Autorun VCD

[WMCollins]

I am using EZCD 5.0 plantium. All the files (including the autorun.inf and _play.asx) are copying to the VCD. However, the VCD will not autorun in my cd player on the computer. I can manually start the asx file via windows explorer. (Other autorun works.) My autorun.inf is below.

[autorun]
open=start mplayer2.exe /play /close \_VCDPlay.asx

What I am doing wrong?

[alupnu]

INStead of the COMMAND VCD IT SHOULD BE
open=start mplayer2.exe /play /close \MPEGAV\avseq01.dat
on VCD s its a dat file not a mpg

[WMCollins]

Thanks but I think you misunderstand the problem.

ASX is valid file format for the Window Media player. It is a redirection file to the other files which are *.dat.

The problem is the media player is not opening to play the ASX when I put the CD in the drive. The video plays fine if I manually executed _VCDPlay.asx from the Window Explorer. All 7 files (.dat) play one after the other.

[kitty]

I use a .asx file with an autorun.inf file - I used to use it with EZCD but now when I try (using the bibliography & abstract fields) I get runtime errors.

For your example try the following:

1) Use open=START.EXE _VCDplay.asx
For most Windows systems, .asx is automatically registered to media player.

2) Check your paths - start.exe has to be available. In your script you might try to remove the word start and have the open execute mplayer2.exe directly.

.asx files are great for having a "dual run" VCD that works in the DVD player and will play all .DAT files sequentially on insert in a CDROM drive - I just wish MS would allow more scripting so menus could be done on a PC. A 3rd party util would be great & not take much programming at all.

Da Kitty

[ktnwin]

I did not quite understand "autorun" VCD until reading this post. It must be quite obvious.

Since I have Sthsvcd software on my system, it automatically play any VCD or SVCD disc I insert in the CD-ROM.

I cannot get WMP to play MPEG-2 file, therefore I use the freeware Sthsvcd.

[Greg12]

wmp will not play mpeg 2 unless you install a decoder filter.

these come with all software players and any card offering dvd playback will install mpeg 2 decoders.

[WMCollins]

So far, here's what I have learned and got working.

1. You have to use all the properties attribute files in EZCD Creator. Abstract, Copyright, and Bibliography.

2. Autorun.inf goes into Abstract. My autorun.inf looks like:
[autorun]
open=StartCD.exe _VCDPlay.asx

3. _VCDPlay.asx goes into Copyright.
My _VCDPlay looks pretty much like your asx but I built more entries to make it generic. (It errors at the end but that's ok.)

4. StartCD.exe goes into the Bibliography. I copy an autorun from a MS program CD.

I ran into API error by EZCD Creator. If you ignore them then your files will blank when they written to the VCD. So, I just reboot my computer and tried it again, and error went away.

The completed VCD has three files added (autorun.inf, _VCDPlay.asx, and StartCD.exe). It works and the DVD standalone still works.

I am testing it on other computers now to see if this StartCD is ok on other than WINNT and WIN2K.