The Media Center Sandbox

I am using Interop.WMPLib.dll in order to play mp3 files.  I can get it working fine on my local machine, but when I try to put the app on a server and install the DLL into the GAC I get the following error :

Failure adding assembly to the cache: Attemp to install an assembly without a strong name.

How do I solve this? I can't give the DLL a strong name as I don't have the source code.

 

Thanks,

Mike

One of the features of managed code is that it only gets compiled to an intermediate language, not assembly language.   You can decompile it using ILDasm and then recompile it with strong name signing.  A tutorial on how to do this is here:

http://www.andrewconnell.com/blog/archive/2004/12/15/772.aspx

It's the second bit (starts with "However")

Cheers,
Andrew

Just a quick question - are you using WMPLib to PLAY the files, or are you just using it to access the media library? PlayMedia would be the best solution for actually playing the MP3s.