US 6,983,292 B1
Method and apparatus for formatting and initialization of re-writable optical media
Mark A. Green, Berthoud, Colo. (US); and Chris M. Bellman, Longmont, Colo. (US)
Assigned to Sonic Solutions, Inc., Novato, Calif. (US)
Filed on May 09, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/143,285.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/304547, filed on Jul. 10, 2001.
Int. Cl. G06F 12/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 707—200 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A software driven method for formatting a re-writable optical media (RW media), the method comprising:
receiving a request to format the RW media;
writing an ISO9660 image to the RW media, the ISO9660 image containing a Universal Disk Format reader;
writing Universal Disk Format structures to the RW media;
writing a write count table to the RW media, the write count table being configured to store a counter corresponding to each packet defined on the RW media, a value for the counter dictating whether the corresponding packet on the RW media should be verified to ensure integrity of data written to the packet on the RW media;
writing additional media file system structures; and
verifying the ISO9660 image, the UDF Universal Disk Format structures, the write count table, and the additional media file system structures.