It overcomes these limitations of Sequential Recording (SR), the writing method usually applied to write-once optical media.
This technology was championed by Pioneer Corporation, optical device manufacturer among other things, and introduced to the market in 2005.
The limited backward compatibility with legacy optical devices, complexity of device firmware implementation, need of significant software update for support and the slightly awkward writing sequencing, slowed down the adoption.
In 2006, drives supporting the Layer Jump Recording methods were released by Pioneer itself, Plextor, BenQ, Lite-On, and Sony.
Nero, Sonic/Roxio, CyberLink and Ulead Systems claim support for Layer Jump Recording in their software.