OpenMediaFile opens a video file using DirectShow which allows you to load AVI, Mpeg, WMV and other DirectShow supported formats.

It opens the file, but doesn’t actually get the image. To get a frame use LoadFromMediaFile method.

To close the media file use CloseMediaFile.

Namespace: HiComponents.IEvolution
Assembly: IEvolution2 (in IEvolution2.dll) Version: 10.1.0.0

Syntax


	C#			Visual Basic			Visual C++

public int OpenMediaFile(
	string fileName
)

Public Function OpenMediaFile ( _
	fileName As String _
) As Integer

public:
int OpenMediaFile(
	String^ fileName
)

Returns the number of frames.

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