VideoHelp Forum




+ Reply to Thread
Results 1 to 12 of 12
  1. Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2003
    Location
    United States
    Search Comp PM
    This is probably a simple question but it is one that is driving me crazy. OK I made a MPEG movie now all I want to do is attach a autorun file so that when evey I or more so my computer challenged friends put the CD in it automatically starts playing the File. I am not sure if it maters but it is a windows media file. I certainly appreciate any help. Thank you for your time...

    Phil
    Quote Quote  
  2. Member housepig's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2003
    Location
    the Plains of Leng
    Search Comp PM
    the problem with this is, when you use Autorun, you can only launch an application - not a file.

    you can launch a player, but you can't launch the file in the player.

    there are workarounds, but it seems like they will either work on Win9x systems, or Win 2000/XP systems, but not reliably on both.

    there are some third-party solutions to the problem which I'm looking into (I need to launch a web page from a disc) - once I dig up the list I compiled, I'll post some links.
    - housepig
    ----------------
    Housepig Records
    out now:
    Various Artists "Six Doors"
    Unicorn "Playing With Light"
    Quote Quote  
  3. Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2003
    Location
    United States
    Search Comp PM
    thanks for the info, i appreciate it...

    phil
    Quote Quote  
  4. I have a small program that you can put on a DVD along with a movie, html file, whatever, and an AUTORUN.INF file. It will let you start any file for which Windows has a file type association. So any file you can double click on to lauch can be started from a CD or DVD automatically. Of course the behaviour will be different on systems with different file assosiations. For example, an html file will launch with Internet Explorer on some systems, Opera on others, or Netscape on others.

    I'm pretty sure it works on all versions of Windows since 95.

    I'll see if I can dig it up and let you know how to get it. Does somebody have an ftp server?
    Quote Quote  
  5. Member northcat_8's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2003
    Location
    Chit, IDK I'm following you
    Search Comp PM
    Just a forewarning here...but depending on how big the mpeg is, it may not playback very well from the CD.
    Quote Quote  
  6. I found the program. I tried it with several file times, mpg, htm, doc, txt and all worked under Windows XP. The program is called Autorun.exe. To use it you need to make an Autorun.inf file on your CD/DVD and include Autorun.exe and the target file(s). Autorun.inf should contain the following (it's just a text file -- you can edit it with Notepad):

    [autorun]
    open=AutoRun.exe Movie.mpg

    Change Movie.mpg to whatever file you want to start automatically. If the file name has spaces in it you must add quotes around the name:

    [autorun]
    open=AutoRun.exe "Name With Spaces.mpg"

    If anyone wants the program (it's only 36 KB) let me know and we'll find some way to tranfer it...
    Quote Quote  
  7. Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2003
    Location
    United States
    Search Comp PM
    I just tried it your way junkmalle and all it did when I put the CD in is it opened the drive that the disk is in and showed me the file, but it di dnot start playing the MPEG. My MPEG is only 131 mb, so it is not that big.

    I do not know, if there is any way you can send me that program that you have I would appreciate it greatly.

    Thanks again to everyone for the help...

    Hoepfully I will get this figured out.

    Phil
    Quote Quote  
  8. Member Roderz's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Location
    the armpit ofthe Midlands
    Search Comp PM
    Hi
    I wrote a programe a while ago to launch WEBpages from a cd then found it will also run ANY file type on the clients machine aslong as they have a file association for that type of file

    http://www.roderz.uklinux.net/freeloader.htm

    Hope this helps.
    Quote Quote  
  9. Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2003
    Location
    United States
    Search Comp PM
    Thanks Roderz, I tried it and I cannto get it to work. I am sure that there is something that I am doing wrong... god only knows. Thanks again

    Phil
    Quote Quote  
  10. Member Roderz's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Location
    the armpit ofthe Midlands
    Search Comp PM
    Easy to test witout burning

    put your mpg file in a new dir
    put Freeloader.exe into same dir
    make FreeLoader.ini, first line should be name of your file (case sensative if I remember) save into same dir

    dbl click on Freeloader.exe and your file should run.

    If this works then make an autorun.inf file and save into same dir
    autorun.inf should look like this.....
    Code:
    [autorun]
    open = FreeLoader.exe
    icon = FreeLoader.exe,0
    The burn the contents of the new dir onto a cd - done
    Quote Quote  
  11. I just tried it your way junkmalle
    You need my AutoRun.exe program. I PM'd you to arrange for a transfer. It sounds like roderz wrote the same program!
    Quote Quote  



Similar Threads

Visit our sponsor! Try DVDFab and backup Blu-rays!