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Windows Media Player Reference

Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player comes in many different versions.

Here are the class ID's of the different versions, with a list of parameters.

Why Has the class ID Changed?

The correct class ID for Windows Media Player 7 and later is: clsid:6BF52A52-394A-11D3-B153-00C04F79FAA6.

Many places on the internet it states that the class ID should be: clsid:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95. This class ID is the old one, but it will work, because of backward compability. However, if you use the old class ID you will not be able to use the new features added to the component.

Windows Media Player 10

clsid:6BF52A52-394A-11D3-B153-00C04F79FAA6 (same as WMP7)

Windows Media Player 9

clsid:6BF52A52-394A-11D3-B153-00C04F79FAA6 (same as WMP7)

Windows Media Player 7

clsid:6BF52A52-394A-11D3-B153-00C04F79FAA6

Windows Media Player 6.4

clsid:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95

Parameter	Default	Description
AudioStream	true
AutoSize	true
AutoStart	true	Sets if the player should start automatically
AnimationAtStart	true	Sets if an animation should show while the file loads
AllowScan	true
AllowChangeDisplaySize	true
AutoRewind	false
Balance	false
BaseURL
BufferingTime	5
CaptioningID
ClickToPlay	true	Sets if the player should start when the user clicks in the play area
CursorType	false
CurrentPosition	true
CurrentMarker	false
DefaultFrame
DisplayBackColor	false
DisplayForeColor	16777215
DisplayMode	false
DisplaySize	false
Enabled	true
EnableContextMenu	true
EnablePositionControls	true
EnableFullScreenControls	false
EnableTracker	true
Filename	URL	The URL of the file to play
InvokeURLs	true
Language	true
Mute	false
PlayCount	1
PreviewMode	false
Rate	1
SAMILang
SAMIStyle
SAMIFileName
SelectionStart	true
SelectionEnd	true
SendOpenStateChangeEvents	true
SendWarningEvents	true
SendErrorEvents	true
SendKeyboardEvents	false
SendMouseClickEvents	false
SendMouseMoveEvents	false
SendPlayStateChangeEvents	true
ShowCaptioning	false
ShowControls	true	Sets if the player controls should show
ShowAudioControls	true	Sets if the audio controls should show
ShowDisplay	false	Sets if the display should show
ShowGotoBar	false	Sets if the GotoBar should show
ShowPositionControls	true
ShowStatusBar	false
ShowTracker	true
TransparantAtStart	false
VideoBorderWidth	false
VideoBorderColor	false
VideoBorder3D	false
Volume	-200
WindowlessVideo	false

Windows Media Player 6 (Older Version)

clsid:05589FA1-C356-11CE-BF01-00AA0055595A

Parameter	Default	Description
Appearance	false
AutoStart	false
AllowChangeDisplayMode	true
AllowHideDisplay	false
AllowHideControls	true
AutoRewind	true
Balance	false
CurrentPosition	false
DisplayBackColor	false
DisplayForeColor	16777215
DisplayMode	false
Enabled	true
EnableContextMenu	true
EnablePositionControls	true
EnableSelectionControls	false
EnableTracker	true
Filename
FullScreenMode	false
MovieWindowSize	false
PlayCount	1
Rate	1
SelectionStart	true
SelectionEnd	true
ShowControls	true
ShowDisplay	true
ShowPositionControls	false
ShowTracker	true
Volume	-200

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