Windows Media Player Control OS Design Development (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)
1/6/2010
The Microsoft® Windows® Media Player® Control for Windows Embedded CE is a Microsoft ActiveX® control you can use to add multimedia playback capabilities to Web pages or applications.
It allows you to embed Windows Media Player content in applications such as Microsoft Internet Explorer.
It also provides a programming interface for rendering a variety of network streaming and nonstreaming multimedia formats. For more information, see Codecs and Formats.
OS Design Information
The following table shows operating system design information for Windows Media Player control.
| Concept | Description |
|---|---|
Dependencies |
Requires DirectShow and adds it to your OS design. |
Hardware considerations |
None. |
The Windows Media Player control is built on Microsoft DirectShow® technology. For more information, see DirectShow. DirectShow is based on Component Object Model (COM) architecture, which uses components called filters that can be plugged in to process multimedia data.
Each filter is designed to receive digital input, process the data, and pass the results on to the next filter. The filters are arranged in what is called a filter graph.
The Windows Media Player controls use an appropriate DirectShow filter graph to parse, decode, and render the media stream.
The Windows Media Player controls are implemented through the DirectShow Filter Graph Manager.
Modules and Components
The following table shows the modules and components that implement Windows Media Player control.
| Item | Module | Component |
|---|---|---|
Windows Media Player application |
ceplayer |
None |
Windows Media Player control |
msdxm |
None |
ActiveMovie control type library |
amcompat |
None |
Windows Media Player version 7 type library |
v7compat |
None |
Implementation Considerations
The following table shows the relevant Sysgen variables.
| Sysgen variable | Description |
|---|---|
SYSGEN_DSHOW_WMP |
Adds the Windows Media Player control to your OS design. |
SYSGEN_CEPLAYER |
Adds a Windows Media Player application to your OS design. |
Application Development Topics
Windows Media Player Control Application Development
Windows Media Player Control Security