Error when adding reference of WinRT component

Question

From "Media plugins sample" sample file, I put the dll and .winmd file in the same folder of project and try to plugin. When I adding reference, it has error. I am wondering that does the project of dll should be the same solution with the project try the reference it?? Or I miss something when adding reference?? Or I need to create my own extension SDK??

Answer 1

I guess you forget to register you components in manifest. (Needs to open by text editor directly.)

Here are the steps:

 Step 1:  Register the dll in the extensions section of the package.appxmanifest file
<Extensions>
    <Extension Category="windows.activatableClass.inProcessServer">
      <InProcessServer>
        <Path>SSMFPluginM.dll</Path>
        <ActivatableClass ActivatableClassId="Microsoft.IIS.SSMFByteStreamHandler" ThreadingModel="both" />
      </InProcessServer>
    </Extension>
</Extensions>

Step 2:  In your app, register the BSH for a certain extension/mime-type
var plugins = new Windows.Media.MediaExtensionManager();
try {
    // Register custom ByteStreamHandler
    plugins.registerByteStreamHandler("Microsoft.IIS.SSMFByteStreamHandler", ".ism", "text/xml");
}
catch (e) {
    log(e.message);
}

You can check the Media Plugins Sample for more detail.
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/Media-Plugins-Sample-8913a7e9

 

Eric