mp3 tags

[philathome]

can someone show me how to get the time from an  mp3 song tag thanks in advance

[kevin]

 Without knowing the file format, that's not exactly simplest request.   There's bound to be sites that describe the hunk formats, if not existing examples in other languages.  Just a matter of finding them.

[philathome]

ok thanks but i have found a dll on a darkbasic site called dark audio is it posable to use this dll with playbasic if so can you show me how

[kevin]

  I've no idea what DarkAudio is, but if it's setup as plug in for Dbpro, then no.  If it's an external dll (that doesn't hook into Dbpro), then maybe. 

[Big C.]

If I understand your request correctly then you want to get the PLAYLENGTH of an MP3-File.
The Problem is that MP3 havn't this information in a reading Term like hh:mm:ss inside the MP3-File

But you can read the 4KByte Headers of each frame and you have to calculate the length by yourself.

Its really complicated but I have found a page which explains the 4KByte Header in a short term ==> CLick me

and I found a function in a BlitzBasic Forum which converted the Specs in Basic. In the attachment you get a version for playbasic. Its not the fastest way I thougth but you will get your length of an MP3-File.

Big C.

[philathome]

thank you for takeing the time to find that for me and it is a bit slow
i have found this dill on the darkbasic site and i was wondering if it would work with playbasic

[kevin]

It's a Dbpro plugin so most likely 99% useless.  Next time post a link and not the file