I'm working on a tool that generates a file for use in the Original Xbox's Music menu. Put simply, it grabs a bunch of music files in WMA (only!) format, then generates a soundtrack description file (ST.DB), and a filesystem, based on those songs.
That soundtrack description file has a field that allows storing the duration or length of a song, this is what I'm trying to accomplish.
I've searched around the internet for some kind of description or documentation on the WMA format, so I can write a small tool that parses just the duration of the music in the file. But I haven't found much, most people seem to use Windows SDK calls, which is completely overkill for my purposes. Plus, my aim is to make this tool cross-platform, so, using Windows SDKs isn't an option.
I've tried using ffmpeg/ffprobe, both of which do the job, but there are drawbacks:
- Their outputs aren't optimal (I'd have to parse them afterwards)
- I would like not to rely on external tools
Any documentation or sample code would be extremely useful, anyways, thanks in advance!