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IMAPI_MEDIA_PHYSICAL_TYPE enumeration (imapi2.h)

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Defines values for the currently known media types supported by IMAPI.

Syntax

typedef enum _IMAPI_MEDIA_PHYSICAL_TYPE {
  IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_UNKNOWN = 0,
  IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_CDROM = 0x1,
  IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_CDR = 0x2,
  IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_CDRW = 0x3,
  IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_DVDROM = 0x4,
  IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_DVDRAM = 0x5,
  IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_DVDPLUSR = 0x6,
  IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_DVDPLUSRW = 0x7,
  IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_DVDPLUSR_DUALLAYER = 0x8,
  IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_DVDDASHR = 0x9,
  IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_DVDDASHRW = 0xa,
  IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_DVDDASHR_DUALLAYER = 0xb,
  IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_DISK = 0xc,
  IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_DVDPLUSRW_DUALLAYER = 0xd,
  IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_HDDVDROM = 0xe,
  IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_HDDVDR = 0xf,
  IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_HDDVDRAM = 0x10,
  IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_BDROM = 0x11,
  IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_BDR = 0x12,
  IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_BDRE = 0x13,
  IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_MAX = 0x13
} IMAPI_MEDIA_PHYSICAL_TYPE, *PIMAPI_MEDIA_PHYSICAL_TYPE;

Constants

 
IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_UNKNOWN
Value: 0
The disc recorder contains an unknown media type or the recorder is empty.
IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_CDROM
Value: 0x1
The drive contains CD-ROM or CD-R/RW media.
IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_CDR
Value: 0x2
The drive contains write once (CD-R) media.
IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_CDRW
Value: 0x3
The drive contains rewritable (CD-RW) media.
IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_DVDROM
Value: 0x4
Either the DVD drive or DVD media is read-only.
IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_DVDRAM
Value: 0x5
The drive contains DVD-RAM media.
IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_DVDPLUSR
Value: 0x6
The drive contains write once media that supports the DVD plus format (DVD+R) .
IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_DVDPLUSRW
Value: 0x7
The drive contains rewritable media that supports the DVD plus format (DVD+RW).
IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_DVDPLUSR_DUALLAYER
Value: 0x8
The drive contains write once dual layer media that supports the DVD plus format (DVD+R DL).
IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_DVDDASHR
Value: 0x9
The drive contains write once media that supports the DVD dash format (DVD-R).
IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_DVDDASHRW
Value: 0xa
The drive contains rewritable media that supports the DVD dash format (DVD-RW).
IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_DVDDASHR_DUALLAYER
Value: 0xb
The drive contains write once dual layer media that supports the DVD dash format (DVD-R DL).
IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_DISK
Value: 0xc
The drive contains a media type that supports random-access writes. This media type supports hardware defect management that identifies and avoids using damaged tracks.
IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_DVDPLUSRW_DUALLAYER
Value: 0xd
The drive contains rewritable dual layer media that supports the DVD plus format (DVD+RW DL).
IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_HDDVDROM
Value: 0xe
The drive contains high definition read only DVD media (HD DVD-ROM).
IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_HDDVDR
Value: 0xf
The drive contains write once high definition media (HD DVD-R).
IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_HDDVDRAM
Value: 0x10
The drive contains random access high definition media (HD DVD-RAM).
IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_BDROM
Value: 0x11
The drive contains read only Blu-ray media (BD-ROM).
IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_BDR
Value: 0x12
The drive contains write once Blu-ray media (BD-R).
IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_BDRE
Value: 0x13
The drive contains rewritable Blu-ray media (BD-RE) media.
IMAPI_MEDIA_TYPE_MAX
Value: 0x13
This value is the maximum value defined in IMAPI_MEDIA_PHYSICAL_TYPE.

Remarks

The values in the range 0x00000000..0x0000FFFF inclusive are reserved for extension by Microsoft. If third parties wish to report a media type not in this list using this enumeration (for example, if implementing IDiscFormat2Data::get_CurrentPhysicalMediaType to support a non-listed format) they should define values only in the range 0x00010000..0xFFFFFFFF for these media types.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows Vista, Windows XP with SP2 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Header imapi2.h

See also

IDiscFormat2Data::get_CurrentPhysicalMediaType