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Synopsis
Listen to Internet radio. Watch breaking news over broadband. Build your own music and video playlists. With the MICROSOFT® WINDOWS MEDIA® PLAYER FOR WINDOWS® XP HANDBOOK, you control the airwaves! Personalize the way you see, hear, and experience digital media with this all-in-one kit of tools and how-tos from Microsoft’s Windows Media team. You get everything you need to bring cutting-edge music and video everywhere your PC, laptop, or portable device goes!
- Discover the exciting new MP3 and Windows Media features throughout Windows XP
- Use built-in CD burning to produce your own discs fast
- Watch DVDs and streamed media—full screen!
- Create your own media library and keep it organized with automatic file-tracking
- Embed the player in your Web page
- Take your music and video to go on your Pocket PC or other device
- Personalize your player with skins and visualizations—and build your own with the Software Development Kit (SDK) on CD-ROM
CD-ROM FEATURES:
- Windows Media Player SDK—your complete resource for creating skins, visualizations, and player-enhanced Web pages
- Windows Media Player Bonus Pack—includes new skins and visualizations, MP3 converter, skin importer, Power Toys, and other useful utilities
- Advanced Script Indexer for creating multimedia files
- Additional tutorials, scenarios, and tips and tricks for Windows Media Player
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Review
So maybe it is engaged in a kind of holy war with Real Networks RealPlayer, but the fact is that Windows Media Player is a very cool audio and video player that belongs in every Windows user's quiver of applications. Microsoft Windows Media Player Handbook documents the latest version of this rad toy, explaining every detail of its operation and customisation. If you are new to Windows Media Player, you'll find the introductory instructions in this book helpful. If you have some experience with the streaming media utility, you will appreciate author Seth McEvoy's treatment of advanced topics like designing custom skins and using Extensible Markup Language (XML) to associate your controls with Windows Media Player functions.
Even when explaining potentially difficult subjects, the text is clear and to the point. Once in a while, the illustrative examples seem a bit academic--for example, instructions on how to add features to a custom skin that really don't expand on the Microsoft documentation--but by and large you'll be happy with what you learn. Turn to this volume if you are not content just playing tunes with Windows Media Player and want to expand your knowledge of the product by developing skins and content. --David Wall
- Topics covered:
- Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 from the client side (as opposed to the server side)
- Using Windows Media Player
- Media Player's technology (including file format and streaming technique)
- Creating custom skins (with playlists, progress bars, visualisations, and other snazzy features)
- Writing custom visualisations in C++
About the Author
Seth McEvoy wrote the Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 Handbook. He was also a co-author of the Microsoft Windows Movie Player Handbook and the lead writer for the Windows Media Player SDK, which recently won an award from the Society for Technical Communication. He’s been at Microsoft for nearly ten years as an editor and writer on a variety of projects, including Access, OLE, Microsoft Press, Windows 95, Interactive Television, NetShow®, Virtual Worlds, VML, Mac Office, and the Windows Media Player. Before coming to Microsoft, he wrote 33 children’s books and computer books.
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- PublisherMicrosoft Press US
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0735614555
- ISBN 13 9780735614550
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages384
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