Reading mp3 files

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Is there any library functions to read as well as edit the header and data section of a mp3 file.

Does winmm support mp3 files also??

If yes what are the methods?

Plz help.

Thanks in advance for any useful help.

Posted 18-Oct-10 7:36am

Be Yourself

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See here[^].

Posted 18-Oct-10 7:52am

Abhinav S

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Be Yourself 19-Oct-10 3:41am

Thanks but does winmm support these files?

Be Yourself 21-Oct-10 7:54am

How can I know the starting of the first data frame of a mp3 file . And how to know the fields of ID3 tag?? How can I know if ID3 tag is included or not??

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Archit9373284448 · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-19T02:35:00

Code for reading MP3 files.
For more info u can Google or search about IDV tags

<pre lang="vb">
        imports system.io
        Dim mp As FileStream
        Dim Title(30) As Byte
        Dim Artist(30) As Byte
        Dim Album(30) As Byte
        Dim Year(4) As Byte
        Dim Comments(30) As Byte
        mp = New FileStream("File_name.mp3", FileMode.Open)
        mp.Seek(-125, SeekOrigin.End)
        mp.Read(Title, 0, 30)
        mp.Seek(-95, SeekOrigin.End)
        mp.Read(Artist, 0, 30)
        mp.Seek(-65, SeekOrigin.End)
        mp.Read(Album, 0, 30)
        mp.Seek(-35, SeekOrigin.End)
        mp.Read(Year, 0, 4)
        mp.Seek(-31, SeekOrigin.End)
        mp.Read(Comments, 0, 30)
        Dim TxtTitle As String = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(Title)
        Dim TxtArtist As String = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(Artist)
        Dim TxtAlbum As String = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(Album)
        Dim TextComments As String = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(Comments)