ILMMetaInfo Interface

🗑 Deprecated

See Changes from Version 19 to Version 20 for a complete list and description.

This is the interface for the LEAD Meta Info Object.

Data Types:

LMMetaInfo_Search

typedef [v1_enum] enum LMMetaInfo_Search 
{ 
   LMMetaInfo_Search_Text = 0x00000001, 
   LMMetaInfo_Search_MatchDuration = 0x00000002, 
   LMMetaInfo_Search_MatchYear = 0x00000004, 
   LMMetaInfo_Search_MatchType = 0x00000008, 
   LMMetaInfo_Search_UseParentPath = 0x00000010, 
   LMMetaInfo_Search_BestMatchOnly = 0x00000020, 
} LMMetaInfo_Search; 

Describes possible search options.

Interface Properties:

Interface Methods:

HRESULT Search(BSTR path, long flags);

Parameters

path

string that contains the search path, examples are:

"METADATA/MDR-DVD/dvdTitle" 
"METADATA/MDR-DVD/director" 
"METADATA/MDR-DVD/leadPerformer" 
"METADATA/MDR-DVD/genre" 
"METADATA/MDR-DVD/studio" 
"METADATA/MDR-DVD/releaseDate" 
"METADATA/MDR-DVD/dataProvider" 

flags

a combination of option flags, see LMMetaInfo_Search for more information

Description

Searches the Microsoft DVD Title Info database for DVD meta information.

The search can be performed on a File or Text string, using the Flags enumeration values to indicate File or Text mode, as well as other matching options for Duration, Year, Type (DVD, Bluray, etc), parent path (for 8.3 filenames with a descriptive parent folder name) and Best Match Only (to return only the best match).