Thanks for your suggestion. 
I did look at all the sample projects and know about that approach.
But it does seem somewhat inelegant.
Am I missing something available using IOKit?

On 2011-04-19, at 9:36 AM, Michael Dautermann wrote:
> On Apr 18, 2011, at 10:35 PM, P Teeson wrote:
> 
>> In an app I am working on I have the below code to detect physical DVDs 
>> attached to the computer. 
> 
>> But I have not had success in figuring out how to find LAN mounted DVD's
>> Can someone please point me to the correct documentation or suggest a 
>> direction for me to go in?
> 
> Hi Peter,
> 
> LAN (or network) mounted DVD's are accessible through the file system, just 
> like physically attached DVD's are.  
> 
> My suggestion would be to enumerate through all the attached volumes to look 
> for the telltale signs that a particular volume is a DVD (e.g. a "VIDEO_TS" 
> or "AUDIO_TS" directory, a VIDEO_TS.VOB file, etc.).  
> 
> And if you want to catch new DVD's as they are being attached, register for 
> an appropriate notification (e.g. volume attached?).
> 
> I hope this suggestion helps!
> 
> michael
> 
> 
> 

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