How to Make a Video Playing in a Picture Box to view as Full Screen...

[lvramanan]

Hi Everybody,
I've designed a media Player with the Microsoft Multimedia Control. I've put a Picture box and assigned the hwnd with the hwnd of the MMcontrol. (picture1.hwnd=mmcontrol1.hwnddisplay) Now What should I make so that I can see the Window in full screen. If any one have a idea Please help me.
Thank you.

[CyberCarsten]

Try this:

    Picture1.With = Me.ScaleWidth
    Picture1.Height = Me.ScaleHeight
    
    Me.BorderStyle = 0
    Me.WindowState = 2

[lvramanan]

Hi Cybercarsten,
I tried your idea. Only the Picture box is getting maximized and the video init is not getting maximized. Any other Idea. Please help me. Anyway thank you for ur suggestion.
Regards,
Ramanan.

[PsychoMark]

This doesn't use a picturebox or the multimedia control, but it does work (should work for other types than AVI too, but haven't tested it):

Private 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 Function PlayAVI(sFileName As String, bFullScreen As Boolean)
    Dim sCommand As String
    
    If bFullScreen Then
        sCommand = "play " & sFileName & " fullscreen"
    Else
        sCommand = "play " & sFileName
    End If
    
    Call mciSendString(sCommand, 0&, 0, 0&)
End Function

[lvramanan]

Hi Psychomark,
Your example worked but the Video Flashed for a Moment and became Invisible. I tried AVI and Video Cd Files. Both have the Same Result. In my example I can see the Movie in a Picture Box. Is it posssible to specify a Destination here... Please help me. Anyway thanks for ur help.
Regards,

[PsychoMark]

I'm sure there's a way to specify a destination in the command string, but I don't really know how at the moment (I think I saw it once though)...

But what would be the point in it? You would have to maximize the form anyways. About the flashes, the only ones I got was between two movies, so I just put a black maximized form behind it



Search at PlanetSourceCode for playing AVI's on Form's or PictureBoxes, I think that's where I got the code once...

[lvramanan]

Hi Psycho,
I can't understand what u r doing according to which what you've told below...
But what would be the point in it? You would have to maximize the form anyways. About the flashes, the only ones I got was between two movies, so I just put a black maximized form behind it
Can u Please explain it....

[PsychoMark]

Mhhh....doesn't make much sense to me either


Anyways, forget that part and search on PlanetSourceCode for the solution, I'm sure it's there...