[RESOLVED] Video on Form load

what component can i use for Video on form load???

Hmm, lots of them in no particular order
1) MMControl (MS Multimedia Control)
2) Windows Media Player
3) MCI Api - not really a control, just api code
4) ActiveMovie - see code below

Note: only tested on .mpg & .mpeg files

Code:

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Option Explicit
'ref to ActiveMovie control type library
' (quartz.dll)
Private Player As QuartzTypeLib.FilgraphManager
Private Sub Form_Load()
 Set Player = New FilgraphManager
 '**********change the file path below***********
 Player.RenderFile "C:\MyDocs\Videos\Beatles - You're Gonna Lose That Girl.mpg"
 Player.Run
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
 Player.Stop
 Set Player = Nothing
End Sub

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by VBClassicRocks

Hmm, lots of them in no particular order
1) MMControl (MS Multimedia Control)
2) Windows Media Player
3) MCI Api - not really a control, just api code
4) ActiveMovie - see code below

Note: only tested on .mpg & .mpeg files

Code:

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Option Explicit
'ref to ActiveMovie control type library
' (quartz.dll)
Private Player As QuartzTypeLib.FilgraphManager
Private Sub Form_Load()
 Set Player = New FilgraphManager
 '**********change the file path below***********
 Player.RenderFile "C:\MyDocs\Videos\Beatles - You're Gonna Lose That Girl.mpg"
 Player.Run
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
 Player.Stop
 Set Player = Nothing
End Sub

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is ActiveMovie a component???

No, as I said in my post, set a reference (Project|References) to the ActiveMovie control type library.
If it doesn't appear in the list, browse to your system folder & select quartz.dll.

There is a control in the toolbox called MS ActiveMovie but it is actually Windows Media Player
(msdxm.ocx), not to be confused with the other Windows Media Player (wmp.dll).