IWMSActiveMedia.Duration (C#)

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IWMSActiveMedia.Duration (C#)

The Duration property retrieves the total length of the media element, in milliseconds.

Syntax

  int = IWMSActiveMedia.Duration;

Property Value

int that contains the length of the active media element.

Remarks

This property is read-only.

Example Code

using Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

// Declare variables.
WMSServer         Server;
IWMSActiveMedia   ActiveMedia;
IWMSPlayers       Players;
IWMSPlayer        Player;
IWMSPlaylist      Playlist;

int              iDuration;

try {
    // Create a new WMSServer object.
    Server = new WMSServerClass();

    // Retrieve an IWMSPlayers object.
    Players = Server.Players;

    // If players are connected, retrieve first IWMSPlayer object
    // in the IWMSPlayers collection.
    if (Server.Players.Count > 0)
    {
        Player = Server.Players[0];

        // Retrieve the IWMSPlaylist object for the player.
        // NOTE: A valid playlist file is not always returned.
        // This may be the case, for example, if the user requested
        // a specific content file or if a broadcast publishing point
        // is being used.
        Playlist = Player.RequestedPlaylist;

        if (Playlist != null)
        {
             // Retrieve the IWMSActiveMedia object
             // and retrieve the duration of the media element.
             ActiveMedia = Playlist.CurrentMediaInformation;
             iDuration = ActiveMedia.Duration;
        }
    }
}
catch (COMException comExc) {
    // TODO: Handle COM exceptions.
}
catch (Exception e) {
    // TODO: Handle exceptions.
}

Requirements

Reference: Add a reference to Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.

Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop.

Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.dll.

Library: WMSServerTypeLib.dll.

Platform: Windows ServerĀ 2003 family, Windows ServerĀ 2008 family.

See Also

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