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.flv and .mp4
Post by KenDown on Jun 17th, 2014, 12:47pm

I don't know whether this topic has been covered before, but I am wondering whether there is any way of getting my program to play .flv or .mp4 files?

My program incorporates the code found at http://bb4w.wikispaces.com/Playing+a+media+file+using+Direct+Show
and plays .mpg and .mp3 files happily. Is there any way of adapting that code to use players other than the WMP, which is what seems to come into use for those files?

Any help or advice appreciated.
Re: .flv and .mp4
Post by rtr on Jun 17th, 2014, 4:42pm

on Jun 17th, 2014, 12:47pm, KenDown wrote:
I don't know whether this topic has been covered before, but I am wondering whether there is any way of getting my program to play .flv or .mp4 files?

My program incorporates the code found at http://bb4w.wikispaces.com/Playing+a+media+file+using+Direct+Show

You may well find that Direct Show will play them so long as you have installed the necessary codec(s). Try that before investigating anything more complicated.

Richard.
Re: .flv and .mp4
Post by KenDown on Jun 21st, 2014, 03:14am

Thanks - just need to find a source for codecs that WMP appears unable to find.