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Windows Media Player (abbreviated WMP) is a media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing audio, video and viewing images on personal computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, as well as on Pocket PC and Windows Mobile-based devices. Editions of Windows Media Player were also released for Mac OS, Mac OS X and Solaris but development of these has since been discontinued.

Windows Media Player (abbreviated WMP) is a media player and media library application developed by Microsoft Corporation.

It is used for playing audio & video on personal computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, as well as on Pocket PC and Windows Mobile-based devices.

Editions of Windows Media Player were also released for Mac OS, Mac OS X and Solaris but development of these has since been discontinued.

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Embed Windows Media Player with visualization disabled

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.…
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Custom File Format And Codec?

I'm messed up with codec issue for days, and still couldn't see the big picture yet. It is my first time to deal with audio/video formats and codecs. So I really need some help about that. Here is the work. I'm writing several components that is…
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Bug in webkit? Mouse move events fire continuously when windows media player is running

In Safari & Chrome (not in FireFox, e.g. "in webkit"), when we're playing Windows Media Player in the background and we listen for mouse move events (using JQuery here), we're seeing mouse move events fire even when the mouse isn't moving. This…
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install dependencies automatically when user install software (.Net)

I'm building a software using .Net 3.5 (c#, WPF), My software need to user install .Net 3.5 and Media Player 11. I want to build an installer that automatically install this two component while user install main software. How i can fix that? this…
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Why windows media player is not closing with player.Close() method?

I am creating a media player object in a simple console application, to play some file. Though the media player is getting launched successfully, when I am using the close() method, the process still runs and media player window does not close. what…
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how do you debug Microsoft Media Platform on xbox?

I am trying to run the sample Microsoft Media Platform plugins on the xbox (MMPPF.Addons). I am able to compile the project in visual studion 2010 and deploy it to the xbox (I have a xbox debug box that supports lakeview platform.). I am able to run…
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Alternate of Windows Media Player in .NET 6

I have recently install Visual Studio 2022, And Select Windows Form Application .NET, and select .NET6 (long term support), Now When I want to add Windows Media Player in my project from COM Components, Its shows following: `The following controls…
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Programmatically Controlling Windows Media Player, Preferably From Java

I'm adding functionality to an existing Java application that's already been deployed extensively. (So there are some design decisions that I can't touch unless I have a seriously compelling reason.) The app controls a PC broadcasting audio and…
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Powershell ISE 5.1 - WindowsMediaPlayer Class - Events not firing

Does anyone know how to get the MediaEnded Event of the WindowsMediaPlayer Class to fire? The event is registered, but it's not firing. It's not an issue of the action, as I have tried outputting results using Out-file. I can use the…
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Windows Media Player Control (winforms) - capture current frame as bitmap?

I am using Windows Media Player control in a winforms app, I would like to periodically capture the playing frame into a bitmap and save it locally. Does WMP expose the current playing frame? Surely the WMP librarty should expose the current frame,…
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decode MPEG1/2 video with Media Foundation

I am using Media Foundation to play videos. On windows 7 some videos encoded with Mpeg1/Mpeg2 PS and Windows Media Player can play them, but Media Foundation does not(I tried to register a stub MPEG1Source but it still does not work). I noticed some…
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C# Cannot Implicitly Convert type 'System.IO.FileInfo' to string

I have a list of music files in my listbox and I'm trying to play them using the media player when I double click on them. But it keeps coming up with the error. I'm assuming it's because 'files' is not a string, but how do I convert it into a…
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How can Python open and play a list of mp3 files with Windows Media Player

I want to use Python to open and play a list of .mp3 files on Windows Media Player. I have been able to open a single file with: os.startfile(path_to_file) but I would like to open an entire playlist. This would be akin to selecting all the files…
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How do i work with windows media player from another form?

So i have 2 forms, one is called "musica" and its playing a music (this form is invisible) and the other is called "Form1" and gives the option to stop and start the music with radio buttons. The problem is that the radio buttons are working, but…
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How to get stream metadata from UWP MediaPlayer?

I am building an audio streaming app using Windows 10 UWP MediaPlayer. Most streams are of type shoutcast/icecast mp3-stream with metadata about the program embedded in the stream itself. My code for playing an audiostream is essentially like…
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