Play Audio File in a plugin

[cgmt]

I am writing a plugin and in that pluggin I need to be able to play audio files in a directory. Everything works great if I manually loop throug the files in the directory and then call PluginHelperFactory.getPluginHelper.PlayAudioFile and pass it the name/string of the complete path to the file including the file name eg. c:\music\xxx.mp3

but what I want to use is the PluginHelperFactory.getPluginHelper.AddAudioFileToQueue and I thought I would pass the same item in but when I do that it gived me an error. Can anyone point me in the correct direction on how to do this as I really want to "queue" up the files. Thanks in advance.

[psycik]

That should work. That's all that's happening here:

Code:

foreach (string mp3file in tracks)
{
    if (i > trackCount)
         PluginHelperFactory.getPluginHelper().AddAudioFileToQueue(mp3file);
    
    i++;
}

[cgmt]

Thats what I assumed I had to do. If I make this call
PluginHelperFactory.getPluginHelper.PlayAudioFile("C:\Music\xxx.mp3") it works fine

but if I make this call
PluginHelperFactory.getPluginHelper.AddAudioFileToQueue("C:\Music\xxx.mp3")
I get an error that says
"Method not found: 'System.String HundredMilesSoftware.UltraID3Lib.UltraID3.get_TrackNum()'."

Any ideas???

[McBainUK]

If you look in the gbpvr.exe.log file you should see the whole error. Post this (as a zip) and I'll take a look.

[cgmt]

I did it both ways so you can see. The way that works(PlayAudioFile) and the way that didn't work(AddAudioFileToQueue) Here is the log file. Thanks for your help.

[cgmt]

I think I jsut answered my own question. After I removed MusicPanel.dll and MusicVAPanelWidget.dll from the Plugins directory it worked fine. I had been expirementing with different Music pluggins and I guess I did not clean up the dll's properly. Not sure how those would affect what I am doing but none the less I am up and running now... Thanks

[McBainUK]

I get an error that says
"Method not found: 'System.String HundredMilesSoftware.UltraID3Lib.UltraID3.get_TrackNum()'."

I cant see this in the log you posted

[psycik]

No neither can i but I'm guessing the musicpanel (since i saw mymusic in there) or Musiclibrary2 (which also uses ultraid3lib) was causing the problem. I'm guessing MusicPanel (no of course I'm not biased ) since that will be trying to read the track information on the currently playing song to display it on the main menu....the song that you had just based to gbpvr for playing in your code.

[Jeff]

I think I jsut answered my own question. After I removed MusicPanel.dll and MusicVAPanelWidget.dll from the Plugins directory it worked fine. I had been expirementing with different Music pluggins and I guess I did not clean up the dll's properly. Not sure how those would affect what I am doing but none the less I am up and running now... Thanks

It isn't the MusicVAPanelWidget.dll; it doesn't use UltraID3Lib.

Jeff

[reven]

yeah it would have been the music panel
it uses the ultraid3 tag library, and the author really enjoys renaming and moving methods so newer versions of the dll no longer work with things that were designed around older versions, its a pain in the arse.