Optical Platform on Windows

The Windows Optical Platform delivers a solid optical burning set of APIs. Using the Optical Platform APIs, application developers can add support for optical devices and media without having to develop optical ecosystem expertise. The optical platform has been designed so that it can be expanded by software application developers to support new features.

For the optical platform to support an optical device, the device must support the industry specifications that are described as part of the Windows Logo program.

General Optical Platform

	IMAPI 2.0 Extension Examples
	Removable Storage Devices and Windows Vista Support
	Optical Platform Enabling the Vision [2.1 MB]

Optical Specifications

Industry Specification References for Windows Logo Program

Optical Developer References

	Windows Logo Program Requirements and Policies
	CD-ROM Drivers [WDK]
	Image Mastering API [MSDN]
	IMAPI Samples [Windows SDK download]
	WDK Online

Developer Questions

	E-mail: Optissue@microsoft.com Note: Code submitted to this e-mail address will not be accepted. Refer coding questions to Optical Platform Discussions.
	Optical Platform Discussion Forum

See Also

Archived White Papers

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