Function Reference

_SoundLength

Returns the length of the soundfile.

#include <Sound.au3>
_SoundLength ( $sSnd_id [, $iMode ] )

 

Parameters

$sSnd_id Sound ID (the 'alias') as returned by _SoundOpen or a file
$iMode [optional] This flag determines which format the length of the sound is returned in
1 = hh:mm:ss where h = hours, m = minutes and s = seconds
2 = milliseconds

 

Return Value

Success: Sound Length
Failure: 0
@Error: 0 = No Error
1 = $iMode is invalid

 

Remarks

None.

 

Related

_SoundPos

 

Example


#include <Sound.au3>
;open sound file
$sound = _SoundOpen(@WindowsDir & "\media\Windows XP Startup.wav", "Startup")
If @error = 2 Then
    MsgBox(0, "Error", "The file does not exist")
    Exit
ElseIf @error = 3 Then
    MsgBox(0, "Error", "The alias was invalid")
    Exit
ElseIf @extended <> 0 Then
    $extended = @extended ;assign because @extended will be set after DllCall
    $stText = DllStructCreate("char[128]")
    $errorstring = DllCall("winmm.dll","short","mciGetErrorStringA","str",$extended,"ptr",DllStructGetPtr($stText),"int",128)
    MsgBox(0, "Error", "The open failed." & @CRLF & "Error Number: " & $extended & @CRLF & "Error Description: " & DllStructGetData($stText, 1) & @CRLF & "Please Note: The sound may still play correctly.")
Else
    MsgBox(0, "Success", "The file opened successfully")
EndIf
MsgBox(0, "Sound Length", "The Sound has a length of:" & @CRLF & "hh:mm:ss - " & _
_SoundLength($sound, 1) & @CRLF & "Milliseconds - " & _SoundLength($sound, 2))