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Retrieve The Length Of WAV, AVI And MIDI Files


Retrieve The Length Of WAV, AVI And MIDI Files

Know how much time run any WAV, AVI and MIDI file.


Module Code

Declare Function mciSendString Lib "winmm" Alias "mciSendStringA" (ByVal _
lpstrCommand As String, ByVal lpstrReturnString As String, _
ByVal uReturnLength As Long, ByVal hwndCallback As Long) As Long

 

Form Code


Function GetMediaLength(FileName As String)

Dim MediaLength As Long
Dim RetString As String * 256
Dim CommandString As String

'open the media file
CommandString = "Open " & FileName & " alias MediaFile"
mciSendString CommandString, vbNullString, 0, 0&

'get the media file length
CommandString = "Set MediaFile time format milliseconds"
mciSendString CommandString, vbNullString, 0, 0&
CommandString = "Status MediaFile length"
mciSendString CommandString, RetString, Len(RetString), 0&
GetMediaLength = CLng(RetString)

'close the media file
CommandString = "Close MediaFile"
mciSendString CommandString, vbNullString, 0, 0&

End Function


Private Sub Form_Load()

Dim Seconds, Minutes As Integer
Dim MilliSeconds As Long
' replace "c:\my_media_file.wav" with the path to your media file
MilliSeconds = GetMediaLength("c:\my_media_file.wav")
' the function GetMediaLength return the media length in milliseconds,
' so we will calculate the total minutes and seconds
Seconds = Int(MilliSeconds / 1000) Mod 60
Minutes = Int(MilliSeconds / 60000)
MilliSeconds = MilliSeconds Mod 1000

TotalTime = Minutes & ":" & Seconds & ":" & MilliSeconds
MsgBox (TotalTime)

End Sub