Editing Disc Identification/Serialization Data

<div style="float:right">[[File:CUSA-00002.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Picture of the bottom side from a PS4 Game Disc]]</div>

The Identification & Serialisation Data from a PS4 [[Game Titles|Game Title]] contains several Information, which you can find not only on any Game Disc pressed for the [[Console Information|PS4]], but also similar for any PS3 or any other Console-based Disc Game and other Media pressed on CD, {{G|DVD}} and Blu-ray.

== Source Identification Code ==

The Source Identification Code (SID-Code) can be found on almost all pressed optical discs worldwide since 1994, originally planned as a piracy safeguard, but it's also used for acceptance sampling. It contains two Codes, one Mould Code and one Mastering Code. Each Code consists the digits "IFPI" (named by the '''I'''nternational '''F'''ederation of the '''P'''honographic '''I'''ndustry) followed by a four or (less often) five digit code. These two codes can be used to trace the location from a manufacturing or mastering plant where the disc got pressed. These codes are located in the inner ring from any optical disc, outside the data section.

=== Mastering plant SID Codes ===

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! style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;" |'''Region'''

! style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;" |'''Disc type'''

! style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;" |'''[[Console Information|Platform]]'''

! style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;" |'''SID-Mould code'''

! style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;" |'''SID-Mastering code(s)'''

! style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;" |'''Mastering plant'''

! style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;" |'''[[Countries|Country]]'''

! style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;" |'''Branch'''

! style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;" |'''Remark'''

| rowspan="2" | PS2 || <ref>Both Mould- & Mastering codes are on the bottom side from the Disc and also visible.</ref>

| DVD<ref>There were no differences between a Single-layer and a Dual-layer DVD-ROM.</ref> || <ref>Same as for PlayStation 2 Games pressed on CD-ROM (See 3rd reference).</ref>

| rowspan="2" | Blu-ray<ref>There were no differences between a Single-layer and a Dual-layer BD-ROM.</ref> || PS3 || rowspan="2" | IFPI LY** || rowspan="2" | ? || rowspan="2" | ? || rowspan="2" | ? || rowspan="2" | <ref>Mould code on the top side of the Disc - Mastering Code on the bottom side of the Disc - both visible.</ref>

| PS4

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== Burst cutting area ==

The (narrow) burst cutting area ((N)BCA) can be used for adding additional information such as serial numbers or any Information about the manufacturing process etc. The BCA-code is written using a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nd:YAG_laser Nd:YAG laser] and can be also used as a security measure to avoid illegal copies from a pressed disc (for example on game discs for the Nintendo GameCube, Wii & Wii U). Therefore it isn't possible to reproduce/copy the BCA with a standard optical disc drive running on a PC/Laptop.

Sometimes blank recordable & rewritable discs (such as DVD-R/RW/RAM) uses also a BCA-code were information about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPRM CPRM] and other {{G|DRM}}-policies were stored.

A Pre-recorded Media Serial Number (PMSN) located inside the BCA can be stored on a {{G|Blu-ray Disc}} (but extremely unlikely on PS3/PS4 game discs because this was a part from the {{G|AACS}} copy protection).

=== PIC Zone ===

This (pre-recorded) PIC zone, which is included within the BCA (Data size: 0x73 bytes), contains general Information about the disc that includes, but is not restricted to:

* Physical address of the start of the outer zone (if this is a single layer media, this is the lead-out)

* Write power information

 

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<div style="float:right">[[File:Russian BD-ROM C3.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Screenshot while reading a pressed BD-ROM movie with Region 3. It tries to read the Sectors but it will got stock at the Angular Marks ("'''Bad Sector(s) found!'''"). So it forces the Drive (if supported) to read those Sector(s) in the RAW file system ("'''Modified volume recognition sequence!'''") instead of UDF, with success.]]</div>

 

 

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It is unknown if any PS3/PS4 game discs contains a ROM Mark because these Marks were only in use when there were several Mastering plants who got the order to press identical DVD's and/or Blu-ray's (for example when one plant in Portugal and another one in Finland got the orders to press the same Blu-ray Movie with the same Languages and Subtitles for releasing in several European markets. Therefore it is like a copy protection between all Mastering plants and those are able to verify if there were some other (unlicensed) Mastering plants who reproduces a DVD and/or Blu-ray without permission, like on some Third World markets with illegal copies in China and so on). But it seems that there is only one Mastering plant for each Region who got the license to press PS4 Game Discs. As like, it would be redundant that PS4 Discs contains a ROM Mark.

 

{{Boxtip1|content=The '''ROM Mark''' contains the Volume ID required to decrypt content encrypted using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Access_Content_System AACS.]}}

So the ROM Mark can be also used as a security measure against piracy, which works together with AACS and already in use with several pressed Blu-ray movies. Of course it would be possible that the ROM Mark communicates with any other file(s) on a PS3/PS4 Game Disc, but with which one (EBOOT.BIN/INSTALL.PKG)? Therefore the following can be thought of as a general Information.

=== Information ===

ROM Mark or BD-ROM Mark is a serialization technology designed to make it more difficult for replication plants to do unlogged over-runs (being sold out the back door, without the copyright holder's knowledge) on a pressing.

* location:

* length:

* sample:

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== Generic ==

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* http://www.blu-raydisc.com/assets/downloadablefile/bd-romwhitepaper20070308-15270.pdf (including page 40 SID, page 41 BCA, page 45 PIC Zone)

* [http://www.patexia.com/us-patents/07278031 Patent 07278031 - Secure distribution of portable game software] & [https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/US7278031B1/US07278031-20071002-D00005.png img]

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc_Founders Thomson Patent:]

* [http://www.google.co.uk/patents/WO2009105215A2 Optical disc with pre-recorded and recordable regions] (A proposed alternative for CBA: disabled at factory, enabled at a point of sale)