spin command

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

To send this command, call the mciSendString function with the lpszCommand parameter set as follows.

_stprintf_s(
  lpszCommand, 
  TEXT("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.

Value	Meaning
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 Flags.

Returns zero if successful or an error otherwise.

The following command starts spinning a videodisc device.

spin videodisc up

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]