Guest Earl Partridge Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 I have created a movie file (.WMV) on a CD and added an autorun.inf file as with this line: [AutoRun] open=robins.wmv When double clicking that drive letter I get error: D:\ is not a valid Win32 application Opening the drive, double click the .wmv file, it runs fine with WMP. Why won't autorun.info work? Earl
Guest AlmostBob Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Re: Autorun.inf autorun.inf runs a program, not a random file name to run a video you need to launch a player to play the video. the player you chose may not be present on the target system so it is best to include a no-install player and have autorun call that to play the file VLC portable is such a player http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/vlc_portable -- Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de spybot http://www.safer-networking.org AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/ Catalog of removal tools (1) http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ Catalog of removal tools (2) http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387 Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use Grateful thanks to the authors and webmasters _ "Earl Partridge" <earlpNG@pearnet.com> wrote in message news:usPHNMS4IHA.784@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... I have created a movie file (.WMV) on a CD and added an autorun.inf file as with this line: [AutoRun] open=robins.wmv When double clicking that drive letter I get error: D:\ is not a valid Win32 application Opening the drive, double click the .wmv file, it runs fine with WMP. Why won't autorun.info work? Earl
Guest Earl Partridge Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Re: Autorun.inf So, assuming those that will receive the CD have Windows Media Player, would the .inf file show: [AutoRun] open=wmplayer.exe robins.wmv Or do I need a back or forward slash between the executable and the .wmv file? Earl "AlmostBob" <anonymous1@microsoft.com> wrote in message news:%23J3zucT4IHA.3500@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > autorun.inf runs a program, not a random file name > to run a video you need to launch a player to play the video. > the player you chose may not be present on the target system so it is best > to include a no-install player and have autorun call that to play the file > VLC portable is such a player > http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/vlc_portable > > > -- > Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de > spybot http://www.safer-networking.org > AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com > Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan > http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx > Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/ > Catalog of removal tools (1) > http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ > Catalog of removal tools (2) > http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387 > Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file > http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm > links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before > use > > Grateful thanks to the authors and webmasters > _ > > "Earl Partridge" <earlpNG@pearnet.com> wrote in message > news:usPHNMS4IHA.784@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > I have created a movie file (.WMV) on a CD and added an autorun.inf file > as with this line: > [AutoRun] > open=robins.wmv > When double clicking that drive letter I get error: > D:\ is not a valid Win32 application > Opening the drive, double click the .wmv file, it runs fine with WMP. > Why won't autorun.info work? > Earl > > >
Guest AlmostBob Posted July 9, 2008 Posted July 9, 2008 Re: Autorun.inf I'm not sure how to code wmplayer to open the file, I always include vlc player, so got lazy another way to allow good compatibility without including a player or assuming windows media is installed use autorun.exe, which can be downloaded from Tarma Software Research. http://www.tarma.com/index.htm#/download/index.htm Tarma has made autorun.exe freely available for both personal and commercial use and there are no requirements for copyright notices, etc. It will open any filetype with the default player installed on the receiving system. and has good error catching open=autorun.exe robins.wmv open=vlc.exe robins.wmv both work fingers crossed for wmplayer.exe robins.wmv -- Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de spybot http://www.safer-networking.org AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/ Catalog of removal tools (1) http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ Catalog of removal tools (2) http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387 Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use Grateful thanks to the authors and webmasters _ "Earl Partridge" <earlpNG@pearnet.com> wrote in message news:OynyX4T4IHA.4488@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > So, assuming those that will receive the CD have Windows Media Player, > would > the .inf file show: > [AutoRun] > open=wmplayer.exe robins.wmv > > Or do I need a back or forward slash between the executable and the .wmv > file? > Earl > > > > > "AlmostBob" <anonymous1@microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:%23J3zucT4IHA.3500@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> autorun.inf runs a program, not a random file name >> to run a video you need to launch a player to play the video. >> the player you chose may not be present on the target system so it is >> best to include a no-install player and have autorun call that to play >> the file >> VLC portable is such a player >> http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/vlc_portable >> >> >> -- >> Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de >> spybot http://www.safer-networking.org >> AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com >> Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan >> http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx >> Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/ >> Catalog of removal tools (1) >> http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ >> Catalog of removal tools (2) >> http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387 >> Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file >> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm >> links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before >> use >> >> Grateful thanks to the authors and webmasters >> _ >> >> "Earl Partridge" <earlpNG@pearnet.com> wrote in message >> news:usPHNMS4IHA.784@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> I have created a movie file (.WMV) on a CD and added an autorun.inf file >> as with this line: >> [AutoRun] >> open=robins.wmv >> When double clicking that drive letter I get error: >> D:\ is not a valid Win32 application >> Opening the drive, double click the .wmv file, it runs fine with WMP. >> Why won't autorun.info work? >> Earl >> >> >> > >
Guest michael Posted July 9, 2008 Posted July 9, 2008 Re: Autorun.inf Earl Partridge wrote: > I have created a movie file (.WMV) on a CD and added an autorun.inf file > as with this line: > [AutoRun] > open=robins.wmv > When double clicking that drive letter I get error: > D:\ is not a valid Win32 application > Opening the drive, double click the .wmv file, it runs fine with WMP. > Why won't autorun.info work? > Earl > > [autorun] start=robins.wmv
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