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06.25.2007 at 09:12AM PDT, ID: 22656057
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Workaround for WMP.DLL (endofstream event) in Visual Basic 6.0

Asked by myvitagen in Streaming Media Players, Visual Basic Programming, VB Objects

Tags: visual, basic

I am trying to build a VB 6 Program to control movie files being played in Windows Media Player. I need to detect when a movie finishes and when to play the next movie so it rotates automatically.

With MSDXM.OCX the endofstream event works fine. However the movie buffering is slow.
I wish to use WMP.DLL , but the endofstream event doesnt work. Anyone has any workaround? My code sample as follows:

Option Explicit
Const FileLocation = "C:\temp\ADVERTISEMENT\"
Const MaxCount = 3

Private Sub Form_Load()
PlayFile (1)
End Sub

Public Sub PlayFile(ByVal Count As Integer)
'Opens the file selected from the Object
Dim Filename As String
    'Need Checking on Valid File
    Filename = "Ad" & Count & ".wmv"
    MsgBox (WindowsMediaPlayer1.Status)
    WindowsMediaPlayer1.openPlayer (FileLocation & Filename)
    WindowsMediaPlayer1.currentPlaylist()
End Sub

Public Sub WindowsMediaPlayer1_EndOfStream(ByVal Result As Long)
       If Count <= MaxCount Then
            Count = Count + 1
            PlayFile (Count)
        Else
            WindowsMediaPlayer1.Close
        End If
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[+][-]06.25.2007 at 09:31PM PDT, ID: 19360953

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[+][-]06.26.2007 at 10:41AM PDT, ID: 19366039

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