spin  .I8DR0 

The spin command starts spinning a disc or stops the disc from spinning. Videodisc devices recognize this command.

wsprintf(lpstrCommand, "spin %s %s %s", lpszDeviceID, lpszUpDown,
    lpszFlags);

 

Parameters

lpszDeviceID

Identifier of an MCI device. This identifier or alias is assigned when the device is opened.

lpszUpDown

One of the following flags:

down

Stops the disc from spinning.

up

Starts spinning the disc.

 

lpszFlags

Can be  wait ,  notify , or both. For more information about these flags, see The Wait, Notify, and Test Flags4FW.04J.

 

Return Values

Returns zero if successful or an error otherwise.

Remarks

The following command starts spinning a videodisc device:

spin videodisc up