My First Convert (Visual Basic)

The ltmmConvertCtrl object allows the user to recompress multimedia files or convert from one multimedia format to another. Using the following steps:

1.	Start Visual Basic.
2.	Add the LEAD Multimedia controls to your project. On the Project pull-down menu, use the Components option, and select the LEAD Multimedia Library (14).
3.	Select the ltmmConvertCtrl Control, and add it to your form.
4.	Add a button to your control, and name it as follows:
	Name	Caption
	btnStartConvert	Start Convert
5.	Handle the Form’s Load event, and code Form_Load sub as follows:

Private Sub Form_Load()
   'Define the input file.
   ltmmConvertCtrl1.SourceFile = "c:\source.avi"
   'Define the target or output file.
   ltmmConvertCtrl1.TargetFile = "c:\Target.avi"
   'select the LEAD compressor
   ltmmConvertCtrl1.VideoCompressors.Selection = ltmmConvertCtrl1.VideoCompressors.Find("device:sw:{33D9A760-90C8-11D0-BD43-00A0C911CE86}\LEAD MCMP/MJPEG Codec A COmpressor Also known as an encoder, this is a module or algorithm to compress data. Playing that data back requires a decompressor, or decoder. combined with a DECompressor, or encoder Also known as compressor, this is a module or algorithm to compress data. Playing that data back requires a decompressor, or decoder. and a decoder Also known as a decompressor, this is a module or algorithm to decompress data., which allows you to both compress and decompress that same data. (2.0)")
End Sub

6.	Handle the btnStartConvert Click event, and code btnStartConvert_Click procedure as follows:

Private Sub btnStartConvert_Click()
   'start the conversion
   ltmmConvertCtrl1.StartConvert
   MsgBox ("Converting is done…")
End Sub

7.	Run your program to test it.