How to convert video file name to byte array

Question

Hi I am trying to convert my video file name that i have extracted from a folder to a byte array. My file name goes "video.mp4"

I have tried using this set of codes

byte[] bytes = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(filename);

but it does not work. Anyone?

If i guess right, you are passing the filename, not the path to the file. But your question is confuse. Do you want to convert the file to a bytes array, or the name of the file (just the string) ? — Guillaume Beauvois, Aug 10 '15 at 10:24
@Nalaka we [don't add "thanks" to posts](http://stackoverflow.com/review/suggested-edits/9107510). I see in your history you've been doing that to quite some posts. Please stop that. — CodeCaster, Aug 10 '15 at 10:25
@heyhihello please provide more info about why your code is not working — DanielV, Aug 10 '15 at 10:37
To clarify, are you wanting to get the **name** or the **contents** into a byte array? Your code suggests you want to read the contents, however the question subjects the name. — Andre Andersen, Aug 10 '15 at 10:39

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 10 '15 at 12:12

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Another (maybe easier way) to convert a string to a byte array goes like this:

string filename = "video.mp4";
byte[] byteArray = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(filename);

To convert the byte array back to a string you can use:

string filename = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(byteArray);

For this to work you'll need to import the System.Text namespace.

answered Aug 10 '15 at 12:12

Please read the comments. It is not clear what OP wants to do. If it is _"Get a string's characters in a byte array"_, then [that's a duplicate of this one](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/472906/converting-a-string-to-byte-array-without-using-an-encoding-byte-by-byte). Using the ASCII encoding is also not very failsafe; filenames can use Unicode characters as well. – CodeCaster Aug 10 '15 at 12:16

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