I'm experimenting with various DVD-writing programs, such as
MemoriesOnTV, NeroVision etc. Typically, these open the tray when a
burn is finished. For very short tests I've been scribbling down the
time I started a run, going off to some other application like reading
my emails/newsgroups, and then noting the time when the tray opens.
But for long burns this is impractical, as I need to leave the PC and
may not get back for the completion. And in any case I'd prefer to
give the programs maximum resources.

So it would be handy to be able to automatically record the time when
my CD/DVD tray opens. Either the actual time of day (so I can manually
subtract the handwritten start time), or the elapsed time between two
events: an attended start, and an unattended finish signaled by the
tray opening.

I suppose another route would be to setup FileMon, or RegMon with a
filter of some sort to record only the required events, but I think
that might be complicated.

Anyone know of any simple utility that might do the job please?


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Terry, West Sussex, UK

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Terry Pinnell
says...
> I'm experimenting with various DVD-writing programs, such as
> MemoriesOnTV, NeroVision etc. Typically, these open the tray when a
> burn is finished. For very short tests I've been scribbling down the
> time I started a run, going off to some other application like reading
> my emails/newsgroups, and then noting the time when the tray opens.
> But for long burns this is impractical, as I need to leave the PC and
> may not get back for the completion. And in any case I'd prefer to
> give the programs maximum resources.
>
> So it would be handy to be able to automatically record the time when
> my CD/DVD tray opens. Either the actual time of day (so I can manually
> subtract the handwritten start time), or the elapsed time between two
> events: an attended start, and an unattended finish signaled by the
> tray opening.
>
> I suppose another route would be to setup FileMon, or RegMon with a
> filter of some sort to record only the required events, but I think
> that might be complicated.
>
> Anyone know of any simple utility that might do the job please?
>
I have to ask....WHY?

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Conor


"Be incomprehensible. If they can't understand, they can't disagree"

Conor <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Terry Pinnell
>says...
>> I'm experimenting with various DVD-writing programs, such as
>> MemoriesOnTV, NeroVision etc. Typically, these open the tray when a
>> burn is finished. For very short tests I've been scribbling down the
>> time I started a run, going off to some other application like reading
>> my emails/newsgroups, and then noting the time when the tray opens.
>> But for long burns this is impractical, as I need to leave the PC and
>> may not get back for the completion. And in any case I'd prefer to
>> give the programs maximum resources.
>>
>> So it would be handy to be able to automatically record the time when
>> my CD/DVD tray opens. Either the actual time of day (so I can manually
>> subtract the handwritten start time), or the elapsed time between two
>> events: an attended start, and an unattended finish signaled by the
>> tray opening.
>>
>> I suppose another route would be to setup FileMon, or RegMon with a
>> filter of some sort to record only the required events, but I think
>> that might be complicated.
>>
>> Anyone know of any simple utility that might do the job please?
>>
>I have to ask....WHY?

I thought that was implicit in my description. I'm making comparative
timings.

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Terry, West Sussex, UK

Can you just use a keylogger type of program to do this? I dunno, I'm
just suggesting/asking.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Terry Pinnell
says...

> I thought that was implicit in my description. I'm making comparative
> timings.
>
But seeing as the speed is going to be pretty much the same, again why?
Seems pretty pointless from here.


--
Conor


"Be incomprehensible. If they can't understand, they can't disagree"

Terry Pinnell wrote:
> I'm experimenting with various DVD-writing programs, such as
> MemoriesOnTV, NeroVision etc. Typically, these open the tray when a
> burn is finished. For very short tests I've been scribbling down the
> time I started a run, going off to some other application like reading
> my emails/newsgroups, and then noting the time when the tray opens.
> But for long burns this is impractical, as I need to leave the PC and
> may not get back for the completion. And in any case I'd prefer to
> give the programs maximum resources.
>
> So it would be handy to be able to automatically record the time when
> my CD/DVD tray opens. Either the actual time of day (so I can manually
> subtract the handwritten start time), or the elapsed time between two
> events: an attended start, and an unattended finish signaled by the
> tray opening.
>
> I suppose another route would be to setup FileMon, or RegMon with a
> filter of some sort to record only the required events, but I think
> that might be complicated.
>
> Anyone know of any simple utility that might do the job please?

A bit late, so perhaps of no use any more, but anyway.

I guess that no such utility exists, so I wrote a AutoHotkey script.
You can download the zipped executable (+ script) here:
http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2...214GFKQ95OYTEN

--
Cheers,
Sietse Fliege

"Sietse Fliege" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Terry Pinnell wrote:
>> I'm experimenting with various DVD-writing programs, such as
>> MemoriesOnTV, NeroVision etc. Typically, these open the tray when a
>> burn is finished. For very short tests I've been scribbling down the
>> time I started a run, going off to some other application like reading
>> my emails/newsgroups, and then noting the time when the tray opens.
>> But for long burns this is impractical, as I need to leave the PC and
>> may not get back for the completion. And in any case I'd prefer to
>> give the programs maximum resources.
>>
>> So it would be handy to be able to automatically record the time when
>> my CD/DVD tray opens. Either the actual time of day (so I can manually
>> subtract the handwritten start time), or the elapsed time between two
>> events: an attended start, and an unattended finish signaled by the
>> tray opening.
>>
>> I suppose another route would be to setup FileMon, or RegMon with a
>> filter of some sort to record only the required events, but I think
>> that might be complicated.
>>
>> Anyone know of any simple utility that might do the job please?
>
>A bit late, so perhaps of no use any more, but anyway.
>
>I guess that no such utility exists, so I wrote a AutoHotkey script.
>You can download the zipped executable (+ script) here:
>http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2...214GFKQ95OYTEN

Brilliant - thank you. I'm burning a DVD at this moment, so I'll try
it tomorrow.

--
Terry, West Sussex, UK

Terry Pinnell <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>"Sietse Fliege" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>>A bit late, so perhaps of no use any more, but anyway.
>>
>>I guess that no such utility exists, so I wrote a AutoHotkey script.
>>You can download the zipped executable (+ script) here:
>>http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2...214GFKQ95OYTEN
>
>Brilliant - thank you. I'm burning a DVD at this moment, so I'll try
>it tomorrow.

Sietse:

I got "Error: The CD/DVD drive should contain a disc and not be
currently accessing it." Tried two separate DVD-RW discs. First was
empty (i.e. recently erased). Second was a movie I'd recorded. Each
time there was no other DVD program running. I just placed DVD in the
V: drive tray, closed it, then ran 'cdstatus v'. The message appears
after a few seconds.

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Terry, West Sussex, UK

Terry Pinnell <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Terry Pinnell <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>"Sietse Fliege" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>>A bit late, so perhaps of no use any more, but anyway.
>>>
>>>I guess that no such utility exists, so I wrote a AutoHotkey script.
>>>You can download the zipped executable (+ script) here:
>>>http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2...214GFKQ95OYTEN
>>
>>Brilliant - thank you. I'm burning a DVD at this moment, so I'll try
>>it tomorrow.
>
>Sietse:
>
>I got "Error: The CD/DVD drive should contain a disc and not be
>currently accessing it." Tried two separate DVD-RW discs. First was
>empty (i.e. recently erased). Second was a movie I'd recorded. Each
>time there was no other DVD program running. I just placed DVD in the
>V: drive tray, closed it, then ran 'cdstatus v'. The message appears
>after a few seconds.

Sietse: A few minutes after posting that, I tried 'cdstatus t', with a
*CD* in my T: drive. No error message, and when I used Eject, up
popped the message giving me time of day.

Then I tried it with a CD in drive V: - and again it performed
perfectly.

It seems that it handles CDs, but doesn't like DVDs?

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Terry, West Sussex, UK

Terry Pinnell wrote:

> It seems that it handles CDs, but doesn't like DVDs?

That's when you get when you can't fully test the script, :-(
The thing is, believe it or not, I have a DVD drive, but no DVD in the house
to test with. (The drive never has seen a DVD, I'm still a pre-DVD
kind-a-guy, I guess.) LOL

I don't quite understand why the script doesn't work, though.
I would think that testing for: "The drive contains a disc but is not
currently accessing it" should give the same result, whether CD or DVD.
Anyway, I changed the script slightly, now testing for: "The drive contains
no disc, or the tray is ejected".

You can download it here:
http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2...Q38AADA6BBLO85

(Please read the READ ME FIRST.txt)

--
Cheers,
Sietse Fliege