detecting dvd drive in C++

[hairymunky]

Hi all,
Anybody know how to (auto)detect a machines dvd-row/writer in c++ (or c), and also how to mount, unmount and eject the drive once its detected...?

(ie my machine the DVDr is /media/cdrecorder (although its a dvd-writer) and it
is on /dev/hdd) . This information would be sent to a list box in my KDE app.

tia
Graham

[hairymunky]

done it

although it's a bit of a hack just now, Im using "/dev/dvd" for my device and all is fine,
for the meantime

[wiz]

Yes,yes,yes! But how did you do it?

[hairymunky]

Using dvdread library and passing in "/dev/dvd" as the device

[wiz]

Thanks.. I think