Accessing music file metadata in C#

[bgowland]

Is there a C# library (or libraries) that can be used for getting the metadata from the various music file formats supported by npvr? Just wondering what the best way to do it would be.

Cheers,
Brian

[mvallevand]

I'd recommend the library distributed with nextpvr taglib-sharp.dll

Martin

[bgowland]

I'd recommend the library distributed with nextpvr taglib-sharp.dll

Martin

OK, that's embarrassing. Thanks Martin, I've often noticed that in the npvr programs folder but it had never occurred to me what it did. Now I know.

[psycik]

Lol, what martin said. taglib-sharp was pretty good to use. That's what I used to use for musiclibrary2/3

[bgowland]

Lol, what martin said. taglib-sharp was pretty good to use. That's what I used to use for musiclibrary2/3

Definitely a case of "You learn something every day".

I've given it a quick test and it's working nicely for MP3 files (haven't tried anything else yet) and it seems to be pretty fast too.

[psycik]

I'm sure it does mp4 (mpa) and aac as well.

[bgowland]

I'm sure it does mp4 (mpa) and aac as well.

Yep, pretty much anything audio, video and image are handled by it. Very nice.