MediaInfo.dll & VB.NET
#1
Has anyone had any luck using MediaInfo.dll in VB.NET ?
When i try to import the .dll in VS2008 I get the error..

Quote:The type library C:\MediaInfo.tlb could not be loaded

I have tried using the example project and placed the .dll and example.ogg files in the app startup folder but that didn't work.

I really want to use the .dll instead of the CLI!

If someone has used MediaInfo in Visual Studio I'd be really interested to know how you went about it.

btw im on x64
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#2
You can't add it like that, it's not a Visual Studio Library, I used it as shown by the examples given.

add the following code.

Code:
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Public Enum StreamKind As UInteger
    General
    Visual
    Audio
    Text
    Chapters
    Image
    Menu
    Max
End Enum

Public Enum InfoKind As UInteger
    Name
    Text
    Measure
    Options
    NameText
    MeasureText
    Info
    HowTo
    Max
End Enum

Public Enum InfoOptions As UInteger
    ShowInInform
    Reserved
    ShowInSupported
    TypeOfValue
    Max
End Enum

Public Class mediainfo
    Private Declare Unicode Function MediaInfo_New Lib "MediaInfo.DLL" () As IntPtr
    Private Declare Unicode Sub MediaInfo_Delete Lib "MediaInfo.DLL" (ByVal Handle As IntPtr)
    Private Declare Unicode Function MediaInfo_Open Lib "MediaInfo.DLL" (ByVal Handle As IntPtr, ByVal FileName As String) As UIntPtr
    Private Declare Unicode Sub MediaInfo_Close Lib "MediaInfo.DLL" (ByVal Handle As IntPtr)
    Private Declare Unicode Function MediaInfo_Inform Lib "MediaInfo.DLL" (ByVal Handle As IntPtr, ByVal Reserved As UIntPtr) As IntPtr
    Private Declare Unicode Function MediaInfo_GetI Lib "MediaInfo.DLL" (ByVal Handle As IntPtr, ByVal StreamKind As UIntPtr, ByVal StreamNumber As UIntPtr, ByVal Parameter As UIntPtr, ByVal KindOfInfo As UIntPtr) As IntPtr 'See MediaInfoDLL.h for enumeration values
    Private Declare Unicode Function MediaInfo_Get Lib "MediaInfo.DLL" (ByVal Handle As IntPtr, ByVal StreamKind As UIntPtr, ByVal StreamNumber As UIntPtr, ByVal Parameter As String, ByVal KindOfInfo As UIntPtr, ByVal KindOfSearch As UIntPtr) As IntPtr
    Private Declare Unicode Function MediaInfo_Option Lib "MediaInfo.DLL" (ByVal Handle As IntPtr, ByVal Option_ As String, ByVal Value As String) As IntPtr
    Private Declare Unicode Function MediaInfo_State_Get Lib "MediaInfo.DLL" (ByVal Handle As IntPtr) As UIntPtr 'see MediaInfo.h for details
    Private Declare Unicode Function MediaInfo_Count_Get Lib "MediaInfo.DLL" (ByVal Handle As IntPtr, ByVal StreamKind As UIntPtr, ByVal StreamNumber As IntPtr) As UIntPtr 'see MediaInfoDLL.h for enumeration values

    Dim Handle As IntPtr

    Sub New()
        Handle = MediaInfo_New()
    End Sub
    Protected Overrides Sub Finalize()
        MediaInfo_Delete(Handle)
    End Sub
    Function Open(ByVal FileName As String) As Integer
        Return MediaInfo_Open(Handle, FileName)
    End Function
    Sub Close()
        MediaInfo_Close(Handle)
    End Sub
    Function Inform() As String
        Return Marshal.PtrToStringUni(MediaInfo_Inform(Handle, 0))
    End Function
    Function Get_(ByVal StreamKind As StreamKind, ByVal StreamNumber As Integer, ByVal Parameter As Integer, Optional ByVal KindOfInfo As InfoKind = InfoKind.Text) As String
        Return Marshal.PtrToStringUni(MediaInfo_GetI(Handle, StreamKind, StreamNumber, Parameter, KindOfInfo))
    End Function
    Function Get_(ByVal StreamKind As StreamKind, ByVal StreamNumber As Integer, ByVal Parameter As String, Optional ByVal KindOfInfo As InfoKind = InfoKind.Text, Optional ByVal KindOfSearch As InfoKind = InfoKind.Name) As String
        Return Marshal.PtrToStringUni(MediaInfo_Get(Handle, StreamKind, StreamNumber, Parameter, KindOfInfo, KindOfSearch))
    End Function
    Function Option_(ByVal Option__ As String, Optional ByVal Value As String = "") As String
        Return Marshal.PtrToStringUni(MediaInfo_Option(Handle, Option__, Value))
    End Function
    Function State_Get() As Integer
        Return MediaInfo_State_Get(Handle)
    End Function
    Function Count_Get(ByVal StreamKind As StreamKind, Optional ByVal StreamNumber As UInteger = UInteger.MaxValue) As Integer
        If StreamNumber = UInteger.MaxValue Then
            Dim A As Long
            A = 0
            A = A - 1 'If you know how to have (IntPtr)(-1) easier, I am interested ;-)
            Return MediaInfo_Count_Get(Handle, StreamKind, A)
        Else
            Return MediaInfo_Count_Get(Handle, StreamKind, StreamNumber)
        End If
    End Function

Useage is something like:
Code:
Dim MI As New mediainfo
    MI.Open(mediapathandfilename)
    string = MI.Get_(StreamKind.Visual, curVS, "Width")
etc.

Hope this helps
Homepage for XBMC Media Companion, and XBMC-DB - seperate nfo files http://www.billyad2000.co.uk
Forums for XBMC Media Companion http://billyad2000.darkbb.com/
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#3
Thanks for the reply

I added that code to a new project, compiled it and placed the MediaInfo.dll (0.7.27.0) in the same folder as the exe. I tried both the x86 and x64 .dll and running the exe as admin and it still didn't work..

The error it gives me is...

Quote:An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B)

Any chances you'd be able to zip me up a working package to test if the error is machine based because I can't see where I'm going wrong..

Thanks for the help
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#4
MIP and UMM both use MediInfo.dl (and the linux variants for UMM)

Both are open source, so you can check out the source code as example / whatever.

you can browse / download source from sourceforge

MIP is done in vb

UMM is done in c#
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