Windows Media Player and COM - How?

[skay_t]

Hi guys,

 

I need to be able to play windows media files on a server to test validity of streaming URL's and whether the file actually plays.

 

This needs to be done serverside (so a check can be run nightly / hourly) so I thought I might use phps COM object to load the windows media player and use the exposed methods to do this.

 

Basically all I will need to do is:

check the address doesnt return a 404 etc (easy)

check the videos duration.

 

Can someone point me in the right direction to actually using the Windows Media Player with the COM object? I dont know where to find a list of available applications that can be exposed through the COM object, Ive tried a host of options to load the player:

 

$wmp = new COM("WMPlayer.OCX");

$wmp = new COM("WMPlayer.Application");

$wmp = new COM("mplayer2.application");

$wmp = new COM("x-mplayer2.Application");

 

etc with no luck

 

OR

 

suggest an alternative idea / method? If I cant do this easily I will write a c++ console app to do it but would like to keep it within php to allow easy maintenance / upgrades later on.

 

 

[trq]

I would suggest you start looking over at http://msdn.com, good luck though, MS aren't renowned for writing good documentation.

[skay_t]

Spent most of yesterday there and following many links on google looking for a solution so thought I would try here before working on a separate console application as a resolution. Thanks.

[trq]

I'm not sure you'd have much luck here really, its much more a com object question, php just provides the interface to that object. I know there used to be a tool available (i'm sure I got it from msdn) that would scan all your com objects and display a list of properties and methods, but that was a long time ago when I was still using windows.

[jitesh]

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