RE: Windows Media Player ActiveX not playing again after stopping.

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patricia8069_at_msn.com
Date: 11/02/04

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    Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 11:39:03 -0800

    "rockstar1971" wrote:

    > Hello. I’m getting pretty frustrated with Media Player right now. What I want
    > to do is very simple, but I’m having a difficult time getting it to work.
    >
    > What I want to do:
    > Build a simple Windows App that will play one song after another
    > continuously. Each song is picked from a large volume of mp3 files. Very
    > simple…play track 1…when track 1 ends, retrieve a new mp3 file and play it
    > (track 2)…when track 2 ends, retrieve another new mp3 file and play it...etc.
    > This should be super easy. However, Windows Media player isn’t cooperating.
    >
    > What I’ve built:
    > I’ve created a C#.Net Windows Application and embedded the Windows Media
    > Player 9 ocx in the main form. I can add a new track either through the
    > currentPlaylist object, the currentMedia object or URL property. When I call
    > the play() method, the file plays just fine. The problem I’m having is
    > playing the next track once the current one has ended. I’m using the
    > PlayStateChange event to set up the next track. I’ve tried putting my “get
    > the new track” code is in both the wmppsMediaEnded and wmppsStopped states.
    >
    > I’ve tried changing the currentMedia or URL. When I do this the player just
    > stops. If issue a new play() command, nothing happens.
    >
    > The only thing that works for me is to append a new item to the current
    > playlist. The player just keeps on playing using the new playlist item. This
    > gives me my desired result. However, this is an app that will be running for
    > very long periods of time, so I would rather not keep adding items to the
    > playlist. I’ve tried adding my new playlist item and then removing the
    > previous one, but this causes the player to just stop and sit there.
    >
    > I’ve also tried using the currentMedia object. This doesn’t work at all.
    > When either wmppsMediaEnded or wmppsStopped happens and I set the
    > currentMedia to be a new track, the player stops, it just won’t play again. I
    > can issue play() commands 100 times and nothing happens. I’ve verified that
    > the new media exists in the currentMedia object. I get the same thing using
    > the URL property.
    >
    > It seems so simple to me and I’m not sure what I’m missing.
    >
    > If anyone has any insight it would be very much appreciated. Thanks.
    >
    > -Scott
    >

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