Read play state of VLC activex in VB6

Hello all,

I have written a piece of software which streams MP3 audio and uses the WindowsMediaPlayer. I am now having to make it stream AAC+ so I am using the VLC activex, I have been able to make it play the stream correctly, but I need to read it's state (IE, is it playing, buffering, stopped, etc...) which was relatively easy with WMP.

Can anyone help me with how to read these parameters? I have done quite a few searches but have not quite found how to do this.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I am using the VLC 1.0.5 version

Many thanks in advance!