How to get list of all DVD readers and DVD writers using Nero SDK? - Club CDFreaks

RexHunt · 10-06-2003

I can't get the correct list of DVD devices using the NeroGetAvailableDrivesEx function of NeroAPI. As I
understand, if I pass MEDIA_DVD_ANY as a first parameter, then I should get list of DVD drives (both
readers and writers). But I also get plain CD-ROM devices installed on the system in this list. What
am I doing wrong? I am using NeroSDK 1.01 and the Nero version is 5.5.9.14. In general, I need to
list all DVD readers\writers and also only DVD writers. How can I do this using Nero API?

*matze* · 10-06-2003

The media type argument of NeroGetAvailableDrivesEx is a little bit misleading. It is only to tell for which media the available speeds are calculated. Use the nsdiMediaSupport member of the NERO_SCSI_DEVICE_INFO structure to get the supported medias of a drive.
To check if a drive is a recorder or a readonly device, you can check the value of the nsdiDevType member.

10-06-2003	#1 (permalink)
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10-06-2003	#2 (permalink)
matze Nero Developer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 209	The media type argument of NeroGetAvailableDrivesEx is a little bit misleading. It is only to tell for which media the available speeds are calculated. Use the nsdiMediaSupport member of the NERO_SCSI_DEVICE_INFO structure to get the supported medias of a drive. To check if a drive is a recorder or a readonly device, you can check the value of the nsdiDevType member.

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