The summary is:
The video is about LightScribe, a technology that allowed optical drives to burn labels on the top side of CDs and DVDs. The narrator explains how LightScribe works, what are its advantages and disadvantages, and why it failed to become popular. He also compares it to other direct disc labeling methods and shares some trivia about LightScribe media. He concludes by thanking his Patreon supporters and playing some outro music.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. LightScribe is a direct disc labeling technology developed by Hewlett-Packard and first released commercially in 2004.
2. LightScribe used existing optical drive technology to burn monochrome images onto the label side of optical media, either CDs or DVDs.
3. LightScribe enabled optical drives have a scanner that reads a barcode on the inner ring of the disc to determine its rotational position and label surface information.
4. LightScribe discs have a light tan coating that gets darker when heated by the laser, creating the image.
5. LightScribe labels take a long time to create, depending on the range and resolution of the image, and can only be burned in one direction following a spiral pattern.
6. LightScribe labels have low contrast, can fade over time, and can suffer from alignment errors or white powder formation.
7. LightScribe drives and media were not much more expensive than standard ones, but had limited popularity and support.
8. HP officially ended LightScribe support in 2013 and removed its website.
9. LightScribe had competitors such as DiscT@2 and LabelFlash, which also used laser to create labels on discs, but fared even worse.
10. LightScribe media has a distinctive odor that resembles musty crayons.
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