Hi,

I am about to embark on a project to create a CD Player/CD Database program
written entirely in VB4.

I know how to do the rudimentary things such as actually playing the CD,
skipping tracks, pausing and the like, all using the MCI Multimedia control.

My problem is that I do not know how to use the said control to obtain
information about the CD to calculate its Disc ID.

I need the disc ID to access the CDDB Server in order to obtain such
information as Artist Name, Track Names, etc..  This way the user would not
have to type them in.

Any help that would further my project would be greatly appreciated.

I've done a CDPlayer in VB with Artist/Track lists as my first VB program,
back before one was supplied with Windoze. You can have a look at the
source if it helps you. Grab it from http://www.ozemail.com.au/~clatta in
the download section.

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Paul Doherty CNA/CNE/MCP+I/MCSE
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