Been working on a skin for a friend and I would like for the dvd drive to have the bar measurement like my hard drives. Thanks for any help
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Can rainmeter read dvd size like it does your hard drive?
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k1m05
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Can rainmeter read dvd size like it does your hard drive?
Can rainmeter read dvd size like it does your hard drive?
Been working on a skin for a friend and I would like for the dvd drive to have the bar measurement like my hard drives. Thanks for any help
Been working on a skin for a friend and I would like for the dvd drive to have the bar measurement like my hard drives. Thanks for any help
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santa_ryan
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Re: Can rainmeter read dvd size like it does your hard drive
Sure.. Its a drive isn't it?
However, it might weird out if the drive isn't readable, for instance, if theres no disc in there. So you might want to include a calc that will disable the meter that shows the percentage in use if the dvd size is 0 bytes.
However, it might weird out if the drive isn't readable, for instance, if theres no disc in there. So you might want to include a calc that will disable the meter that shows the percentage in use if the dvd size is 0 bytes.
I have three rules when I'm trying to help you.
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The more specific you are, the higher the quality of support you receive. - Do not just copy and paste what I put in examples and come back saying it doesn't work.
It does work, but I purposely left blanks that you need to fill for your specific needs.
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jsmorley
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Re: Can rainmeter read dvd size like it does your hard drive
No, Rainmeter cannot use FreeDiskSpace to detect space total/used/free on CD or DVD. Only drives using the FAT / NTFS file system like a hard drive or USB flash drive.k1m05 wrote:Can rainmeter read dvd size like it does your hard drive?
Been working on a skin for a friend and I would like for the dvd drive to have the bar measurement like my hard drives. Thanks for any help
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santa_ryan
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Re: Can rainmeter read dvd size like it does your hard drive
Oh wow really morley? So theres no way for rainmeter to read a disc? Ill keep that in mind then...
I have three rules when I'm trying to help you.
- Don't get mad when you don't understand something
- Be VERY specific with what you ask for.
The more specific you are, the higher the quality of support you receive. - Do not just copy and paste what I put in examples and come back saying it doesn't work.
It does work, but I purposely left blanks that you need to fill for your specific needs.
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jsmorley
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Re: Can rainmeter read dvd size like it does your hard drive
About the only thing you can do is read the "volume label" of the disc with FreeDiskSpace. You can use that with a Substitute="":"-1" and then a Calc measure to determine if there is or is not a disc in the drive and / or display the label, but that's about it.