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Waren
Waren

Reputation: 313

How to get the Properties of a *.mp3 File in C#

I´m programming a little media player with a song library. Now I need to get the properties of a mp3,wma file, like the artist name or the song duration.

What is the best way to get this information?

Upvotes: 18

Views: 29220

Answers (2)

Luke Vo
Luke Vo

Reputation: 20778

Note that NAudio can only run on Windows. I found out ATL .NET and love it because it can work on Stream and it can detect formats as well.

  1. Install z440.atl.core Nuget package:
dotnet add package z440.atl.core
  1. Get the Track object and get as many information as you want:
var track = new Track(stream);

Console.WriteLine(track.Duration);
Console.WriteLine(track.Album);
Console.WriteLine(track.Title);
// More info

Upvotes: 0

Avada Kedavra
Avada Kedavra

Reputation: 8691

You can examine the ID3 tag of the mp3s. The taglib-sharp library is great for doing so. Source code available (here). Example code:

TagLib.File tagFile = TagLib.File.Create(pathtofile);
string artist = tagFile.Tag.FirstAlbumArtist;
string album = tagFile.Tag.Album;
string title = tagFile.Tag.Title;
...

Not sure if tag-lib supports .wma though... Tag-lib can however be ported to silverlight (if needed).

Upvotes: 27

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