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Windows Media Player 7.1 SDK

This documentation describes the Microsoft® Windows Media™ Player 7.1 Software Development Kit (SDK). The Windows Media Player SDK is one of the main components of the Microsoft Windows Media SDK. Other components include the Microsoft Windows Media Format SDK, the Microsoft Windows Media Services SDK, the Microsoft Windows Media Encoder SDK, the Microsoft Windows Media Rights Manager SDK, and the Microsoft Windows Media Player SDK.

The Windows Media Player 7.1 SDK documents programming technologies that can be used to extend the capabilities of Windows Media Player. These technologies are documented in the following sections:

Section Description
Windows Media Player Object Model The Microsoft Windows Media Player control is a Microsoft ActiveX® control used for adding multimedia playback capabilities to Web pages. It provides a programming interface for rendering a variety of network streaming and non-streaming multimedia formats. This portion of the SDK also contains information about the Windows Media Player 6.4 Object Model, Windows Media Player Netscape Navigator plug-in 6.4, Windows Media Player for Mac, and Windows Media Player plug-in for Solaris 6.3.
Windows Media Player Skins Skins are an XML-based technology used to customize the user interface of the stand-alone Windows Media Player.
Windows Media Player for Palm-size PC, Pocket PC, and Handheld PC Skin Development Kit Skins are an XML-based technology used to customize the user interface of the Windows Media Player. This section discusses creating skins with Windows Media Player for Palm-size PC, Pocket PC, and Handheld PC.
Windows Media Player Custom Visualizations Windows Media Player visualizations are COM objects used to display visual imagery that is synchronized to the audio portion of the media playback of the player. Custom visualizations can be created using Visual C++.
Windows Media Metafiles Metafiles are XML documents that provide information about a media stream and its presentation. Metafiles can be used to organize media files into playlists that can include functionality for seamless stream switching, ad insertion, and other features.
Glossary This section contains definitions of terms used throughout the SDK.

Notes   Installing this SDK does not install Windows Media Player. You must have Windows Media Player 7.1 installed to use the material in this SDK.

Samples for this SDK are in the Samples folder that is installed with the SDK. The file named Wmp7sdkr.htm has a list of the samples. You must first install the Windows Media Player SDK to use the samples. If you have not already installed it, click the following link:

Install Windows Media Player SDK

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