MSVidWebDVD.DVDDirectory Property

Note  This topic applies to Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later.

The DVDDirectory property sets and retrieves the current directory of the current DVD volume.

VidWebDVD.DVDDirectory As String

Parameters

This property takes no parameters.

Return Value

Returns a String value indicating the path to the DVD root directory.

Error Codes

If the property fails, Err.Number may be set to one of the following values.

Valid Domains

The following table shows the Annex J command name to which this method name corresponds, and the domains in which this method is valid.

Remarks

This property is read/write with no default value. Use this method to set the root path when there is more than one DVD drive on a system. When there is only one drive on the system and its drive letter is higher than "C", the MSVidWebDVD object finds it automatically. For a standard DVD-Video disc, the root path should include the ts_video directory:

MSVidWebDVD.DVDDirectory = "e:\\video_ts"

Some DVD volumes may have their video in a directory named something other than "video_ts." The general idea is that an additional "DVD volume" (the set of .IFO. VOB, and .BUP files that would normally be stored in the VIDEO_TS directory) can be placed in a subdirectory on the disc. By changing the root to point to this directory, MSVidWebDVD will operate on this separate DVD volume. A new set of menus, titles, and so on, will be available, independent of the titles in the VIDEO_TS root, which will no longer be accessible. Such directories are called "hidden directories." The following example shows how to set a hidden directory as the root, where "hidden" is a placeholder for whatever name the disc authors have given to the directory.

MSVidWebDVD.DVDDirectory = "d:\\webdvd\\hidden"

Requirements

See Also

MSVidWebDVD Object

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