Microsoft Windows Media(TM) Player 7 Handbook,9780735611788

Microsoft Windows Media(TM) Player 7 Handbook

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ISBN13: 9780735611788
ISBN10: 0735611785
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-11-04
Publisher(s): Microsoft Pr
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Summary

With Windows Media Player 7, consumers get one-click access to the richest multimedia experience on line. And with this comprehensive handbook, they get one-stop information on how to use new Media Player capabilities and quickly create their own digital music, video, and art. Written by members of the Microsoft Windows Media Player team, this concise guide delivers inside insights on the technology -- including interactive "skins" that allow users to change the look and feel of the Player; customizable animations; and CD-quality audio that's half the size of MP3 files. Users get easy-to-follow tips for everything from ripping tracks from favorite CDs onto their PCs to animating the user interface and porting digital media to a Pocket PC player.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix
PART 1: USING WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 1(104)
Getting Started
3(22)
What is Windows Media Player?
3(5)
Now Playing: plays music and video
4(1)
Media Library: organizes your files
4(1)
Media Guide: searches the Internet
4(1)
CD Audio: copies music from CDs
4(1)
Skin Chooser: provides custom user interfaces
5(1)
Visualizations: dance to the music
6(1)
Portable Device: copies music to your pocket
7(1)
Radio Tuner: tune in to Internet radio
8(1)
Installing Windows Media Player
8(10)
Beginning your installation
8(9)
Using auto upgrade
17(1)
Using skins
18(3)
Choosing Skins
18(2)
Downloading skins
20(1)
Changing modes to use the current skin
20(1)
Borders
21(1)
Using visualizations
21(4)
Installing visualizations
22(1)
Using presets
23(1)
Using properties
23(1)
Using full-screen visualizations
23(2)
How Does the Player Work?
25(32)
Playing a file in only three steps
25(4)
Step 1: Start with the full mode Player
25(3)
Step 2: Choose a song
28(1)
Step 3: Click Play
28(1)
Using the navigation buttons
29(2)
Watching visualizations
31(1)
Changing other settings
32(4)
SRS WOW Effects settings
32(1)
Graphic Equalizer settings
33(1)
Video settings
34(1)
Windows Media Information
35(1)
Captions
36(1)
Using menus
36(9)
File menu
36(1)
View menu
37(2)
Play menu
39(1)
Tools menu
40(1)
Options dialog box
41(2)
Help menu
43(1)
Compact mode shortcut menu
43(2)
Changing views in full mode
45(1)
Finding files on the Internet
46(1)
Copying music from CDs
46(3)
Copying tracks
47(1)
Selecting copy options
48(1)
Using playlists
49(5)
Using the Media Library
49(5)
Using the Radio Tuner
54(3)
Using Station Finder
55(1)
Using station presets
56(1)
Working with radio stations in the Media Library
56(1)
Understanding Media Files
57(22)
File formats
57(9)
Determining file types with extensions
58(1)
Changing file associations
59(2)
Supported file types
61(5)
Codecs
66(6)
Sampling and Bit Rates
67(1)
Using MP3
68(1)
Using the Windows Media Audio codec
68(1)
Where do you get codecs?
69(1)
Which codecs do you have?
70(2)
Understanding digital rights
72(4)
Creating encrypted music files
73(2)
Copy settings enable personal rights management
75(1)
Copying music to a CD
76(3)
Receiving Internet Audio and Video
79(12)
Downloading files
79(3)
Progressive downloading
82(9)
Streaming media
84(7)
Using Windows Media Player with Portable Devices
91(14)
Using portable devices
91(4)
Music in your pocket
91(1)
PC in your pocket
92(2)
Windows Media Player for Pocket PC
94(1)
Using Windows Media Player on a portable device
95(2)
Starting the Player
95(1)
Using the buttons
95(1)
Using the sliders
96(1)
Copying music to and from your devices
97(5)
Deleting songs from the Pocket PC
99(1)
Files that can be copied
100(1)
Digital rights management
100(1)
Optimizing file copying
101(1)
Creating playlists on a portable device
102(1)
Using skins on portable devices
103(1)
Loading skins
103(1)
Creating your own skins
104(1)
Using other portable devices
104(1)
PART 2: CREATING SKINS 105(108)
What Are Skins?
107(28)
Introduction
107(2)
Architecture of skins
109(3)
Skins drive the player
110(2)
XML
112(9)
What is XML?
112(1)
How XML is used in skins
112(1)
The rules of XML
113(2)
How to author in XML
115(1)
How to create the Skin Definition File in XML
115(6)
JScript
121(6)
Calling JScript functions
121(1)
Controlling the Player
122(5)
Art files
127(8)
Art file formats
128(1)
Simple art example
129(6)
How to Design Skins
135(18)
User interface guidelines
135(9)
Windows interface
135(1)
Windows Media Player interface
136(8)
A process for designing skins
144(9)
Step 1: Analyzing what to do
145(1)
Step 2: Designing the user interface
146(1)
Step 3: Creating the art
147(2)
Step 4: Writing the code
149(4)
Creating a Sample Skin
153(24)
Analyze what to do
154(1)
Basic functionality of the sample skin
154(1)
Design the user interface
155(3)
What user interface elements are available?
155(1)
What will the sample user interface do?
156(2)
Create the art
158(10)
Types of art
159(1)
Creating the primary image file
160(8)
Write the code
168(9)
Creating the skin definition file
168(9)
Adding More to Skins
177(22)
Adding a progress bar
177(3)
Progress bar art files
178(1)
Progress bar code
179(1)
Adding a slider
180(1)
Adding a custom slider
181(4)
Custom slider art files
182(1)
Custom slider code
183(2)
Adding a video window
185(1)
Video art files
185(1)
Video window code
185(1)
Adding a visualization
186(2)
Visualization art files
186(1)
Visualization code
187(1)
Adding a sliding drawer
188(6)
Drawer art files
189(1)
Drawer code
190(4)
Adding a dialog box for opening files
194(1)
Adding a playlist
195(1)
Playlist code
195(1)
Adding text
196(2)
Text code
196(2)
Going further
198(1)
Testing and Distributing Skins
199(14)
Testing skins
199(12)
Analyzing what is going on inside your skin
199(11)
Using Microsoft Visual InterDev
210(1)
Being sure your skin is complete
211(1)
Distributing skins
211(2)
Zipping it up
211(1)
Testing it again
212(1)
Sending it out
212(1)
PART 3: ADVANCED TOPICS 213(64)
Using Windows Media Player in a Web Page
215(16)
Getting started
215(6)
Setting up your Web page
221(6)
Using ActiveX
221(1)
Using the OBJECT element of HTML
222(1)
Defining the user interface with HTML
223(4)
Implementing event handlers
227(1)
Understanding Player control limitations
228(1)
Previous versions of the control
228(1)
Ensuring that the Player is installed
229(1)
Going further
230(1)
Creating Custom Media Content
231(18)
Using makers
232(4)
Inserting markers
232(3)
Using markers in scripts
235(1)
Using URLs
236(5)
Inserting URLs
236(3)
Using URLs in scripts
239(2)
Using script commands
241(4)
Inserting script commands
242(1)
Custom script commands
243(2)
Using captioning
245(4)
Creating Multimedia Applications
249(10)
Using borders
249(10)
How to create borders
252(4)
Creating a sample border
256(3)
Creating Custom Visualizations
259(18)
Software tools
259(3)
Installing Visual C++
260(1)
Installing the Windows Media Player 7 SDK
260(1)
Installing the Visualization Wizard
260(2)
Installing Windows Media Player 7
262(1)
Creating your project templates
262(7)
Project files
262(2)
Creating the files
264(2)
Building a test visualization
266(1)
Seeing the test visualization
267(2)
Implementing the Render interface
269(2)
Control flow between Player and visualization
269(1)
Parameters of the Render method
270(1)
Implementing presets
271(2)
Render method
271(1)
GetPresetTitle
271(1)
Preset Enumeration
272(1)
Resource Header
272(1)
Resource Strings
272(1)
Sample code
273(2)
Going further
275(2)
Glossary 277(12)
Index 289(10)
About the Author 299

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