get MusicProperties/metadata of IsolatedStorageFile

Question

How can i get music properties of IsolatedStorageFile? I am aware of StorageFile.GetFileFromPathAsync but i couldn't figure out how to get StorageFile from IsolatedStorageFile either

Answer 1

There are two parts to this:

I couldn't figure out how to get StorageFile from IsolatedStorageFile either

To get a file from the applications local storage (WP7 Isolated Storage) you need to access the folder using:

StorageFolder localRoot = ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder;
StorageFile file = await localRoot.getFileAsync("filename.txt");

How can I get music properties of IsolatedStorageFile?

Getting the properties of a file in the isolated storage is not supported by Silverlight. Unfortunately it isn't supported with a StorageFile either.