External.playMedia method

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4/26/2023

[The feature associated with this page, Windows Media Player SDK, is a legacy feature. It has been superseded by MediaPlayer. MediaPlayer has been optimized for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Microsoft strongly recommends that new code use MediaPlayer instead of Windows Media Player SDK, when possible. Microsoft suggests that existing code that uses the legacy APIs be rewritten to use the new APIs if possible.]

This page documents a feature of the Windows Media Player 9 Series SDK and the Windows Media Player 10 SDK. It may be unavailable in subsequent versions.

Note

This topic describes functionality designed for use by online stores. Use of this functionality outside the context of an online store is not supported.

The playMedia method specifies the URL of a digital media item to play.

Syntax

External.playMedia(
  URL
)

Parameters

URL [in]: String specifying the URL of the digital media item to play.

Return value

This method does not return a value.

Remarks

This method is only available to webpages hosted in the Guide feature.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Version	Windows Media Player 9 Series or later.
DLL	Wmp.dll

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