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Re: Find network mounted DVD's
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Re: Find network mounted DVD's


  • Subject: Re: Find network mounted DVD's
  • From: P Teeson <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:52:40 -0400

Thanks for your suggestion.
I did look at all the sample projects and know about that approach.
But it does seem somewhat inelegant.
Am I missing something available using IOKit?

On 2011-04-19, at 9:36 AM, Michael Dautermann wrote:
> On Apr 18, 2011, at 10:35 PM, P Teeson wrote:
>
>> In an app I am working on I have the below code to detect physical DVDs attached to the computer.
>
>> But I have not had success in figuring out how to find LAN mounted DVD's
>> Can someone please point me to the correct documentation or suggest a direction for me to go in?
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> LAN (or network) mounted DVD's are accessible through the file system, just like physically attached DVD's are.
>
> My suggestion would be to enumerate through all the attached volumes to look for the telltale signs that a particular volume is a DVD (e.g. a "VIDEO_TS" or "AUDIO_TS" directory, a VIDEO_TS.VOB file, etc.).
>
> And if you want to catch new DVD's as they are being attached, register for an appropriate notification (e.g. volume attached?).
>
> I hope this suggestion helps!
>
> michael
>
>
>

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