CD Insert Notification in WinXP

[Tim Golden]

>Hi,
>
>I'm using Python 2.3 on a Win XP box, and I'm trying to find 
>if there's 
>a library of some sort that will give you a callback (or something 
>comparable) when a new disc is inserted into a CD Rom drive. 
>I've done a 
>little googling and nothing's come up, so I'm not holding my breath. :)
>

Initial response, prior to further investigation: use PyGame
(http://pygame.org).
It's quite lightweight and gives you a lot of control. It doesn't, as far as
I
 know, give you a call back, but its CD object gives you an is_empty
function
 which you could poll as and when. Check out
http://pygame.org/docs/ref/CD.html

Don't be put off by the "gamey" nature of the toolkit. I've used it here
for several apps, because of the degree of control it gives. I haven't
used the CD lib, admittedly, except to play around with, but you can
import what you need and leave the rest.

TJG


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