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GetSoundDuration method 

 

Remarks 

 

Gets the duration of the song currently loaded.  

 

Due to the format of an MPEG Audio bitstream, it is not possible to know the type and duration of a MP3 file by just looking at a header. Some guesses can be made, but for a precise measurement of the contents of an MPEG Audio file, the entire file has to be scanned: this method performs only a foresight of the sound duration.  

 

A formatted string of the song duration can be retrieved using the GetFormattedSoundDuration method.  

 

 

Syntax 

 

[Visual Basic]  control.GetSoundDuration (  nPlayer as Integer  ) as Long

 

[C++]  long control.GetSoundDuration (  short nPlayer  );

 

 

Parameter	Description
nPlayer	Number representing the zero-based index of the player whose information must be retrieved

 

 

Return value 

 

Value	Meaning
Value > 0	The song duration expressed in milliseconds
Negative value	An error occurred (see the LastError property for further error details)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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