ZPlay.LoadID3Ex Method

Load extended ID3 data from current stream. Only in version 2.00 and above.

Visual Basic

Public Function LoadID3Ex(ByRef Info As TID3InfoEx, ByVal fDecodePicture As Boolean) As Boolean

Parameters

Parameters	Description
ByRef Info As TID3InfoEx	Reference to TID3InfoEx receiving extended ID3 data.
ByVal fDecodePicture As Boolean	Set to true to decode attached picture. See Remarks section.

Return Values

Return Values	Description
True	All OK.
False	Error. To get error message read here.

Remarks

Check supported formats for info tag support. Some formats can support some sort of "Info tags", but not all.

libZPlay library implements "ID3 tag" interface to different info tags (VORBIS comment, RIFF Info, ...). So, you can retrieve ID3 informations from different streams (mp3, ogg, flac, wav) because library will convert "format specific tag" to ID3 tag info.

Note:

This function can retrieve attached picture from info tag. If you need to draw this picture on screen, set fDecodeEmbededPicture parameter to true to decode attached picture into Bitmap class. See TID3Picture.

Note: If you juste need ID3 data from file, use LoadFileID3Ex.