I use my own program to get the media type in a recorder.
The problem:

I use NERO_MEDIA_TYPE to get mediums information.
The NeroAPI returns "MEDIA_DVD_M".
How I can get information, which kind of medium (DVD-R or DVD-RW) is in the recorder?

I tried:
(m_NeroCDInfo->ncdiMediaType & MEDIA_DVD_M_R) == MEDIA_DVD_M_R

but it doesn`t work.

Can anybody help me?
Why does the recorder (NeroAPI) returns MEDIA_DVD_M_RW when I have a DVD-RW in the recorder ?

Thanx, Tomas

Hi Tomas,

Here it works:

>(m_NeroCDInfo->ncdiMediaType & MEDIA_DVD_M_R) == MEDIA_DVD_M_R

DVD-R

>(m_NeroCDInfo->ncdiMediaType & MEDIA_DVD_M_RW) == MEDIA_DVD_M_RW

DVD-RW


>Why does the recorder (NeroAPI) returns MEDIA_DVD_M_RW when I have a DVD-RW in the recorder ?

What's wrong?

Sorry I made a mistake.
I use a DVD-RW recorder and when I insert a DVD-RW or DVD-R the function

m_NeroCDInfo->ncdiMediaType

returns only MEDIA_DVD_M.

With only MEDIA_DVD_M I cannot find out what kind of medium was inserted, DVD-R or DVD-RW.

Maybe now someone can help me ?

Thanx, Tomas

What media type does NeroCMD --cdinfo report with DVD-R and DVD-RW?

What recorder with which firmware do you have?

I use NeroCmd from SDK1.02 and a the DVD recorder from LG
"HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GMA-4020B". Sorry I don`t know the frimware.

I tried an empty DVD-R (from Sony 2x) and NeroCmd returns
"DVD-R".
In this case m_NeroCDInfo->ncdiMediaType returns MEDIA_DVD_M_R.
That`s okay.

But when I use a not empty DVD-RW (Maxell) NeroCmd returns "DVD-R/RW".
In fact m_NeroCDInfo->ncdiMediaType returns MEDIA_DVD_M.

But I helped myself.
When I get MEDIA_DVD_M I also use the old NERO_MEDIUM_TYPE. When it says NMT_CD_REWRITABLE I know that must be a DVD-RW.

Maybe you can reproduces this on your local computer?