"Jethro" <Wilson@somewhere.org> wrote in message
news:jq88f35l72b7au71v5fg6lui75q16biu7q@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:27:16 -0500, Joel <Joel@NoSpam.com> wrote:
>
>>Jethro <Wilson@somewhere.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:06:39 GMT, Jethro <Wilson@somewhere.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >I created a virtual drive equating to a folder on my HDD. Now
>>> >how do
>>> >I execute the drive to simulate playing a disk in a drive?
>>> >
>>> >Thanks
>>> >
>>> >Jethro
>>>
>>>
>>> I can see I didn't ask the question right.
>>>
>>> I copied the content of a video VCD disk into a folder
>>> d:\testfolder.
>>> Then I created f: as a virtual drive representing d:\testfolder.
>>> Now - how do I then play that video from f: and not the actual
>>> disk
>>> drive? Or can I?
>>
>> It seems like you *still* asking the wrong question <bg>
>>
>>- Q. How to play from virtual drive?
>> A. just play just like any other drive
>>
>>- Q. what is the benefit from using virtual drive (VirtualCD/DVD)
>> A. So you can run directly from ISO file without having to burn to
>> CD/DVD
>>
>>- Q. How can I play video from virtual drive?
>> A. You just need to use Video Player to load video file from
>> virtual
>> drive.
>>
>>- Q. How can I play VCD disc?
>> A. Most video players should play VCD format.
>>
>> - If it isn't auto-play then you will have to load the video file
>> manually
>>
>> - If the video file isn't .MPG or standard video extention (example
>> VCD
>> uses .DAT) then you will have to tell the Video Player to
>> load/play
>> .DAT file.
>>
>>- Q. Do I need to copy from virtual drive to hard drive?
>> A. you are free to do whatever you wish, or unless you want to file
>> on
>> hard drive instead of ISO, else nothing can stop you from running
>> directly from virtual drive.
>>
>> Or *if* you can copy from virual drive then of course you can run
>> from
>>virtual drive.
>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Jethro
>
> As Meerkat suggested, I can use VCD-RW disks to test my creations as
> I
> make them and thereby not continue wasting VCD-R disks. I still
> would
> have to go through the artifice of creating a new disk to 'play'
> each
> time. I was trying to avoid that - but I still see no way to
> actually
> play the content of an existing disk from a copy (files - not image)
> of same on hard disk. All this to try to determine why a stated
> method of making a VCD disk auto-playable (with autorun.inf and
> vcd.asx) doesn't want to work at least for me.
>
One more try.
You say you have created an autorun VCD, and it won`t autorun ?.
If it doesn`t, it must have a fault ??.
Go to www.google.com, and type in create autorun VCD,
you`ll get loads of hits to investigate.