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IWMSPlaylist.CurrentMediaInformation (Visual Basic .NET)

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IWMSPlaylist.CurrentMediaInformation (Visual Basic .NET)

The CurrentMediaInformation property retrieves an IWMSActiveMedia object containing information about the active media element in the playlist.

Syntax

  IWMSActiveMedia =
  
  Playlist
  .CurrentMediaInformation

Property Value

An IWMSActiveMedia object.

Remarks

This property is read-only. For more information, see the IWMSActiveMedia object.

Example Code

Imports Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Private Sub GetMediaElement()

    ' Declare variables.
    Dim Server As WMSServer
    Dim Players As IWMSPlayers
    Dim Player As IWMSPlayer
    Dim Playlist As IWMSPlaylist
    Dim ActiveMedia As IWMSActiveMedia

Try
    ' Create the WMSServer object.
    Server = New WMSServer()

    ' Retrieve the IWMSPlayers object.
    Players = Server.Players

    ' Retrieve information about each requested playlist.
    For Each Player In Players

        ' Retrieve the playlist requested by the client
        ' if one exists.
        Playlist = Player.RequestedPlaylist

        ' Retrieve a pointer to the active media element.
        ActiveMedia = Playlist.CurrentMediaInformation

    Next

Requirements

Reference: Add a reference to Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.

Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop.

Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.dll.

Library: WMSServerTypeLib.dll.

Platform: Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Server 2008 family.

See Also

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