dvd-burning

SDK for writing DVD's

I need to add DVD writing functionality to an application I'm working on. However it needs to be able to write out files that are being grabbed "live" from a camera, over a long period of time. I can't wait until all the files are captured before I start writing them to the DVD, I need to write them out in chunks as I go along. I've loo...

Automate burning of 100+ .ISO DVD images

Suppose I have a directory of 100 .ISO files. Do you know how I could automate burning them to DVDs? I'd basically like to send them to a DVD burner with a hopper of DVDs similar to how you can print sheets of paper on a printer. Any ideas on how to do this on Windows? ...

Is it possible to create autorun hybrid CD/DVD on Max OSX Tiger/Leopard?

Excuse me for not quite a programming question, but I need to burn a disc that would be autoplayed both on Windows and OSX. I read somewhere, that OSX disables autoplay feature by default (?) regarding to some security issues or wtf. However, posting the problem here in hope Stackoverflow knows how to hack / enable it. And yes, I know t...

How can I predict the size of an ISO 9660 filesystem?

I'm archiving data to DVD, and I want to pack the DVDs full. I know the names and sizes of all the files I want on the DVD, but I don't know how much space is taken up by metadata. I want to get as many files as possible onto each DVD, so I'm using a Bubblesearch heuristic with greedy bin-packing. I try 10,000 alternatives and get the...

Live DVD burning under Linux

A similar question has already been asked for the .NET platform but I am on Debian Linux. I am trying to find a solution for burning a video DVD directly from a camera attached to a capture card. The card outputs an MPEG-2 stream and I want to write it directly to a DVD disc without creating any intermediate files. The reason is so tha...

How to burn video DVD from c#?

I need to burn video dvd from my web cam in C# application? What is the right way to do it? What are required steps? I guess I must create image with right folder structure and MPEG2 video and then burn it to DVD? IMAPI2? ...

Handling HAL implementation: storage.cdrom.write_speeds

device.get('storage.cdrom.write_speeds') This returns HAL list of ints, like: [4284, 2342, 1202, 800] How should these be handled, to recieve writing speed? Or better, how does one retrieve speeds for all media type burner can write: DVDs, CDs... According to wikipedia, calculation should be: value/150 for normal CDs, value/172.3 f...

Detect IMAPI 2.0

Is there a way to detect what version of IMAPI is installed on an XP or Vista machine? I'm starting to try to burn CDs from an application I'm writing and I'm just kinda lost. I understand that in order to burn DVDs you have to have IMAPI 2.0, I just need to know where to find it or how to detect the version. Thanks. ...

Is there a cross-platform CD/DVD burning library or command-line app?

I'm looking for a cross-platform CD & DVD burning library. I'm not too particular about the language or framework a long as there are minimal dependencies and they are easily installable cross-platform, or already exist. A command-line application would also work.. Looking to target WinXP, Vista, Win7, OS X Leopard & Snow Leopard, & mo...

C++ - What libraries or command line programs will I need to create a program that takes an AVI file and burns it to a DVD?

My goal is to create a program that will take an AVI file as input and then do whatever is necessary to burn it to a DVD. Currently, I use three separate programs to accomplish this. The first tool requires me to convert it from an AVI file to an MPEG. The second tool takes that MPEG and creates DVD files (a VIDEO_TS folder, with a few ...

how to burn the files selected from listview in a dvd using c#.net code ?

can any expert help me out to solve a problem of burning a dvd using c#.net as a front end?? i need to select files from the listview in winform and then on button click i need to burn those multiple files in the dvd.. the concept is to select the multiple files from listview then on button click it should make a folder in some desired d...

problem burning DVD using IMAPI2 in Windows XP using c#.net..

i have used IMAPI2 for buring CD/DVD in windows XP..but it is giving me unhandeled exception...it is written as:- System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast COM object of type 'IMAPI2.Interop.MsftFileSystemImageClass' to interface type 'IMAPI2.Interop.MsftFileSystemImage'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the CO...

What are the essential COM components required for burning DVD in Windows XP using .NET?

I'm trying to burn DVD/CD through frontend C# code... i have used IMAPI2 for buring CD/DVD in windows XP..but it is giving me unhandled exception... as:- System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast COM object of type 'IMAPI2.Interop.MsftFileSystemImageClass' to interface type 'IMAPI2.Interop.MsftFileSystemImage'. This operation failed...

How would I write a virtual CD/DVD burner that would allow programs that burn to write to ISO?

I want to write an app that will allow a program like iTunes which normally will recognize a DVD/CD burner to recognize a virtual one and then write to it creating an ISO. I would guess to use C/C++... can someone point me in the right direction as to how this can be done? Basically it would be a virtual CD/DVD burner that would output ...

Transfer of directory structure over network

I am designing a remote CD/DVD burner to address hardware constraints on my machine. My design works like this: (analogous to a network printer) Unix-based machine (acts as server) hosts a burner. Windows-based machine acts as client. Client prepares data to burn and transfers it to the server. Server burns the data on CD/DVD. My ...

DVD burn IStream data

i want to write single directory into my DVD. How can i pass data in form of IStream. m_hResult = m_discFormatData->Write(m_streamData); How to show my directory to IStream Please help ...

What's the algorithm for generating the time map (VTS_TMAP) data for a DVD's IFO file?

I'm looking to create an IFO file for a VOB so that I can produce a video DVD. I have the specifications for the contents of the VTS_01_1.IFO file however I'm not sure on how to generate the time map data for the VTS_TMAP section. I think the entries are based on frame rate but this is not obvious from the example DVD's I've looked...

Detect DVD Burners in Windows

Is there anyway to dectect available DVD burners in a windows system using c++? I know how to detect all available drives but I would like to be able to detect which ones have the ability to burn DVD media. ...

Winform application setup project ouptput installer and project files to write to multiple DVDs

I developed a Winform application that provides security, encryption and plays huge bunch of SWF files. I created a setup project for my application and it packages the files as uncompressed files. I would like to burn the ouptut files to a DVD but the problem being the size (6GB or more), it requires 2 DVDs at least. I would need to pro...

compare md5 checksum from ISO to CD content

Hi I am wondering if there is a way, on Windows, to compute a MD5 checksum from a CD in order to verify that the CD has been burn properly from an ISO file. Thanks, Derek ...