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.
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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.
What you want is the Image Mastering API (IMAPI). To list the available devices you can use
IDiscMaster::EnumDiscRecorders.