Xbox Optical disc drive

Supported disc types in software

As of 2023 OS, the following different types of optical media are detected / differentiable by the Xbox:

public enum DetectedContentTypes : uint
{
    HasNothing = 0u,
    HasXboxOneGames = 1u,
    HasXbox360Games = 2u,
    HasDVDMovie = 4u,
    HasAudioTracks = 8u,
    HasDataTracks = 0x10u,
    HasAudioTracks_Undetermined = 0x20u,
    HasDataTracks_Undetermined = 0x40u,
    HasVideoCDMovie = 0x80u,
    HasSuperVideoCDMovie = 0x100u,
    HasDVDAudio = 0x200u,
    HasDCFPictures = 0x400u,
    HasBluRayMovie = 0x800u,
    HasXboxGames = 0x1000u
}

This was discovered through inspection of the WinRT WinMetadata Windows.Xbox.Management.Devices found in C:\Windows\System32\WinMetadata\Windows.Xbox.winmd

Game discs

Xbox One game discs are called XGD4 (Xbox Game Disc Version 4).

Drive models

The following optical disc drive models are known to date:

Xbox One (PHAT)

• Lite-On DG-6M1S-01B/02B/03B (Codename: ELK)
• Lite-On DG-6M2S-01B (Codename: CORDOVA)

Xbox One S / X

• Lite-On DG-6M5S-01B/02B (Codename: MONTEREY)

Lite-On drives

General info

• Seems to use MTK chipset
• DG-6M1S is NOT detected when connected to a PC, all other models are

Known firmware versions

• 3253 (July 2013, DG-6M1S-01B)
• 011V (August 2015, DG-6M2S-01B)
• 017V (April 2016, DG-6M5S-01B)
• 018V (November 2017, DG-6M5S-02B)

Known flash chips

• Lite-On DG-6M2S -> MXIC(MX25L8091E) (MenuId: 0xC2, DevId1: 0x20, DevId2: 0x14)

oddfwupd log

When a dashboard update performs a ODD firmware upgrade, a log file is created on HDD.

Location: SystemSupport\oddfwupd\X.log (Where X is an increasing integer number indicating the update attempt count.)

For a compilation of different update logs in different situations, see the ODD Firmware Update Log Page.

Philips / Lite-On PLDS DG-6M1S

Philips / Lite-On PLDS DG-6M2S

Authors: BlueRain-debug, Emily, Torus, tuxuser