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thecaptain0220
thecaptain0220

Reputation: 2168

Detect DVD Burners in Windows

Is there anyway to dectect available DVD burners in a windows system using c++? I know how to detect all available drives but I would like to be able to detect which ones have the ability to burn DVD media.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 392

Answers (3)

Oleg
Oleg

Reputation: 221997

You can get GET_MEDIA_TYPES (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363264.aspx) with respect of IOCTL_STORAGE_GET_MEDIA_TYPES_EX (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363413.aspx). You can use if like in http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363147.aspx. Information from GET_MEDIA_TYPES has all information which you need.

Upvotes: 0

torak
torak

Reputation: 5802

What you want is the Image Mastering API (IMAPI). To list the available devices you can use IDiscMaster::EnumDiscRecorders.

Upvotes: 3

Mordachai
Mordachai

Reputation: 9642

::GetDriveType() ::GetVolumeInformation()

Are the two APIs that I know of that may get you what you need to know.

However, neither has a clear & obvious way of obtaining "is this DVD drive a recorder?"

Upvotes: 0

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