Writing to CDRs and DVDRs

[Guest]

I did a search first and found that there are Win32 APIs for writing to CDRs.
So far though, it would seem that there is nothing in the Windows API or
..NET for writing to DVDRs, and it also seems that the current retail programs
available (like Nero) need to know the make and model of the DVDR to write to
it. So, there is nothing like the DirectX HAL (hardware abstraction layer)
that provides developers with a common set of classes that can be used to
format and write to a DVDR without caring about the specific driver code of
each unit.

Am I missing something? This would mean that DVDR authoring is in the
pre-Windows age when each app had to have special code for each peripheral it
supported.

thx.

 

[Michael Nemtsev]

Hello DXRick,

You need to use IMAPI for burning disks
Google to find samples. See there for example http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/04/CQA/

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D> I did a search first and found that there are Win32 APIs for writing
D> to CDRs.
D> So far though, it would seem that there is nothing in the Windows
D> API or
D> .NET for writing to DVDRs, and it also seems that the current retail
D> programs
D> available (like Nero) need to know the make and model of the DVDR to
D> write to it. So, there is nothing like the DirectX HAL (hardware
D> abstraction layer) that provides developers with a common set of
D> classes that can be used to format and write to a DVDR without caring
D> about the specific driver code of each unit.
D>
D> Am I missing something? This would mean that DVDR authoring is in
D> the pre-Windows age when each app had to have special code for each
D> peripheral it supported.
D>
D> thx.
D>