[2005] Video Programming Question (reading MKV files)

[maikeru-sama]

I have been looking all over the Internet for the past week to see if I could find a DLL (with a wrapper class) or a COM Object that will allow me to view the contents of an MKV file (video, audio, subtitles inside of it) I have not been able to find anything that would allow me to do that.

If I wanted to write my own code to be able to read the contents of .MKV files, where would I start? Is this over the head of a language like VB.net?

[sparrow1]

Hi,

I think your speaking about the Matroska Media Container.
Now, go to the Matroska website www.matroska.org and go to downloads page and
select windows option. Look for and dowload the version of CCCP (Combined
Community Codec Pack) for use with Windows Media Player. Follow instructions to install and Media Player will play MKV (video) and MKA (audio) files for you.
Perhaps you can find a .dll with a wrapper class as well.

Wkr,

sparrow1

[maikeru-sama]

Hi,

I think your speaking about the Matroska Media Container.
Now, go to the Matroska website www.matroska.org and go to downloads page and
select windows option. Look for and dowload the version of CCCP (Combined
Community Codec Pack) for use with Windows Media Player. Follow instructions to install and Media Player will play MKV (video) and MKA (audio) files for you.
Perhaps you can find a .dll with a wrapper class as well.

Wkr,

sparrow1

Sparrow1, I have had CCCP on my computer for about 2 years. I looked through some of the folders and I did not find any wrapper classes or anything like that. I actually went to the matroska homepage and emailed them but didn't get a response.

Most of the programs out there seem to use the Libmatroska.ll but the only open source software that I have found that has a Wrapper Class is MediaInfo but it is a bit hard to understand.

I will keep looking.