IWMEncDeviceControlPlugin.CurrentEDLEntry

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The CurrentEDLEntry property retrieves the index of the current EDL entry.

Syntax

Long = IWMEncDeviceControlPlugin.CurrentEDLEntry

Parameters

This property takes no parameters.

Property Value

A Long that indicates the index of the EDL entry.

Remarks

Use the WMEncEditDecisionList.Count property to find the number of entries in the EDL.

This property is read-only.

To control digital devices programmatically, you must add the Windows Media Encoder Device Control reference to the project. For more information, see Programming in Visual Basic.

Example Code

' Create a WMEncoder object.
  Dim Encoder As WMEncoder
  Set Encoder = New WMEncoder

' Add the device as the audio source and the video source.
  Dim SrcGrpColl As IWMEncSourceGroupCollection
  Dim SrcGrp As IWMEncSourceGroup2
  Dim SrcAud As IWMEncSource
  Dim SrcVid As IWMEncVideoSource
  Set SrcGrpColl = Encoder.SourceGroupCollection
  Set SrcGrp = SrcGrpColl.Add("SG_1")
  Set SrcAud = SrcGrp.AddSource(WMENC_AUDIO)
  Set SrcVid = SrcGrp.AddSource(WMENC_VIDEO)
  ' Replace the following name with the name of your device.
  SrcAud.SetInput ("Device://Device resource name")
  SrcVid.SetInput ("Device://Device resource name")

' Configure the output and profile.

' Retrieve the device control collection, then add a device to it.
  Dim DCColl As IWMEncDeviceControlCollection
  Set DCColl = SrcGrp.DeviceControlCollection
  Dim DControl As IWMEncDeviceControl
  Set DControl = DCColl.Add
  ' Replace the following name with the resource name of your device.
  DControl.SetInput ("DeviceControl://Device resource name")

' Initialize the encoding session.
  Encoder.PrepareToEncode True

' Get the plug-in from the device.
  Dim DCPlugin As IWMEncDeviceControlPlugin
  Set DCPlugin = DControl.GetDeviceControlPlugin

' Retrieve the index of the current EDL entry.
  Dim lEntry As Long
  lEntry = DCPlugin.CurrentEDLEntry

Requirements

Reference: Windows Media Encoder Device Control

Library: wmdevctl.dll

See Also