A _disk_id.pod file appears on a windows flash drive
Solution 1
_disk_id.pod is created by Windows Live Movie Maker. I had accidentally changed my "choose default program ..." settings which was causing the video files to open with the Windows Live Movie Maker program. Even if you do not do anything with the video in the Movie Maker program or save anything in it the program will still create this file on the sd card. PT
Solution 2
For me I think the answer is _disk_id.pod belongs to media player software (in my case KMV).
I think it permits the software to identify a particular volume (in case you have saved playlists). The name kinda makes sense.
I have seen other explanations of .POD but none that make as much sense in this context (i.e. removable media).
Mark Goldfain
Ancient Coder. The vast amount of computer knowledge stored in my brain would make a wonderful museum, except that it is slowly ossifying :-) I hope that StackOverflow never suffers from the same problem.
Updated on June 23, 2022Comments
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Mark Goldfain almost 2 years
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