Can I get timecode from directshow video? - directshow.net

Question

I'm trying to make a timecode counter for a video player based on GMFBridge and DirectShow.
I'm using a Timer to call GetCurrentPosition() every 200ms but I believe it's not accurate. I'd like at least to get the frame number (from start) of the current frame when a video is running.
Can this actually be done?
I'm using DirectShowLib .NET library.

Answer 1

To my knowledge this is hard to achieve, in a solution I work on I did the following to get 'frame number':
public int NumberOfFrames
{
get
{
return (int)(Duration / AverageTimePerFrame);
}
}
public double AverageTimePerFrame
{
get
{
return videoInfoHeader.AvgTimePerFrame / 10000000.0;
}
}
public int GetCurrentFrame(double currentTime)
{
int noOfFrames = (int)(Duration / AverageTimePerFrame);
return Convert.ToInt32(Math.Min(noOfFrames - 1, Math.Floor(currentTime / AverageTimePerFrame)));
}
I got the videoInfoHeader by doing:
// Get the media type from the SampleGrabber
AMMediaType media = new AMMediaType();
hr = sampGrabber.GetConnectedMediaType(media);
DsError.ThrowExceptionForHR(hr);
if ((media.formatType != FormatType.VideoInfo) || (media.formatPtr == IntPtr.Zero))
{
throw new NotSupportedException("Unknown Grabber Media Format");
}
// Grab the size info
videoInfoHeader = (VideoInfoHeader)Marshal.PtrToStructure(media.formatPtr, typeof(VideoInfoHeader));
DsUtils.FreeAMMediaType(media);
However this is obviously tailored to my own use-case, hopefully it helps you a bit though. Good luck!
Updated
Added CurrentTime code (the locker is for my own usage you can most likely remove that):
public double CurrentTime
{
set
{
lock (locker)
{
IMediaPosition mediaPos = fFilterGraph as IMediaPosition;
int hr;
if (value >= 0 && value <= Duration)
{
hr = mediaPos.put_CurrentPosition(value);
DsError.ThrowExceptionForHR(hr);
}
}
}
get
{
lock (locker)
{
IMediaPosition mediaPos = fFilterGraph as IMediaPosition;
int hr;
double currentTime;
hr = mediaPos.get_CurrentPosition(out currentTime);
DsError.ThrowExceptionForHR(hr);
return currentTime;
}
}
}