Windows Media Player Playlist
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Filename extension |
.wpl |
---|---|
Internet media type |
application/vnd.ms-wpl |
Developed by | Microsoft |
Type of format | Playlist |
Extended from | XML |
WPL (Windows Media Player Playlist) is a computer file format that stores multimedia playlists. It is a proprietary file format used in Microsoft Windows Media Player versions 9–12.[1][2] The elements of WPL files are represented in XML format. The top-level element, smil
, specifies that the file's elements follow the SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language) structure.[3]
The file is saved with the "wpl" filename extension and its MIME type is application/vnd.ms-wpl.
Example
Here is an example of a wpl file.
<?wpl version="1.0"?>
<smil>
<head>
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Windows Media Player -- 11.0.5721.5145"/>
<meta name="AverageRating" content="33"/>
<meta name="TotalDuration" content="1102"/>
<meta name="ItemCount" content="3"/>
<author/>
<title>Bach Organ Works</title>
</head>
<body>
<seq>
<media src="\\server\vol\music\Classical\Bach\OrganWorks\cd03\track01.mp3"/>
<media src="\\server\vol\music\Classical\Bach\OrganWorks\cd03\track02.mp3"/>
<media src="SR15.mp3" tid="{35B39D45-94D8-40E1-8FC2-9F6714191E47}"/>
</seq>
</body>
</smil>
See also
- Other playlist file formats
- ASX - Windows media
- M3U - The most common playlist format
- PLS - SHOUTcast
- XSPF - Xiph.Org Foundation
References
- ^ Microsoft Corporation "Windows Media Player multimedia file formats", Article ID: 316992. Accessed April 2, 2007
- ^ UpdateXP.com "Windows Media Player Files". Retrieved Dec 30, 2011
- ^ Microsoft Corporation "Windows Media Playlist Elements Reference". Accessed May 17, 2009