Access Meta Data From Windows Media Center Recorded TV

Limbic~Region has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Does anyone know how to programmatically access the meta data from files recorded from Windows Media Center - specifically TV programs?

This link shows how to do it through wscript but I would prefer Perl (obviously) as I am doing more with this than I am comfortable with in another language.

Update: See also this link which hints at a Win32::API solution but is not complete.

Cheers - L~R

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Re: Access Meta Data From Windows Media Center Recorded TV by jfroebe (Parson) on Apr 18, 2013 at 13:37 UTC
VLC can read/play Window Media Center files (.wtv) even on Linux. You may want to take a look at the VLC source code to determine exactly how they're retrieving/parsing the metadata. Jason L. Froebe Blog, Tech Blog	[reply]
Re: Access Meta Data From Windows Media Center Recorded TV by Anonymous Monk on Apr 18, 2013 at 03:12 UTC
wscript means use Win32::OLE :) or wscript	[reply]
Re^2: Access Meta Data From Windows Media Center Recorded TV by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on Apr 21, 2013 at 04:21 UTC
Anonymous Monk, I appreciate your response but if you had read the links I provided, the Win32::API solution doesn't work but I would be happy if you know the right incantation. Cheers - L~R	[reply]