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I'm working in a corporate environment where the primary mechanism of media playback is Windows Media Player. On our intranet we're serving MP3 files in an embedded WMP through Internet Explorer 6.

I have no problems with embedding, playback, etc. The only issue is that I want to disable the visualization that is automatically turned on when I'm playing back an MP3.

Note: I'd love to, but can't use an alternative in this case. Please don't suggest one.

Here's a sample of what my current embedding code looks like, it's very slim and only works in IE. I'm working on updating it to be cross-browser, but that isn't in the requirements right now so it's a low priority.

<object id="PLAYER" type="application/x-oleobject" height="360" width="480" classid="CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11D3-B153-00C04F79FAA6">
  <param value="sb-sou-3-09.mp3" name="Url" />
</object>

Ideally I'd like to retain the playback controls, but just turn the visualization off. If it's a big black rectangle, that's fine. Our users don't need the illusion that they are flying through a tunnel of sound -- they just want to listen to the audio.

I've tried setting the uiMode setting, but none of the possible values listed at MSDN are the ones I'm looking for.

Zack The Human
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try fiddling with the height i.e. 

<object classid="clsid:6bf52a52-394a-11d3-b153-00c04f79faa6" height="45" width="250">
    <param name="URL" value="reagan-audio.mp3" />
    <param name="uimode" value="full" />
</object>
DaveShaw
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