Change File Attributes ???

[Guest]

I have a file, when i right click on the file i can get a properties page, in the properties page i have a summary tab, i want to programmatically change the values in the advanced summary tab, is this possible in vb.net?

Basically i have 1000's of *.mp3 files, i need to change the artist and album in the advanced summary page of the file properties using vb.net or C#. Any Ideas?

Thanks Eric.

 

[Cor]

Hi Eric,

Bart has given this once to the newsgroups, I do not know if it works.

Cor

\\\By Bart Verdonck
(comments where in dutch, translated a little bit by Cor)
Private Sub MP3InfoOphalen()
Try
' Open a FileStream openen, binded to the file
Dim strMP3 As New IO.FileStream(Me.BestandsNaam, _
IO.FileMode.Open, IO.FileAccess.Read)
'Use a BinaryReader to read binary the characters from the FileStream
Dim binReader As New IO.BinaryReader(strMP3)
' When they are present is it in the MP3-informatie 127 bytes before the
end of the file
binReader.BaseStream.Seek(-128, IO.SeekOrigin.End)
' Only if the first 3 bytes on that position makes the word TAG, than
'contains the file real MP3-information, which we can get from it
If binReader.ReadChars(3) = "TAG" Then
msTitel = binReader.ReadChars(30)
' We read 30 characters for the tittle
msArtiest = binReader.ReadChars(30)
' We read 30 characters for the artist
msAlbum = binReader.ReadChars(30)
' We read 30 characters for the album
msJaar = binReader.ReadChars(4)
' We read 4 characters for the year
msCommentaar = binReader.ReadChars(30)
' We read 30 characters for comment
Else
' No real MP3-bestand: clean the fields
msTitel = ""
msArtiest = ""
msAlbum = ""
msJaar = ""
msCommentaar = ""
End If
' Close the BinaryReader and FileStream
binReader.Close()
strMP3.Close()
Catch ex As IO.IOException
msTitel = ""
msArtiest = ""
msAlbum = ""
msJaar = ""
msCommentaar = ""
End Try
End Sub

 

[Guest]

Thanks,
This works great for reading the data from the MP3 file, any idea how to write / change the data?

 

[Lloyd Sheen]

There is a dot net assembly to do this. I have the files but cannot
remember the URL that got them. Check in MSDN since I think that is where
the article on using the dll(s) are and where to get the dll.

Lloyd Sheen

Thanks,
This works great for reading the data from the MP3 file, any idea how to

write / change the data?