Ok here is your Mission Should you choose to except it...
Ok nevermind
But Does anyone know how to play an MP3 in VB6 with APi or know of a good OCX
VFMp3Player.ocx just doesn't cut it anymore
Thanks
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Ok here is your Mission Should you choose to except it...
Ok nevermind
But Does anyone know how to play an MP3 in VB6 with APi or know of a good OCX
VFMp3Player.ocx just doesn't cut it anymore
Thanks
I'm not sure about this but try the OCX's from Windows Media Player or RealPlayer.
Search in the development section of http://www.softseek.com There are some good controls around (which don't rely on installed stuff). Yeah you can use the mediaplayer but it only works with the latest versions.
Incase you are interested, here is a link to Version 7.
http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0...0_103_1.lst.td
I found a good control on :
http://www.planet-source-code.com/xq...s/ShowCode.htm
Or this code to make an MP3 player:
Code:Public Declare Function mciGetErrorString Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "mciGetErrorStringA" (ByVal dwError As Long, ByVal lpstrBuffer As String, ByVal uLength As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function GetShortPathName Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetShortPathNameA" (ByVal lpszLongPath As String, ByVal lpszShortPath As String, ByVal cchBuffer As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function mciSendString Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "mciSendStringA" (ByVal lpstrCommand As String, ByVal lpstrReturnString As String, ByVal uReturnLength As Long, ByVal hwndCallback As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long
Public Declare Function ReleaseCapture Lib "user32" () As Long
Public Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal hWndInsertAfter As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal cx As Long, ByVal cy As Long, ByVal wFlags As Long) As Long
Public Const SWP_NOMOVE = &H2
Public Const SWP_NOSIZE = &H1
Public Const HWND_TOPMOST = -1
Public Const HWND_NOTOPMOST = -2
Public TheFileName As String
Public Function IsItPlaying() As Boolean
Static yn As String * 30
mciSendString "status MP3Play mode", yn, Len(yn), 0
IsItPlaying = (Mid$(yn, 1, 7) = "playing")
End Function
Public Function mp3Play(FileName As String)
Dim cmdToDo As String * 255
Dim dwReturn As Long
Dim ret As String * 128
Dim tmp As String * 255
Dim lenShort As Long
Dim ShortPathAndFie As String
If Dir(FileName) = "" Then
mmOpen = "Error with input file"
Exit Function
End If
lenShort = GetShortPathName(FileName, tmp, 255)
ShortPathAndFie = Left$(tmp, lenShort)
glo_hWnd = hwnd
cmdToDo = "open " & ShortPathAndFie & " type MPEGVideo Alias MP3Play"
dwReturn = mciSendString(cmdToDo, 0&, 0&, 0&)
If dwReturn <> 0 Then 'not success
mciGetErrorString dwReturn, ret, 128
mmOpen = ret
MsgBox ret, vbCritical
Exit Function
End If
mmOpen = "Success"
mciSendString "play MP3Play", 0, 0, 0
End Function
Public Function mp3Pause()
mciSendString "pause MP3Play", 0, 0, 0
End Function
Public Function mp3Stop() As String
mciSendString "stop MP3Play", 0, 0, 0
mciSendString "close MP3Play", 0, 0, 0
End Function
Public Function PositionInSec()
Static PIS As String * 30
mciSendString "set MP3Play time format milliseconds", 0, 0, 0
mciSendString "status MP3Play position", PIS, Len(PIS), 0
PositionInSec = Round(Mid$(PIS, 1, Len(PIS)) / 1000)
End Function
Public Function Position()
Static P As String * 30
mciSendString "set MP3Play time format milliseconds", 0, 0, 0
mciSendString "status MP3Play position", P, Len(P), 0
sec = Round(Mid$(P, 1, Len(P)) / 1000)
If sec < 60 Then Position = "0:" & Format(sec, "00")
If sec > 59 Then
mins = Int(sec / 60)
sec = sec - (mins * 60)
Position = Format(mins, "00") & ":" & Format(sec, "00")
End If
End Function
Public Function LengthInSec()
Static L As String * 30
mciSendString "set MP3Play time format milliseconds", 0, 0, 0
mciSendString "status MP3Play length", L, Len(s), 0
LengthInSec = Round(Val(Mid$(L, 1, Len(L))) / 1000) 'Round(CInt(Mid$(s, 1, Len(s))) / 1000)
End Function
Public Function Length()
Static L As String * 30
mciSendString "set MP3Play time format milliseconds", 0, 0, 0
mciSendString "status MP3Play length", L, Len(L), 0
sec = Round(Val(Mid$(L, 1, Len(L))) / 1000) 'Round(CInt(Mid$(l, 1, Len(l))) / 1000)
If sec < 60 Then Length = "0:" & Format(sec, "00")
If sec > 59 Then
mins = Int(sec / 60)
sec = sec - (mins * 60)
Length = Format(mins, "00") & ":" & Format(sec, "00")
End If
End Function
Public Function SeekTo(Second)
mciSendString "set MP3Play time format milliseconds", 0, 0, 0
If IsItPlaying = True Then mciSendString "play MP3Play from " & Second, 0, 0, 0
If IsItPlaying = False Then mciSendString "seek MP3Play to " & Second, 0, 0, 0
End Function
Thank you thank you!
Think you could put together a project for vb-world that can play a buncha media files, depending on file extension? Would be much gooder than using the evil Windows Media Player OCX. :)