The spin command starts spinning a disc or stops the disc from spinning. Videodisc devices recognize this command.
spin device updown flags
device
Identifier of an MCI device. This identifier or alias is assigned when the device is opened.
updown
One of the following flags:
down |
Stops the disc from spinning. |
up |
Starts spinning the disc. |
flags
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