How can i make that in the List codec's it will also show me the type of each codec? - c++-cli

Question

The type of each codec or the type of the codec's
In the List i have in the end about 500 codec's i want that for example in the List in the beginning it will show for example:
Audio
mpeha
mpegv
.....
Video
xvid
divx
And so on.
The first two functions to get the List of codec's are in C:
const char* Encoder_GetNextCodecName()
{
current_codec = av_codec_next(current_codec);
while (current_codec != NULL)
{
return current_codec->name;
}
return "";
}
const char* Encoder_GetFirstCodecName()
{
current_codec = NULL;
return Encoder_GetNextCodecName();
}
Then i have header file:
const char* Encoder_GetNextCodecName();
const char* Encoder_GetFirstCodecName();
Then another C++ header file where i create the List:
List<String^> ^GetCodecs()
{
List<String^> ^l = gcnew List<String^>;
String ^s = gcnew String(Encoder_GetFirstCodecName());
while (!String::IsNullOrEmpty(s))
{
l->Add(s);
s = gcnew String(Encoder_GetNextCodecName());
}
return l;
}
Then when i'm doing in CSHARP this:
List<string> l = new List<string>(f.GetCodecs());
I see that the variable l containing 506 codec's .
The codec's are of ffmpeg !!!
Now in the C file there is also something like:
current_codec->type
Which have many properties.
And there is also something like this in the C file:
AVMediaType::
Which give me a 7 categories of types of the codec's.
The problem is how do i make in the C++ header file when i create the List that the List will be with the types of each codec or of each group of codec's like : Audio,Video,Data.... ?
EDIT
This is another header file i have that is connecting between the C functions and the CLI:
I have another header file where i first call the functions from C:
ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C"
{
#endif
#include <stdint.h>
bool Encoder_MoveToNextCodec();
bool Encoder_MoveToFirstCodec();
const char* Encoder_GetCurrentCodecName();
int Encoder_GetCurrentCodecType();
#ifdef __cplusplus
} // extern "C"
#endif
This is my CLI code:
#pragma once
// FFMPEG_WRAPPER.cpp : Defines the exported functions for the DLL application.
//
#include "ENCODER.h"
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <msclr\marshal.h>
#include <vcclr.h>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <Windows.h>
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Drawing;
using namespace System::Collections::Generic;
using namespace System::Runtime::InteropServices;
using namespace System::Drawing::Imaging;
using namespace msclr::interop;
namespace MyVideo
{
public ref class FFMPEGWrapper
{
public:
FFMPEGWrapper(void)
{
Encoder_init();
}
ref class CodecInfo
{
public:
String^ CodecName;
int CodecType;
};
List<CodecInfo^> ^GetCodecs()
{
List<CodecInfo^> ^l = gcnew List<CodecInfo^>;
bool KeepLooping = Encoder_MoveToFirstCodec();
while (KeepLooping)
{
CodecInfo ^codec = gcnew CodecInfo();
codec->CodecName = gcnew String(Encoder_GetCurrentCodecName());
codec->CodecType = Encoder_GetCurrentCodecType();
l->Add(codec);
KeepLooping = Encoder_MoveToNextCodec();
}
return l;
}
Then in CSHARP i did:
List<f.CodecInfo> l = f.GetCodecs();
But CodecInfo is not exist and i'm getting an error on the GetCodecs()
Error 1 Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.Collections.Generic.List' to 'System.Collections.Generic.List'
Error 2 'ScreenVideoRecorder.Form1.f' is a 'field' but is used like a 'type'
The problems the errors are in CSHARP.

Answer 1

You need to expand your C code to expose the extra details you want, eg:
__declspec(thread) AVCodec* current_codec = NULL;
bool Encoder_MoveToNextCodec()
{
current_codec = av_codec_next(current_codec);
return (current_codec != NULL);
}
bool Encoder_MoveToFirstCodec()
{
current_codec = NULL;
return Encoder_MoveToNextCodec();
}
const char* Encoder_GetCurrentCodecName()
{
if (current_codec != NULL)
return current_codec->name;
return "";
}
int Encoder_GetCurrentCodecType()
{
if (current_codec != NULL)
return (int) current_codec->type;
return AVMEDIA_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
}
Then expand your CLI code to store that info:
ref class CodecInfo
{
public:
String^ CodecName;
int CodecType;
...
};
List<CodecInfo^> ^GetCodecs()
{
List<CodecInfo^> ^l = gcnew List<CodecInfo^>;
bool KeepLooping = Encoder_MoveToFirstCodec();
while (KeepLooping)
{
CodecInfo ^codec = gcnew CodecInfo();
codec->CodecName = gcnew String(Encoder_GetCurrentCodecName());
codec->CodecType = Encoder_GetCurrentCodecType();
...
l->Add(codec);
KeepLooping = Encoder_MoveToNextCodec();
}
return l;
}
Then lastly, use the new info as needed:
List<CodecInfo> l = f.GetCodecs();
foreach(CodecInfo codec in l)
{
// use codec.CodecName, codec.CodecType, ... as needed
}