IMFPMediaItem::GetDuration method (mfplay.h)

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Gets the duration of the media item.

Syntax

HRESULT GetDuration(
  [in]  REFGUID     guidPositionType,
  [out] PROPVARIANT *pvDurationValue
);

Parameters

[in] guidPositionType

Specifies the unit of time for the duration value. The following value is defined.

Value	Meaning
MFP_POSITIONTYPE_100NS	100-nanosecond units. The value returned in pvDurationValue is a LARGE_INTEGER. Variant type (vt): VT_I8 Variant member: hVal

[out] pvDurationValue

Pointer to a PROPVARIANT that receives the duration.

Return value

If this method succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an HRESULT error code.

Remarks

The method returns the total duration of the content, regardless of any values set through IMFPMediaItem::SetStartStopPosition.

Examples

#include <propvarutil.h>

HRESULT GetPlaybackDuration(IMFPMediaItem *pItem, ULONGLONG *phnsDuration)
{
    PROPVARIANT var;

    HRESULT hr = pItem->GetDuration(MFP_POSITIONTYPE_100NS, &var);

    if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
    {
        hr = PropVariantToUInt64(var, phnsDuration);
        PropVariantClear(&var);
    }

    return hr;
}

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 7 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008 R2 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	mfplay.h

See also

How to Get the Playback Duration

IMFPMediaItem

Using MFPlay for Audio/Video Playback