Reading Metadata Tags from FLV

For an example - before the .flv plays I want to add all the cue point data to a list so then a user can seek through the video from a list - instead of the cue point data to be added to a list when the stream reaches the event time tagged?
Thanks,
George

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title = LOC "$$$/WPG/HTML/CSS/properties/ImageKeywords=Keywords",
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I am now curious to learn about a list of the tags that can be read that way because I found that many very common tags are not read that way.
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Hi,
I'm referring to the "TAGS" field.
I know they appear, but do they serve any purpose beyond simply appearing there? It seems redundant with the DESCRIPTION field. We were told the TAGS field would server some other, more sophisticated purpose, and I wanted to know if that purpose had ever been implemented. Our editorial team doesn't see any value in creating the content for the TAGS field if all it does is display in the browse mode. And I tend to agree. The TAGS field is not searchable as far as I know, or is it???
Kindest regards,
Brad

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* Main.java
* @author tristan
* Created on August 7, 2007, 4:26 PM
package audioidreader;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import org.blinkenlights.jid3.*;
import org.blinkenlights.jid3.v1.*;
import org.blinkenlights.jid3.v2.*;
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        for (int i=0; i < aoID3Tag.length; i++)
            if (aoID3Tag[i] instanceof ID3V1_0Tag)
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if (ID3_1.getTitle () != null && ID3_1.getArtist () != null)
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if (ID3_2.getArtist () != null && ID3_2.getTitle () != null)
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If I type in an actual String that is a path to an MP3, such as:
getID("/home/tristan/My Music/Incubus - Drive.mp3"); Everything works fine. I've tried casting the value pulled from the ArrayList as a String and then passing it to the getID() method, but my exception I am getting is:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException: java.io.File cannot be cast to java.lang.String
        at audioidreader.Main.main(Main.java:38)
Java Result: 1Line 38 is the line I have commented out. Any ideas?

You're right. That is a bit misleading. Anyway, I
decided to not cast (String) to it. It was a simple
fix just like I figured, but of course I figure it
out after I made the post.
getID (files.get (i).toString ());fixed my problem. Thank you.But not in the correct way. You should really use the canonical path or the absolute path.

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Edited by: Akshata on Mar 21, 2013 3:44 AM

Hi,
Akshata wrote:
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<key>Playlist Items</key>
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<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>155170</integer>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
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tt2

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Please do report your find with the details you state (well done!) here: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
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