Autorun.inf

Mike S · Dec 8, 2003

I want to put a movie on cd and have it start when the
disk is inserted. I was reading how to create an
AUTORUN.INF file, but I'm not doing something right and
it doesn't work. Can anyone help?

Thanks

PrairieFalcon · Dec 9, 2003

Mike S,
http://www.corporatemedianews.com/2002/03_mar/tutorials/1ma
keacd_conklin.htm
This is a link to a site that explains to whole process.
It is a little complex if you follow their instructions to
the tee, be you can skip a few steps to simplify things.

I put togeather a simpler tutorial from Dan Conklin's some
what advanced tutorial.
To make an auto starting, multimedia CD with a video
embedded in an HTML file you need these files on the CD:
ShellExecute.bat, autorun.inf, Your_Title_Here.htm, and a
myvideo.wmv.

STEP 1: To make a ShellExecute.bat file open notepad and
type this one line:
Start %1

and save as ShellExecute.bat

STEP 2: To make an autorun.inf file open notepad and type
these two lines:
[AutoRun]

OPEN=ShellExecute.bat Your_Title_Here.htm

and save as autorun.inf NOTE:
(Replace "Your_Title_Here.htm" with a title you like)

STEP 3: To make a Your_Title_Here.htm file open notepad
and copy and paste these lines in to notepad:
<body>

 
 

<OBJECT ID="mediaPlayer" CLASSID="CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-
94ab-0080c74c7e95"
CODEBASE=http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mpla
yer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=5,1,52,701
STANDBY="Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player
components..."
TYPE="application/x-oleobject">
<PARAM NAME="fileName" VALUE="myvideo.wmv">
<PARAM NAME="autoStart" VALUE="true">
<PARAM NAME="showControls" VALUE="true">
<EMBED type="application/x-mplayer2"
pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/"
SRC="myvideo.wmv" name="MediaPlayer1"
width=640 height=480 AutoStart="true" controller
= "false">
</EMBED></OBJECT>

and save as Your_Title_Here.htm NOTE:
(Replace "Your_Title_Here.htm" with a title you like
and "myvideo.wmv" with the filename of your Windows Media
file, and the height and width tag dimensions
with the dimensions of your video.)

STEP 4: Now take the ShellExecute.bat, autorun.inf,
Your_Title_Here.htm, and the myvideo.wmv and burn them to
a data CD.
The finished CD should auto start with your video playing
with the Windows Media Player plugin in Internet Explorer.

Good luck with your Auto Play CD
PrairieFalcon

John Kelly · Dec 9, 2003

You seem to be sending your self messages Tisk Tisk!...as well as it being
off topic, the example given is awfull !!

PrairieFalcon · Dec 9, 2003

Mike S,
http://www.corporatemedianews.com/2002/03_mar/tutorials/1ma
keacd_conklin.htm
This is a link to a site that explains to whole process.
It is a little complex if you follow their instructions to
the tee, be you can skip a few steps to simplify things.

I put togeather a simpler tutorial from Dan Conklin's some
what advanced tutorial.
To make an auto starting, multimedia CD with a video
embedded in an HTML file you need these files on the CD:
ShellExecute.bat, autorun.inf, Your_Title_Here.htm, and a
myvideo.wmv.

STEP 1: To make a ShellExecute.bat file open notepad and
type this one line:
Start %1

and save as ShellExecute.bat

STEP 2: To make an autorun.inf file open notepad and type
these two lines:
[AutoRun]

OPEN=ShellExecute.bat Your_Title_Here.htm

and save as autorun.inf NOTE:
(Replace "Your_Title_Here.htm" with a title you like)

STEP 3: To make a Your_Title_Here.htm file open notepad
and copy and paste these lines in to notepad,(some of the
long lines are truncated for this page, so put together
any lines between the<> marks):
<body>

 
 

<OBJECT ID="mediaPlayer" CLASSID="CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-
94ab-0080c74c7e95"
CODEBASE=http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mpla
yer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=5,1,52,701
STANDBY="Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player
components..."
TYPE="application/x-oleobject">
<PARAM NAME="fileName" VALUE="myvideo.wmv">
<PARAM NAME="autoStart" VALUE="true">
<PARAM NAME="showControls" VALUE="true">
<EMBED type="application/x-mplayer2"
pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/"
SRC="myvideo.wmv" name="MediaPlayer1"
width=640 height=480 AutoStart="true" controller
= "false">
</EMBED></OBJECT>

and save as Your_Title_Here.htm NOTE:
(Replace "Your_Title_Here.htm" with a title you like
and "myvideo.wmv" with the filename of your Windows Media
file, and the height and width tag dimensions
with the dimensions of your video.)

STEP 4: Now take the ShellExecute.bat, autorun.inf,
Your_Title_Here.htm, and the myvideo.wmv and burn them to
a data CD.
The finished CD should auto start with your video playing
with the Windows Media Player plugin in Internet Explorer.

Good luck with your Auto Play CD
PrairieFalcon

PrairieFalcon · Dec 9, 2003

Hi John Kelly,
Quote:
"You seem to be sending your self messages Tisk Tisk!"
I'm Kind of new to posting, oops sorry if I messed up.

"as well as it being
off topic"
Mike says quota:
"I want to put a movie on cd and have it start when the
disk is inserted. I was reading how to create an
AUTORUN.INF file, but I'm not doing something right and
it doesn't work. Can anyone help?"
And link provides a tutorial on how make an auto starting
CD with a movie on it and how to create the AUTORUN.INF
file. I just tried to show an easier method with my
tutorial. Seems like it is on topic to me!

"the example given is awfull !!"
Well John maybe your right there, but the example does
work.
I have learned allot at this newsgroup and was just
sharing what I know.
Have a good day!
PrairieFalcon
PS: The newsgroup police caught you spelling awful with
two l's. HEHE!

John Kelly · Dec 9, 2003

Have you ever read the guidelines on what an immature beginner is likely to
do in a newsgroup...do a scan for immature.

Have a real nice day now !!

John Kelly · Dec 9, 2003

A much much simpler way EVEN though it is OFF-TOPIC

With notepad create autorun.inf containing one line only !!!!

[AUTORUN]
wmplayer [file path name]

where the file path name refers to the file

and that's all you need, two lines of text.

PrairieFalcon · Dec 9, 2003

Read your post Re: A Few Personal Notes. Yes, I did that
search for immature and I see that my post did mark me as
an immature beginner. I will try to avoid those behaviors
in the future.
PrairieFalcon

The DV Rookie · Dec 10, 2003

PrairieFalcon don't be so hard on yourself. Your post is
on topic because it disscuses what you can do with a
finished MM2 project. I used your simple tutorial with
success 1st try. Even added a background picture with
frontpage2000.
Great tip, post more if ya got em.
Most good tips, tricks and fixes come from John Kelly or
PapaJohn, maybe you were steppin on some toes!
Happy Holidays
The DV Rookie

John Kelly · Dec 10, 2003

Hello again,

Why are you still posting messages using different names and pretending to
be a number of people talking to ona another. Are you that lonely?

PapaJohn · Dec 13, 2003

Hi PrairieFalcon,

Thanks for the info and link to the tutorial. I'm adding it to my website.
From the simple approach to the complex, it's something that lots of people
want to do.
--
PapaJohn
www.papajohn.org

PrairieFalcon said:
Mike S,
http://www.corporatemedianews.com/2002/03_mar/tutorials/1ma
keacd_conklin.htm
This is a link to a site that explains to whole process.
It is a little complex if you follow their instructions to
the tee, be you can skip a few steps to simplify things.

I put togeather a simpler tutorial from Dan Conklin's some
what advanced tutorial.
To make an auto starting, multimedia CD with a video
embedded in an HTML file you need these files on the CD:
ShellExecute.bat, autorun.inf, Your_Title_Here.htm, and a
myvideo.wmv.

STEP 1: To make a ShellExecute.bat file open notepad and
type this one line:
Start %1

and save as ShellExecute.bat

STEP 2: To make an autorun.inf file open notepad and type
these two lines:
[AutoRun]

OPEN=ShellExecute.bat Your_Title_Here.htm

and save as autorun.inf NOTE:
(Replace "Your_Title_Here.htm" with a title you like)

STEP 3: To make a Your_Title_Here.htm file open notepad
and copy and paste these lines in to notepad,(some of the
long lines are truncated for this page, so put together
any lines between the<> marks):
<body>

 
 

<OBJECT ID="mediaPlayer" CLASSID="CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-
94ab-0080c74c7e95"
CODEBASE=http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mpla
yer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=5,1,52,701
STANDBY="Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player
components..."
TYPE="application/x-oleobject">
<PARAM NAME="fileName" VALUE="myvideo.wmv">
<PARAM NAME="autoStart" VALUE="true">
<PARAM NAME="showControls" VALUE="true">
<EMBED type="application/x-mplayer2"
pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/"
SRC="myvideo.wmv" name="MediaPlayer1"
width=640 height=480 AutoStart="true" controller
= "false">
</EMBED></OBJECT>

and save as Your_Title_Here.htm NOTE:
(Replace "Your_Title_Here.htm" with a title you like
and "myvideo.wmv" with the filename of your Windows Media
file, and the height and width tag dimensions
with the dimensions of your video.)

STEP 4: Now take the ShellExecute.bat, autorun.inf,
Your_Title_Here.htm, and the myvideo.wmv and burn them to
a data CD.
The finished CD should auto start with your video playing
with the Windows Media Player plugin in Internet Explorer.

Good luck with your Auto Play CD
PrairieFalcon

-----Original Message-----
I want to put a movie on cd and have it start when the
disk is inserted. I was reading how to create an
AUTORUN.INF file, but I'm not doing something right and
it doesn't work. Can anyone help?

Thanks

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