I would like to make a Autorun CD that will play an Mpeg movie when inserted into any PC.I would like Media Player to open and play the named file.I think I need to create a text file, but what do I put in it?. Many thanks,Ron.
The following was a posting on the previous messageboard system. It may give some useful clues.
Bob C
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Autorunning HTML on a CD
Tuesday, 05-Jan-99 20:08:41
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195.8.78.82 writes:
Thanks to those who came up with suggestions. None worked properly but Alan Solomon had the nearest solution and using his suggestion plus a bit of trial and error the answer is extremely simple. Just create an ASCII file called AUTORUN.INF containing 2 lines as follows:
[Autorun]
OPEN="start filename.HTML"
Where filename.HTML is the name and extension of the primary web page. It is vital to include the quotation marks.
Stick this in the root directory of the CD together with the primary web page and "Bob's your uncle"! I haven't tried it but I guess that you can do this with any data file that has its extension associated with relevant software.
Thanks again to those who responded.
Mike Hughes