Optical Platform Discussion - Software Development for Windows Vista
Recent update: 2008-3-21

DVDR-DL fails on write from data, but not from image

392 byte By foobarX at 2008-3-7
Using the imapi2sample, I get an E_FAIL from IDiscFormat2Data::Write() when trying to burn some files to a DVD+R DL (e.g. imapi2sample.exe -write c:\users\raptor2lavbb8\AppData\Roaming\temp\burn )It works ok with other media types and works ok to DL on other drives. So, how can I further ...

Multiple disks

222 byte By joshi.sumit at 2008-3-6
<P>Hi, How do i write multiple disks using IMAPIV2 . i.e. data (ISO) to be wirtten is bigger than the dvd size. when the DVD gets full user should be asked to insert another disk ?</P> <P> </P> <P>Thanks in Advance</P>

Disabling IMAPI in Vista

75 byte By Stve at 2008-3-5
Is there a way to disable the IMAPI layer in Vista for a particular device?

Live UDF slow and buggy

6331 byte By BobN77 at 2008-3-3
In the following, I am comparing the Live UDF of Vista to Windows XP SP 2 with Roxio Drag-to-Disc version 8.0.5.23. The following tests are done on the exact same hardware, and using the same files. I have XP and Vista build 6000 installed on two separate partitions of the HD. This should serve ...

DVDR-DL fails on write from data, but not from image

392 byte By foobarX at 2008-3-1
Using the imapi2sample, I get an E_FAIL from IDiscFormat2Data::Write() when trying to burn some files to a DVD+R DL (e.g. imapi2sample.exe -write c:\users\raptor2lavbb8\AppData\Roaming\temp\burn )It works ok with other media types and works ok to DL on other drives. So, how can I further ...

Writing an ISO image to disc

3154 byte By Garrett-MSFT at 2008-2-28
Hello everyone!Thanks to everyone who participated in the Optical Beta chat today!I'm trying to get a better, full-feature sample that we can put up on the forums, but for now here is a sample derived from our WinHEC slides that burn an ISO image to a disc. The only missing piece is creating a ...

Live UDF slow and buggy

6331 byte By BobN77 at 2008-2-27
In the following, I am comparing the Live UDF of Vista to Windows XP SP 2 with Roxio Drag-to-Disc version 8.0.5.23. The following tests are done on the exact same hardware, and using the same files. I have XP and Vista build 6000 installed on two separate partitions of the HD. This should serve ...

Burn video stream directly to DVD !?

294 byte By Ready4u at 2008-2-26
Hi, to all !!! I'm new to this community.... i'm searching info about bunrning method in windows vista... It's possible to burn a video stream, such as camcorder, directy to DVD using IMAPI v2 in windows vista (rc1), and where i can get info? Thx for all response !!

Problems Imapi v2 in WDK build 5600

460 byte By kata. at 2008-2-25
1.Regarding to "IDiscFormat2RawCD Interface"When calling functions below, it occurs an error.put_RequestedSectorType()PrepareMedia()The target media is CD-R.Please advise!2.Regarding to "IDiscFormat2TrackAtOnce Interface"When calling functions below, it occurs an ...

Live UDF

198 byte By AtulKulkarni at 2008-2-24
Hello There, What is Live UDF? Does the optical platform support third party UDF implementations? How do we ensure compatibility of Live UDF with OSTA standard? Rgds,

How to append data?

367 byte By Caliendo at 2008-2-23
I'm trying to write two sets of files to a data disc in separate recording sessions. I'm getting an IMAPI_E_IMPORT_MEDIA_NOT_ALLOWED error from IFileSystemImage::put_MultisessionInterfaces the second time I try to write files, but I'm sure I'm not doing something correctly. (The media is ...

Howto to do a test write

204 byte By MikeH2005 at 2008-2-22
Hello, I'm looking for a property in the new imapi2 Interfaces for doing a test write without burning a real cd. But somehow I cannot find it. Thanks for your answers. Mike

IMAPI v1 error on Vista, works on XP

831 byte By Flap at 2008-2-22
In testing my application with Vista I've found that the CD Burning module reports an error on Vista.SetActiveDiscRecorder() fails with error IMAPI_E_GENERIC. The format used is Red Book. The same code works in XP on the same computer.The code creates the MSDiscMasterObj instance, calls ...

Which service supports and controls the burning of optical media?

400 byte By JoshuaRemigius at 2008-2-21
Hey guys I was wondering as to which service supports and controls the burning of optical media? I guess I am in simple terms looking at a replacement for imapi service. As of now unable to find anythin similar. Also wondering if I can use a third party utility to read the latest UDF format in ...

Optimal file copying

826 byte By foobarX at 2008-2-20
Currently, I am creating a burn\ directory where I copy all subdirectories that I want on the disc so I can create the directory structure just the way I want.Then, can simply do an AddTree("c:\burn")But, I'd rather avoid the extra file copying.Is it possible to ...

IFsiDirectoryItem::AddTree() returning 0xC0AAB120

738 byte By foobarX at 2008-2-19
I don't see that constant assigned in imapi2error.hActually, I don't see the ones from the document in there either, they must be in some other header...IMAPI_E_INVALID_PARAMIMAPI_E_NOT_IN_FILE_SYSTEMIMAPI_E_READONLYI suspect that this has something to do with the large size of the directory ...

Windows Media Player 11 request some non-existed files while playing DVD

463 byte By Minway at 2008-2-18
Dear all,I encounter a problem while developing our own UDF file system driver...When our file system driver mount the DVD video disc, WMP will try to open some non-existed files.For example, WMP will try to open VTS_23_1.VOB ~ VTS_89_1.VOB, but only VTS_01_1.VOB ~ VTS_22_1.VOB exist.When Vista ...

Which service supports and controls the burning of optical media?

400 byte By JoshuaRemigius at 2008-2-17
Hey guys I was wondering as to which service supports and controls the burning of optical media? I guess I am in simple terms looking at a replacement for imapi service. As of now unable to find anythin similar. Also wondering if I can use a third party utility to read the latest UDF format in ...

Live UDF

198 byte By AtulKulkarni at 2008-2-16
Hello There, What is Live UDF? Does the optical platform support third party UDF implementations? How do we ensure compatibility of Live UDF with OSTA standard? Rgds,

Dual layer

230 byte By GeorgeBirbilis at 2008-2-15
Does IMAPI support writing to DVD dual layer? Are there any example clients for that for both files and ISO image burning? (for ISO images there's a DVDburn tool at nt resource kit, but not sure if it supports vista)

DVD Title on REV Disc

222 byte By AtulKulkarni at 2008-2-15
Hello, I wanted to know if it is possible to create a DVD title, as per the DVD Video Standard, on the REV Hard Disk? Or for that matter any ATAPI Hard Disk? What are issues for the same. Thanks, a

Using DeviceIOControl under Limited user account

401 byte By HHWu at 2008-2-15
Dear all,Under Windows XP, the caller of DeviceIOControl must belong to Administrators group or have administrator privilege. But under Vista, it seems no this restriction. Even with limited user account, the DeviceIOControl function still works well without modifying anything about access ...

Library Not Registered

1297 byte By Tejovardhan at 2008-2-15
Hi ,I am facing a problem when i was trying to receive mails using EasyMailPOP3 objects.could any one suggest.Here is the Exeption thrown..System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x8002801D): Library not registered. at System.RuntimeType.InvokeDispMethod(String name, BindingFlags ...

Canceling a burn

325 byte By foobarX at 2008-2-15
I can't find the documentation on canceling using IMAPIv2.Is it the same as in IMAPIv1?I'm not really using IDiscMasterProgressEvents, so I'm not sure how I'm supposed to implement a QueryCancel()Also, I've seen claims that the cancel is broken on xp sp1/sp2, is it for sure working on ...

How i can write a cd

175 byte By RecepTARAK?IO?LU at 2008-2-14
hello everbody sory my english is basic level how i con write data to cd , using IMAPI. i am not found any sample project or code. thanks Recep

How i i can write a cd

175 byte By RecepTARAK?IO?LU at 2008-2-14
hello everbody sory my english is basic level how i con write data to cd , using IMAPI. i am not found any sample project or code. thanks Recep

Burn video stream directly to DVD !?

294 byte By Ready4u at 2008-2-13
Hi, to all !!! I'm new to this community.... i'm searching info about bunrning method in windows vista... It's possible to burn a video stream, such as camcorder, directy to DVD using IMAPI v2 in windows vista (rc1), and where i can get info? Thx for all response !!

which forum?

152 byte By rodneysheakley at 2008-2-13
Which forum should I have used?Beginning to think Microsoft tech support is worse than Dells,and that bad.Apple is starting to look better all the time.

invalid windows registration

699 byte By rodneysheakley at 2008-2-12
I just started getting a n error message saying my copy of windows is not genuine,and it is . I've had numerous crashes and after the last one had a second hard drive installed.My files have been transfered to the second hard drive ,but I have yet to get Norten Ghost to make a mirrior image of ...

Recorder order

500 byte By foobarX at 2008-2-11
I'm noticing that adding external recorders (via USB) shuffles the order around. So it is not the case that the first recorder known to the system is 0 and additional recorders get incremented numbers.How is this order determined? Alphabetically by model / manufacturer?This might be important, ...

sdk sample - boot image problems

627 byte By foobarX at 2008-2-10
Using the sdk sample app:"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v1.0\samples\winbase\storage\optical\imapi2sample"I tried taking the image from a boot cd (known to work). Then extracting the boot image. Then burning the data from the disc (temporarily copied to the hard drive) along ...

cdrom.sys - Cannot recognize DVD Drive

590 byte By e05153 at 2008-2-10
I installed Windows Vista RC2 (Build 5744) on a totally fresh new HDD, and everything went fine.... I installed many games, went fine...... Then I tried to install Alcohol 120% to mount one of my backed up games I had not burnt yet.... Then it suddenly shut down. Since then I have been unable ...

How to get the number of sectors on a closed recordable disc?

617 byte By RobKapinos at 2008-2-8
I can't figure out how to get the sector size of a closed data CD or DVD.Open data DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW = ok.Open data CD, CD-RW = okClosed data DVD-R, DVD+R = failClosed CD-R, CD-RW= failPressed DVD = failPressed CD = failThe failure is as follows: ...

Slim Drive

351 byte By kata. at 2008-2-8
This is a slim drive, it does not have loading tray function.But the result of the get_DeviceCanLoadMedia() was VARIANT_TRUE.VARIANT_BOOL canLoad = VARIANT_FALSE;hr=discRecorder->get_DeviceCanLoadMedia(&canLoad);Result:hr = S_OKcanLoad = VARIANT_TRUEAre there any problem?Please ...

resolved Re: iso file locking

656 byte By foobarX at 2008-2-7
I'm doing iso image writing following the sdk sample code - converted to use ATL.After the write, which completes with success, the function is exited, and all the atl objects seem to go out of scope with no leaks that I can see. Outside of the function, I try to delete the iso, but DeleteFile ...

Slim Drive

351 byte By kata. at 2008-2-7
This is a slim drive, it does not have loading tray function.But the result of the get_DeviceCanLoadMedia() was VARIANT_TRUE.VARIANT_BOOL canLoad = VARIANT_FALSE;hr=discRecorder->get_DeviceCanLoadMedia(&canLoad);Result:hr = S_OKcanLoad = VARIANT_TRUEAre there any problem?Please ...

How to get the number of sectors on a closed recordable disc?

617 byte By RobKapinos at 2008-2-7
I can't figure out how to get the sector size of a closed data CD or DVD.Open data DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW = ok.Open data CD, CD-RW = okClosed data DVD-R, DVD+R = failClosed CD-R, CD-RW= failPressed DVD = failPressed CD = failThe failure is as follows: ...

Vista LiveUDF can not "Move" files/folders

495 byte By Minway at 2008-2-7
Dear all,I found that LiveUDF can't perform "Move" operation, it just copy the files/folders.Here are the steps:1. Format a DVD+RW disc with LiveUDF2. Create two folders, "A" and "B"3. Drag "A" to "B"4. Now we have an "B" in the ...

Vista LiveUDF has refresh problem

461 byte By Minway at 2008-2-6
Dear all,I found that LiveUDF has refresh while renaming files.Here are the steps:1. Format DVD+RW disc with Live UDF (UDF 2.01)2. Copy a.txt to the disc.3. Rename a.txt to b.txt4. Now you can see both a.txt and b.txt...5. Press F5, a.txt is gone and only b.txt exists.It seems to be Explorer's ...

iso file locking

637 byte By foobarX at 2008-2-6
I'm doing iso image writing following the sdk sample code - converted to use ATL.After the write, which completes with success, the function is exited, and all the atl objects seem to go out of scope with no leaks that I can see. Outside of the function, I try to delete the iso, but DeleteFile ...

How to write data?

1697 byte By Salvus at 2008-2-5
Hi to all!! I try to develop a simple application that burn data on CD/DVD, but I have a problem that I don't understand.I attach the code. Thanks for all suggestions. privatevoid btnMasterizza_Click(object sender, EventArgs e){MsftFileSystemImageClass image = ...

Writing an ISO image to disc

2836 byte By Garrett-MSFT at 2008-2-5
Hello everyone! Thanks to everyone who participated in the Optical Beta chat today! I'm trying to get a better, full-feature sample that we can put up on the forums, but for now here is a sample derived from our WinHEC slides that burn an ISO image to a disc. The only missing piece is creating ...

How to write data?

2442 byte By Salvus at 2008-2-4
Hi to all!! I try to develop a simple application that burn data on CD/DVD, but I have a problem that I don't understand.I attach the code. Thanks for all suggestions.private void btnMasterizza_Click(object sender, EventArgs e){MsftFileSystemImageClass image = new ...

Problems Imapi v2 in WDK build 5600

460 byte By kata. at 2008-2-4
1.Regarding to "IDiscFormat2RawCD Interface"When calling functions below, it occurs an error.put_RequestedSectorType()PrepareMedia()The target media is CD-R.Please advise!2.Regarding to "IDiscFormat2TrackAtOnce Interface"When calling functions below, it occurs an ...

iso file locking

656 byte By foobarX at 2008-2-4
I'm doing iso image writing following the sdk sample code - converted to use ATL.After the write, which completes with success, the function is exited, and all the atl objects seem to go out of scope with no leaks that I can see. Outside of the function, I try to delete the iso, but DeleteFile ...

MessageBox fails after creating IDiscMaster2 !?!

994 byte By foobarX at 2008-2-4
Maybe I've been away from COM too long (on purpose!) but I have a bizarre problem that I've simplified down to this: ::CoInitializeEx(0, COINIT_MULTITHREADED);{ CComPtr<IDiscMaster2> tmpDiscMaster; tmpDiscMaster.CoCreateInstance(__uuidof(MsftDiscMaster2)); //S_OK}//end of scope for the ...

How to create .iso image file using IMAPI

638 byte By AnjaliBatra at 2008-2-3
HI All, I am trying to create an app to write .iso file onto cd in vc++ for win-xp, able to write simple files onto cd, but don't know how to create .iso image file using IMAPI.According to documentation Joliet format supports the .iso image.But i am unable to create the .iso image file.Is ...

how do i burn cd images?

155 byte By n_i_c_k_name at 2008-2-3
I cant seem to find anything integrated with windows, nor can I find any programs for burning that can work under windows vista. Any suggestions?

Releasing the recorder early

1958 byte By foobarX at 2008-2-2
I'm modeling my code after the sample code, except I'm trying to make an exception safe version - which is proving trickier than I thought possible :-|In the sample code, in the image writing function there is code listed at the bottom.Am I interpreting this correctly - that the recorder is ...

Strange behavior after CDBurning is disabled

853 byte By Minway at 2008-2-2
Dear all,While testing Vista CDBurning, I found a strange Explorer behavior...1. Install Vista Beta2 53842. Insert a blank DVD+RW disc.3. Format the disc.4. Copy some files and it works well. Close all Explorer windows.5. Lauch "gpedit.msc". Follow "Administrative Template" ...

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