IWMSActiveMedia Object (C#)
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IWMSActiveMedia Object (C#)
The IWMSActiveMedia object provides information about the currently active media element in a playlist. A media element can include both audio and video streams.
The IWMSActiveMedia object exposes the following properties and methods.
Property | Description |
Duration | Retrieves the total length of the media element, in milliseconds. |
Live | Retrieves a Boolean value that indicates whether the media element originates from a live source. |
Streams | Retrieves an IWMSActiveStreams object that contains a collection of the media streams that make up the active media element. |
TotalPackets | Retrieves the total number of data packets contained in the active media element. |
Method | Description |
GetProperty | Retrieves a specific property from the active media element. |
Example Code
The following example illustrates how to retrieve an IWMSActiveMedia object.
using Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; // Declare variables. WMSServer Server; IWMSActiveMedia ActiveMedia; IWMSPlayers Players; IWMSPlayer Player; IWMSPlaylist Playlist; try { // Create a new WMSServer object. Server = new WMSServerClass(); // Retrieve an IWMSPlayers object. Players = Server.Players; // If players are connected, retrieve first IWMSPlayer object // in the IWMSPlayers collection. if (Server.Players.Count > 0) { Player = Server.Players[0]; // Retrieve the IWMSPlaylist object for the player. // NOTE: A valid playlist file is not always returned. // This may be the case, for example, if the user requested // a specific content file or if a broadcast publishing point // is being used. Playlist = Player.RequestedPlaylist; if (Playlist != null) { // Retrieve the IWMSActiveMedia object. ActiveMedia = Playlist.CurrentMediaInformation; } } } catch (COMException comExc) { // TODO: Handle COM exceptions. } catch (Exception e) { // TODO: Handle exceptions. }
See Also
- Server Object Model (C#)
- IWMSActiveStream Object (C#)
- IWMSPlayer Object (C#)
- IWMSPlaylist Object (C#)
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