Detecting a 3D disk when inserted

[mkanet]

Is there a way for AnyDVD-HD to execute a user-defined application/script when a 3D bluray movie disc is mounted/dismounted? PowerDVD 12 on my machine doesnt automatically select 3D mode when a 3D bluray movie is loaded. It would be nice for AnyDVD to assist in doing this.

[James]

Originally Posted by mkanet

Is there a way for AnyDVD-HD to execute a user-defined application/script when a 3D bluray movie disc is mounted/dismounted?

Not yet, but this is actually a nice idea.

[mkanet]

The reason I was asking was because my PowerDVD 12 application doesnt seem to detect 3D bluray discs automatically (I have to manually press the 3D button in the UI). Also, with Nvidia drivers, I can't have a working/available 1920x1080@24Hz desktop resolution unless I disable 3D Vision. Im sure other people may have similar reason for wanting such a feature.

I was hoping that AnyDVD could execute something like the below script in anticipation for 3D BD playback...

start /min /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\3D Vision" nvstlink.exe /enable

Reg ADD "HKCU\Software\CyberLink\PowerDVD12" /f /v UI_Enable3D /t REG_DWORD /d 0x0000001 > nul

[mkanet]

James, until there's a feature that does this, I would like to add code in my AnyDVD-HD Blu-ray/Removal scripts to do this. The only thing I would need is a way to tell which logical drive the bluray disc was just mounted to. Is there an environment variable that does this? Maybe another way? I could easily the below code in my batch AnyDVD-HD Blu-ray external program. Otherwise, I would have to blindly check ALL BD-capable logical drives for a SSIF subdirectory.

It would be cool to use the below 3D detection script to AnyDVD-HD's Blu-ray "Start external Program on Media Change"; if there was an anydvd-hd environment variable called "mounteddrive":

if exist %mounteddrive%\BDMV\STREAM\SSIF (
    start /min /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\3D Vision" nvstlink.exe /enable
    Reg ADD "HKCU\Software\CyberLink\PowerDVD12" /f /v UI_Enable3D /t REG_DWORD /d 0x0000001 > nul
)

I could easily do the same thing in the AnyDVD "Removal" section for the "Start external Program on Media Change..."

[James]

Originally Posted by mkanet

James, until there's a feature that does this, I would like to add code in my AnyDVD-HD Blu-ray/Removal scripts to do this. The only thing I would need is a way to tell which logical drive the bluray disc was just mounted to. Is there an environment variable that does this? Maybe another way? I could easily the below code in my batch AnyDVD-HD Blu-ray external program. Otherwise, I would have to blindly check ALL BD-capable logical drives for a SSIF subdirectory.

It would be cool to use the below 3D detection script to AnyDVD-HD's Blu-ray "Start external Program on Media Change"; if there was an anydvd-hd environment variable called "mounteddrive":

if exist %mounteddrive%\BDMV\STREAM\SSIF (
    start /min /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\3D Vision" nvstlink.exe /enable
    Reg ADD "HKCU\Software\CyberLink\PowerDVD12" /f /v UI_Enable3D /t REG_DWORD /d 0x0000001 > nul
)

I could easily do the same thing in the AnyDVD "Removal" section for the "Start external Program on Media Change..."

No, you can't do that. AnyDVD fires the event *before* the disc is made visible to the system. This is done, because operations like display settings should be performed *before* autoplay kicks in.

A small program / script which executes on autoplay should work.

[mkanet]

Thanks so much for the tip!

Originally Posted by James

No, you can't do that. AnyDVD fires the event *before* the disc is made visible to the system. This is done, because operations like display settings should be performed *before* autoplay kicks in.

A small program / script which executes on autoplay should work.

[mkanet]

James, I was able to successfully autorun to execute my script before launching PowerDVD12 thanks to you.

However, I'm not sure how to change the settings back once the BD disc is dismounted. Is it possible to use AnyDVD-HD "Removal" external program to be executed? I'm guessing that this would work since the disc contents is still available when the anydvd-hd "Removal" event is executed.

I would also be able to grab the logical drive letter the disc is inserted from my autorun script (autoplay "%L" variable).

[mkanet]

Hi James, Im not sure if you're still reading this thread. I decided to just wait/hope for a "3D Blu-ray" media change / execute program feature in AnyDVD-HD. I much more prefer to execute the script as early as possible.

Thanks so much