I have created several wrappers around the IMAPIv2 interfaces to assist in managing instances of the interfaces:ĬDiscMaster wraps the IDiscMaster2 interface which allows you to determine if the computer has any optical devices installed, and if so, allows you to enumerate the CD and DVD drives installed on the computer.ĬDiscRecorder wraps the IDiscRecorder2 interface which represents each physical drive. When using Visual Studio 2005, you must also make the SDK's LIB path as the first entry in the LIB directory list.Īnybody wanting to develop a full application should also read the 'Joliet Recording Specification'. You can download the SDK here.Īfter you download and install the SDK, you will need to make sure the SDK's include directory is in Visual Studio's Include path. You will also need to download and install the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit to get the header files necessary to compile the application. But in June of 2007, Microsoft released update packages for Windows XP and Windows 2003. IMAPIv2.0 had a problem since it was only available with Windows Vista. IMAPIv2 allows you to write to CD and DVD media, as well as read and write ISO files. I am sure this limitation is due to almost nobody having a DVD writer when Windows XP was released back in 2001. The original IMAPI is great for CDROMs, but it has some huge limitations like not being able to write to DVD media.

Windows introduced the new IMAPIv2.0 with the release of the Vista Operating System, which was a big improvement over the original IMAPI. If you are looking for a sample in C#/.NET, then check out my article: ' Burning and Erasing CD/DVD Media with C# and IMAPI2'.

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