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  • Short Desc

    You may receive this error: "'FFProbe' is ambiguous in the namespace 'NReco.VideoInfo'" when developing your Application if using an older version of the NReco.VideoInfo component.
  • Article Details

    When working in Visual Studio or another program to design your ASP.NET application with NReco.VideoInfo component, you may experience this error.

     

    Line 83: Dim ffProbe = New NReco.VideoInfo.FFProbe()
    Line 84: ffProbe.ToolPath = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/App_Data")
    Line 85: ffProbe.FFProbeExeName = "ffprobe.exe"
  • Recreate Issue

    Using an older version of the NReco.VideoInfo, you will witness this error.
  • Resolve Issue

    You will need to upgrade to the latest version of the [NReco.VideoInfo] component.
    Inside [Visual Studio]
    Right-click on your project
    Choose [Manage NuGet packages]
    In the list of [Installed] components.
    You should see an option to upgrade to the newest release, which is 1.2.1 at the time of this article.
    Choose to [Upgrade].
    Close the [NuGet Manager] when completed, and the error should now be gone.

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