Is c or c ++ my language for this task... Or is it Python?

[Sean 'Shaleh' Perry]

> 
> Anyways, I can't seem to see a piece of software out there that
> provides this data for me and so undaunted I am going to write it for
> myself.
> 

Since you said dll can I presume Windows?  Either way, look at some of the
available source code for linux (unix) dvd readers or driver code.  This may
not help on your OS or directly for your problem but it will show how they are
getting some of this data.  I believe one of the better ones is called 'xine'.