I am still searching for a method to control Movies. The Solutions offered by several people here (like BlitzMovie) didn't satisfy my needs so far. Blitz's built in Movie capabilities also don't offer the functions I need. Currently I am using a Userlib for MCISendString.
My project needs the following functions: Seek Frame and UpdateFrame, as well as a funtion that returns the length of the movie in frames. I still can combine it with Blitz's Movie Commands, eg. to read the movie width and height using the Blitz Commands.
As I said, currently I use MCSendString. In theory it supports SeekFame and UpdateFrame. The problem is, using the commands works sometimes and sometimes not. I think everyody can imagine that I better don't release a tool that uses a function that works "sometimes".
The tool makes great progress and I really have big plans for it since I got ideas for a market niche that is still not saturated. It's only this MCI SendString Problem that stops me.
Now I need to know - are there any Alternatives? How reliable are the Seek and Update Fame Commands in DirectShow's Movie Functions. Do they exist at all? And would it be possible to use them trough Userlibs?
Are there any other sources that allow to utilize windows installed Video Codecs?
My project needs the following functions: Seek Frame and UpdateFrame, as well as a funtion that returns the length of the movie in frames. I still can combine it with Blitz's Movie Commands, eg. to read the movie width and height using the Blitz Commands.
As I said, currently I use MCSendString. In theory it supports SeekFame and UpdateFrame. The problem is, using the commands works sometimes and sometimes not. I think everyody can imagine that I better don't release a tool that uses a function that works "sometimes".
The tool makes great progress and I really have big plans for it since I got ideas for a market niche that is still not saturated. It's only this MCI SendString Problem that stops me.
Now I need to know - are there any Alternatives? How reliable are the Seek and Update Fame Commands in DirectShow's Movie Functions. Do they exist at all? And would it be possible to use them trough Userlibs?
Are there any other sources that allow to utilize windows installed Video Codecs?