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Youtube.VideoSearchByID method |
  
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Youtube.VideoSearchByID method |
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Remarks
Begins a search related to a specific video stored on Youtube.
Once the search is completed the YoutubeSearchDone event is raised with the nSearchType parameter set to YOUTUBE_SEARCH_VIDEO_BY_ID and related information can be obtained through the Youtube.VideoSearchByIDInfoGet and Youtube.VideoSearchByIDThumbnailGet methods.
Each video added to Youtube may have various files which can contain video and/or audio streams: these streams can be enumerated using the Youtube.VideoSearchByIDStreamCountGet method and related information can be obtained through the Youtube.VideoSearchByIDStreamInfoGet method.
Finally, enumerated streams can be downloaded into a local file through Youtube.VideoSearchByIDDownloadStreamToFile method or directly into a player through the Youtube.VideoSearchByIDDownloadStreamToPlayer method.
For details about management of Youtube connections refer to How to enumerate and download video/audio clips from Youtube tutorial.
For further details about methods related to Youtube searches refer to the Youtube object section.
Syntax
[Visual Basic] control.Youtube.VideoSearchByID ( strVideoId as String ) as enumErrorCodes |
[C++] short control.Youtube.VideoSearchByID ( LPCTSTR strVideoId ); |
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strSearchString |
String containing the identifier of the video as assigned by Youtube or the fully qualified URL of the video |
Return value
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enumErrorCodes.NOERROR (0) |
The method call was successful |
Negative value |
An error occurred: see the LastError property for further error details or for a list of the possible error values. |
