEON |NEC
|PIONEER |PLEXTOR ]
force usage of the selected plugin to use the vendor specific commands for the
slected device. Default behaviour auto detection modus.
[ASUS] use Asus vendor specific commands
[BENQ] use Benq optical writer vendor specific commands
[BENQ_DVDROM] use Benq optical reader vendor specific commands
[GENERIC] use generic mmc commands
[LITEON] use Liteon vendor specific commands
[NEC] use NEC vendor specific commands
[PIONEER] use Pioneer vendor specific commands
[PLEXTOR] use Plextor vendor specific commands
-r #, --rspeed #
set read performance speed to selected value.
Use -S option before, if you are unsure which speeds are supported
-s #, --speed #
set measurement speed to selected value.
Use -S option before, if you don't know what speeds are supported by your
device.
Don't use this with -r or -w option.
-t, --test [rt|wt|errc|ft|jb|ta]
select the q-check you want to be proceeded. Not all tests are supported by
all devices.
For detailed information about the terms read the project page:
http://qpxtool.sourceforge.net/glossar.html
[rt] read transfer rate measurement
[wt] write transfer rate on blank media
[errc] errror correction - Cx-scan / PIE, PIF, POE, POF
[ft] focus and tracking error measurement
[jb] jitter and beta measurement
[ta] time analyzer measurement
-w #, --wspeed #
set write speed to selected value.
Use -S option before, if you don't know what write speeds are supported by
your device.
-v, --verbose
gives verbose output and debug information
-W, --write
perform real write instead simulation for write transfer rate
EXAMPLES¶
qscan -l
scan all buses for availabale optical devices
qscan -d /dev/sr2 -S
Show available speed steps of device /dev/sr2.
qscan -d /dev/sr2 -t errc -s 5
Proceed an error correction scan on device /dev/sr2 with 5x speed.
qscan -d /dev/sr0 -t wt -s 12
Proceed a write performance test in simulation mode on device /dev/sr0 (dummy
mode) with 12x speed
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