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4/8/2010

This method retrieves show or clip information.

Compatibility:Windows Media Player

Syntax 

sRetVal = MediaPlayer.GetMediaInfoString( 

lMediaInfoType 
)

Parameters

lMediaInfoType

[in] Longvalue indicating the type of show or clip information to return. See Remarks for supported types.

Return Value

Returns a Stringvalue associated with the given media information type.

Remarks

The following table shows valid media information types.

Value Visual Basic constant Description

0

mpShowFilename

The name of the Advanced Stream Redirector (ASX) file containing the playlist.

1

mpShowTitle

The playlist's title.

2

mpShowAuthor

The playlist's author.

3

mpShowCopyright

Copyright information for the playlist.

4

mpShowRating

Rating information for the playlist.

5

mpShowDescription

A description of the playlist.

7

mpClipFilename

The name of the current clip file.

8

mpClipTitle

The clip's title.

9

mpClipAuthor

The clip's author.

10

mpClipCopyright

Copyright information for the clip.

11

mpClipRating

Rating information for the clip.

12

mpClipDescription

A description of the clip.

Show information refers to an ASX file containing a playlist.

Clip information refers to one of the individual media file entries specified in the playlist.

Clip information comes either from the media file or from the ASX file referencing the media file.

This method returns clip information from the ASX file if it is available.

If the clip is accessed directly, this method returns information from the media file.

Requirements

Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 3.0 and later

See Also