Reading Metadata property of GifBitmapDecoder...why is it null? - wpf

Question

How can I read the delay, left and top offset data for each frame of a gif? I've gotten this far.
Load the Gif
var myGif = new GifBitmapDecoder(uri, BitmapCreateOptions.PreservePixelFormat, BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad);
Get a frame
var frame = myGif.Frames[i];
From MSDN: Native Image Format Metadata Queries read (ushort)Metadata.GetQuery("/grctlext/Delay"), (ushort)Metadata.GetQuery("/imgdesc/Left"), (ushort)Metadata.GetQuery("/imgdesc/Top")
But two things don't work. First the Metadata property of both the gif and the frame are always null, even if I try different animated gif files. Second, the Metadata property of the frame doesn't seem to have a GetQuery method.
How do I run these queries, what did I miss?
Edit:
Here is sample code that gives me null metadata. Using a fresh install of VS2010 Premium, on a fresh WPF application. The image file is the one in the comments.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Navigation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
namespace WpfApplication1
{
/// <summary>
/// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
/// </summary>
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
var uri = new Uri(#"c:\b-414328-animated_gif_.gif");
var myGif = new GifBitmapDecoder(uri, BitmapCreateOptions.PreservePixelFormat, BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad);
var frame = myGif.Frames[0];
Title = "";
Title += "Global Metadata is null: " + (myGif.Metadata == null).ToString();
Title += "; Frame Metadata is null: " + (frame.Metadata == null).ToString();
// Crash due to null metadata
//var frameData = (BitmapMetadata)frame.Metadata;
//var rate = (ushort)frameData.GetQuery("/grctlext/Delay");
}
}
}

Answer 1

First, you need to Freeze the Frame you want to obtain the metadata from:
var frame = myGif.Frames[0];
frame.Freeze();
Second, the frame.Metadata returns an ImageMetadata which does not have a GetQuery method, but in fact the object returned is of type BitmapMetadata which has a GetQuery method, so you just need to cast frame.Metadata to BitmapMetadata as you do in the last commented lines of your code.