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sparkerman
Visitor
10 years ago

using the GetVolumeList()

How can you find the available USB drives available using the GetVolumeList()? I noticed some flash drives need a path using "ext1" and some use "ext2". I think this depends on how the USB drive is f...
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EnTerr
Roku Guru
10 years ago
BrightScript is a dialect of BASIC (like Visual Basic is). Learn it. Is not worse than PHP.

Something like this should do:
fs = createObject("roFileSystem")
usb_drive = invalid
for each vol in fs.getVolumeList():
    if left(vol, 3) = "ext" then usb_drive = vol
end for
  • norcaljohnny's avatar
    norcaljohnny
    Roku Guru
    6 years ago

    While this method failed for me it did get me to think on it more and what I didnt realize for some reason is that it needs to be done in a task component. 

    So for anyone wondering how to access the usb or volumes available in general.

    Create a task and call it from your scene, group or custom component with Brightscript.

    m.volumeTask = m.top.FindNode("volumeList") ' to stop the task after it returns the data
m.volumeTask.control = "RUN"

    Add the node to stop the task.

    <volumeReader
id="volumeList"
control="STOP" />

    And the for the task node itself...

    sub init()
m.top.functionName = "getvolume"
end sub

sub getvolume()
fs = createObject("roFileSystem")
print fs.getVolumeList()
end sub

    This in turn will return your roList as documented.

    <Component: roList> =
(
    "cachefs:"
    "common:"
    "ext1:"
    "ext2:"
    "pkg:"
    "tmp:"
)

    Maybe this help some people who had a misunderstanding such as myself.