Software Update: Plextools Professional 2.17

It’s the first of the month again and so, as usual, Plextor has released a new version of its PlexTools Professional. This update adds bitsetting support for the PX-708A, PX-712A and the new PX-716A DVD burners, among others. Bitsetting is changing the booktype of DVD+R, DVD+RW, and DVD+R DL media to DVD-ROM, making it more likely to play on older standalone DVD players. The full changelog of version 2.17 looks like this:

Added:

• Support for PX-716A and PX-716UF
• Support for DVD+R DL writing
• New function: Q-Check TA Test
• Support for Unix version or freedb database

Changed:

• Combine General Information and Drive Information pages
• CD/DVD Info: layout change and additional information

Bug Fix:

• several minor bug fixes
• workaround for Nvidia driver problems