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Rox and related MP3 Backup DVD WINXP help

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roxlad said on March 3, 2006 14:34:

That’s strange ’cos it worked on my friend’s PC too.... it’s just another Microsoft mistery!

roxlad said on February 27, 2006 23:51:

I have placed this topic in the off-topic forum because it’s about some technical stuff in WindowsXP more than Roxette....

For my personal enjoyment I have backed up all my albums in MP3 format (which I’m sure most of you has done too). I use this dvd to listen to songs from my pc/car mp3 stereo etc....

As you can see from the attached file desktop.jpeg, the folders display the cover of the albums and so does Media Player... now the problem.....

For this to happen Windows XP has to be set to ’view thumbnails’ rather than titles etc...

I’d like to know if there is a way to make Windows Explorer open the dvd in that particular view any all the time even if my viewing settings are set to icons and so on.... I thought that the problem could be solved adding either a desktop.ini file or an autorun.inf file in the root directory of the disc but I don’t know what to write in the script.... any suggestions???? Thanks.

http://rapidshare.de/files/14306928/Desktop.jpeg.html

RobS said on February 28, 2006 10:49:

I’m not too sure how this works with removable media, if you go to tools >folder options >view > remember each folders view settings. It should save the view that your using.

From what i’ve read autorun.inf won’t help you at all, but desktop.ini might... i just can’t find out how it works?!

roxlad said on March 1, 2006 20:25:

@RobS Yes it worked even with removable media thanks! The only problem is that all my folders (even on my HD) are set to thumnail view while I only want this to happen with that particular DVD. Thanks for your help anyway.

roxlad said on March 1, 2006 20:29:

While I’m at it.... I have another question if anybody can help.... is there a way to predict if a .wav file or a cd-track has been reconstructed from a lossy format such as MP3 audio? I know... I should register to some kind of technical forum!!!

RobS said on March 2, 2006 10:57:

That’s strange, i just tested on mine, anything on the HDD saves the view, but nothing on a CD :-S

With your other question, i would say having a listen would be the only way. Seeing as a WAV file is basically raw data, there’s nothing that could give it away if it was made from an MP3, although i could be wrong.

thenicekai said on March 3, 2006 15:22:

Try the following:

Build a directory structure on your harddrive, the very same way you want them on the DVD.

Then go into each single directory and change the view options to thumbnails.

Then copy this structure as is AND together with desktop.ini and thumbs.dat (which are hidden files in each of these directories) to the DVD drive and burn the result. Watch out, that the hidden files have found the way onto the DVD, if necessary copy them manually.

Should work this way. :-)