File metadata

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Is it possible to use Xojo to read file metadata such as video length, directors, etc. that are available in Windows video files?

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The answer is in the Blog:

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AVMetadataItemMBS should do this (macOS and iOS only).

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Thanks, is this possible in Windows?

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I have the same question.

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If I needed something like this I’d look into integrating MediaInfo.

MediaInfo SDK

MediaInfo is an open source cross platform library (and tools) for retrieving info about a multitude of different kinds of media files.

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Hello @Chris_Hall ,
did you manage to get the Metadata from a video file?
How did you do it?

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Ever tried parsing the JSON output as a dictionary?
I got some errors when parsing a simple JPEG file. Somehow the output contains illegal characters.