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Reading name of a mounted disc on Mac

MacOSX and iOS
#1

Hello ,

I am working on an application which requires me to read the names of mounted CD/DVDs and read the contents only after I validate that it is the one I am interested in.

For this , I have an internal list of names of the DVDs to match against the names of the mounted drives.

I use the File function “findChildFiles” from the root file “/Volumes”.
This was working fine for me all this while until today when I came across a DVD, “Vol_001_highIMPACT” and the “findChildFiles” is returning me only the name “Vol_001_highIMP” .

I am thus not able to match it against my internal list. I also cant change the name in my internal list to “Vol_001_highIMP” because it will have other serious implications.

I also checked /Volumes in the finder and the finder also shows it as only “Vol_001_highIMP”.

Is there anyway to get around this issue ? Is it a bug with the Mac file system ?

Any help in this regard would be highly appreciated,

Thanks in advance,

Regards,
Anil.

#2

Hmm. If that’s the string that the file system returns, then you’re pretty much stuck with it, sorry!

#3

Hello,

Thanks Jules for your prompt response.

There is one weird thing I observed…On the left side on the Finder when the DVD launches it shows the name fully , i.e “Vol_001_highIMPACT”.

Again, when I press “Command-Shift-G” that is the short cut for “Go to Folder” menu item in the “Go” menu for the finder and go to the folder “/” (root ) it again loads up all the volumes and shows up properly.

But when I go to the folder “/Volumes” that is when it cuts the name upto 15 characters and shows me “Vol_001_highIMP”.

I will try anyway , but would using the MAC call “FSOpenIterator” to iterate over the contents of the directory “/Volumes” and getting the names help ?

Or can it be fixed in JUCE itself ?

Thanks in advance,

Regards,
Anil.

#4

It must be getting the full name from somewhere else other than the file system. Maybe there’s a special xml file in there, like it has when you put an audio CD in.

But there’s certainly nothing I could do to juce to fix this, because it’s not a bug!

#5

Thanks anyway but. My “FSOpenIterator” and the subsequent Mac calls are also behaving weird :frowning:

Regards,
Anil.

#6

Hello Jules,

Just an update on the issue I had posted. The problem turned out to be a badly made disk than anything else. I got a brand new DVD burnt and the name comes out properly.It was a relief !

Thanks for your help.

Regards,
Anil.

#7

Always good to hear when it’s not my fault!

#8