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Posted: **Thu Jan 25, 2024 7:10 pm**

Is there a way to determine the type of a disk drive on a system? Specifically, I'd like to know if a drive is removable, and a DVD or Blu-ray drive. I am writing a process to convert DVD files to mp4's.

Posted: **Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:00 pm**

https://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtopic.php?t=3585

Posted: **Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:10 pm**

Thank you!!!

Posted: **Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:46 am**

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Procedure.i SL_IsLocalDrive(Drive$)
  Drive$ = UCase(Left(Drive$, 1))
  Protected.i nDrive = RealDriveType_(Asc(Drive$) - 65, 0)
  Select nDrive
  Case #DRIVE_NO_ROOT_DIR
    nDrive = 0
  Case #DRIVE_UNKNOWN
    ndrive = 0
  Case #DRIVE_REMOVABLE
    nDrive = 1
  Case #DRIVE_FIXED
    nDrive = 1
  Case #DRIVE_REMOTE
    nDrive = 0
  Case #DRIVE_CDROM
    nDrive = 0
  Case #DRIVE_RAMDISK
    nDrive = 0  ; Could be -1, if allowing RAM Drives
  EndSelect
  ProcedureReturn nDrive
EndProcedure
Debug SL_IsLocalDrive("P")

Procedure.s SL_GetLocalDrives()
  Protected.i i, ri
  Protected.i mask = GetLogicalDrives_()
  Protected.s d$, r$
  For i = 0 To 31
    If mask & (1 << i)
      d$ = Chr('A' + i) + ":\"
      ri = GetDriveType_(d$)
      If ri <> #DRIVE_CDROM And (ri = #DRIVE_FIXED Or ri = #DRIVE_REMOVABLE)
        r$ + d$ + #CMA$
      EndIf
    EndIf
  Next i
  ProcedureReturn RTrim(r$, #CMA$)
EndProcedure
Debug SL_GetLocalDrives()

Posted: **Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:16 pm**

So, I really didn't use the code for the disk type, as it really didn't make a difference to what I was trying to accomplish.

This is what I wrote, a process to convert and combine DVD video files, and make one mp4 file.

https://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtopic.php?t=83429

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