qscan(1)
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 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 idescsi 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 com
- mands
- [BENQ_DVDROM] use Benq optical reader vendor specific com
- mands
- [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 sup - ported
- -s #, --speed #
- set measurement speed to selected value.
Use -S option before, if you don't know what speeds are sup - ported 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
- please report man page improvements to T.Maguin@web.de