Windows XP CD Recorder Properties 1.0.006

This utility uses the Microsoft IMAPI interface to show you CD Recorder information on your Windows XP (and above) system.

How does the software access the CD Recorder?
Windows XP includes support for recording your own CDs directly in the operating system. This is done via the Microsoft IMAPI (Image Mastering API) interface. IMAPI allows an application to "burn" a simple data CD or audio CD. The specific formats that are supported are Redbook audio discs, and data discs with both Joliet and ISO-9660.

Our utility uses the Microsoft IMAPI interface to show the CD Recorders that Windows XP supports. We allow you to view device characteristics such as the maximum write speed, current write speed, and more. This utility serves as a good sample of some the capabilities of the IMAPI interface. Specifically, we make use of the following interfaces: IDiscMaster, IEnumDiscRecorders, IDiscRecorder, IDiscMasterProgressEvents, IPropertyStorage, and others

What does the software look like?
Here is a simple screen shot where weve selected a Sony Blu-Ray drive as our device to query. In this example, the drive has a writable CD-R disc inserted with 679.4 MB of free space remaining.