ZPlay::GetFileFormat Method

Determine stream format of specified file (ANSI version).

C++

virtual __stdcall TStreamFormat GetFileFormat(const char * pchFileName) = 0;

Parameters

Parameters	Description
const char * pchFileName	Points to a ANSI null-terminated string that specifies the name of the file.

Returns

Stream format. If function can't determine file format return value is sfUnknown.

Description

Remarks

This function will try to determine format of file by parsing file name and using filename extension. If fails to determine file format using filename extension, function will try to parse file data, searching for some known headers in file. If this also fails, function will return sfUnknown.

zplay_GetFileFormatW, zplay_OpenFileW, zplay_OpenStream, zplay_Close

Example

ZPlay C++ Class interface

int format = instance->GetFileFormat("test.mp3");
if(nFormat == sfUnknown)
{
  printf("Can't detect stream format.");
}

C Style interface

int format = zplay_GetFileFormat("test.mp3");
if(nFormat == sfUnknown)
{
  printf("Can't detect stream format.");
}

Group

ZPlay Methods

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