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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Using Autorun.inf on an iPodRe: Using Autorun.inf on an iPod
From: victor rajewski <askvictor_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 14:44:40 +1000 From http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/usbfaq.mspx comes this: Q: What must I do to trigger Autorun on my USB storage device? The Autorun capabilities are restricted to CD-ROM drives and fixed disk drives. If you need to make a USB storage device perform Autorun, the device must not be marked as a removable media device and the device must contain an Autorun.inf file and a startup application. The removable media device setting is a flag contained within the SCSI Inquiry Data response to the SCSI Inquiry command. Bit 7 of byte 1 (indexed from 0) is the Removable Media Bit (RMB). A RMB set to zero indicates that the device is not a removable media device. A RMB of one indicates that the device is a removable media device. Drivers obtain this information by using the StorageDeviceProperty request. For more information about the SCSI Inquiry command, see the T10 committee located at http://www.t10.org. For more information about the StorageDeviceProperty, see the STORAGE_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR storage structure in the Windows DDK, located at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/storage_r/hh/storage_r/structs-general_3c393126-f5c8-47d8-bfb5-6127ce656e9a.xml.asp. For more information on Autorun.inf files see the "Creating an AutoRun-Enabled Application" article located at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/shell/programmersguide/shell_basics/shell_basics_extending/autorun/autoplay_works.asp?frame=true. On 6/5/06, James Teh <jamie_at_jantrid.net> wrote: > You do not need to install autorun.inf files, and in fact, you should > not and cannot do so. This is only for .inf files which install software > or drivers. The autorun.inf file should just run when you connect your > device; I'm not sure why it isn't. Perhaps it doesn't like running batch > files? <shrug> > > Jamie > > Mark wrote: > > Hi, > > > > This question is only indirectly related to RB in that it is about now > > using an iPod as a true "flat file" MP3 player, where the file names are > > still meaningful and so it can make sense to copy files directly to it. > > I hope it isn't too off topic. > > > > I'm trying to use autorun.inf on my iPod Nano as a way to launch a > > simple automated sync utility I've written (it's a simple batch file). > > Windows XP does see the iPod as a device which has autoplay enabled, and > > I have written a simple autorun.inf file to launch this app, but every > > time I try to "install" from the file menu (that is the way of running > > the .inf file), I get an error message telling me that the "install" > > failed, i.e. my program did not start. > > I can launch the batch file from Windows Explorer, but that is a manual > > way of doing something I had hoped would be automatic. > > > > any ideas on why it seems that an autorun.inf file does not work on the > > iPod? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mark > > > > -- > James Teh > Email: jamie_at_jantrid.net > WWW: http://www.jantrid.net/jamie/ > MSN Messenger: jamie_at_jantrid.net > Jabber: jteh_at_jabber.org > Yahoo: jcs_teh > Received on 2006-06-09 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |