KB Issue

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.

Issue Details

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

Namespace Error
'FFProbe' is ambiguous in the namespace 'NReco.VideoInfo'
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.