Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 Handbook

Seth McEvoy

Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 Handbook
  • 出版商: MicroSoft
  • 出版日期: 2000-11-04
  • 售價: $1,200
  • 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $1,140
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 336
  • 裝訂: Paperback
  • ISBN: 0735611785
  • ISBN-13: 9780735611788

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Tune in and turn on to the ultimate digital media experience!

Listen to Internet radio. Watch the BBC over broadband. Build your own jukebox of music and video. With the MICROSOFT® WINDOWS MEDIA™ PLAYER 7 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-to’s from the Windows Media team. You get everything you need to bring cutting-edge music and video everywhere your PC, laptop, or pocket device goes!

• Copy tracks from your favorite CDs onto your PC with just a click
• Customize the look of your player with skins
• Build your own media library with content from CDs and the Internet
• Watch the music move with the cool visualizations included with Windows Media Player 7?or create your own
• Embed the player in your Web page
• Design and build new skins with the Software Development Kit (SDK) on CD
• Add your own control buttons and sliders
• Take your music to go on your Pocket PC or other device


CREATE YOUR OWN LOOK AND SOUND FAST! CD-ROM INCLUDES:
• Microsoft Windows Media Player 7?ready to load
• Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 SDK?a step-by-step tutorial and reference for creating skins, visualizations, and Web pages
• Skin Construction Kit, Advanced Script Indexer, and other sample applications
• Ready-to-use skins and visualizations, plus code, art, audio, and video files to use with the SDK

 

 

Table of Contents:

Introduction ix
PART 1: USING WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 1
CHAPTER 1: Getting Started 3
    What is Windows Media Player? 3
        Now Playing: plays music and video 4
        Media Library: organizes your files 4
        Media Guide: searches the Internet 4
        CD Audio: copies music from CDs 4
        Skin Chooser: provides custom user interfaces 5
        Visualizations: dance to the music 6
        Portable Device: copies music to your pocket 7
        Radio Tuner: tune in to Internet radio 8
    Installing Windows Media Player 8
        Beginning your installation 8
        Using auto upgrade 17
    Using skins 18
        Choosing Skins 18
        Downloading skins 20
        Changing modes to use the current skin 20
        Borders 21
    Using visualizations 21
        Installing visualizations 22
        Using presets 23
        Using properties 23
        Using full-screen visualizations 23
CHAPTER 2: How Does the Player Work? 25
    Playing a file in only three steps 25
        Step 1: Start with the full mode Player 25
        Step 2: Choose a song 28
        Step 3: Click Play 28
    Using the navigation buttons 29
    Watching visualizations 31
    Changing other settings 32
         SRS WOW Effects settings 32
        Graphic Equalizer settings 33
        Video settings 34
        Windows Media Information 35
        Captions 36
    Using menus 36
        File menu 36
        View menu 37
        Play menu 39
        Tools menu 40
        Options dialog box 41
        Help menu 43
        Compact mode shortcut menu 43
    Changing views in full mode 45
    Finding files on the Internet 46
    Copying music from CDs 46
        Copying tracks 47
        Selecting copy options 48
    Using playlists 49
        Using the Media Library 49
    Using the Radio Tuner 54
        Using Station Finder 55
        Using station presets 56
        Working with radio stations in the Media Library 56
CHAPTER 3: Understanding Media Files 57
    File formats 57
        Determining file types with extensions 58
        Changing file associations 59
        Supported file types 61
    Codecs 66
        Sampling and Bit Rates 67
        Using MP3 68
        Using the Windows Media Audio codec 68
        Where do you get codecs? 69
        Which codecs do you have? 70
    Understanding digital rights 72
        Creating encrypted music files 73
        Copy settings enable personal rights management 75
    Copying music to a CD 76
CHAPTER 4: Receiving Internet Audio and Video 79
        Downloading files 79
        Progressive downloading 82
         Streaming media 84
CHAPTER 5: Using Windows Media Player with Portable Devices 91
    Using portable devices 91
        Music in your pocket 91
        PC in your pocket 92
        Windows Media Player for Pocket PC 94
    Using Windows Media Player on a portable device 95
        Starting the Player 95
        Using the buttons 95
        Using the sliders 96
    Copying music to and from your devices 97
        Deleting songs from the Pocket PC 99
        Files that can be copied 100
        Digital rights management 100
        Optimizing file copying 101
    Creating playlists on a portable device 102
    Using skins on portable devices 103
        Loading skins 103
        Creating your own skins 104
    Using other portable devices 104
PART 2: CREATING SKINS 105
CHAPTER 6: What Are Skins? 107
    Introduction 107
    Architecture of skins 109
        Skins drive the player 110
    XML 112
        What is XML? 112
        How XML is used in skins 112
        The rules of XML 113
        How to author in XML 115
        How to create the Skin Definition File in XML 115
    JScript 121
        Calling JScript functions 121
        Controlling the Player 122
    Art files 127
        Art file formats 128
        Simple art example 129
CHAPTER 7: How to Design Skins 135
    User interface guidelines 135
        Windows interface 135
         Windows Media Player interface 136
    A process for designing skins 144
        Step 1: Analyzing what to do 145
        Step 2: Designing the user interface 146
        Step 3: Creating the art 147
        Step 4: Writing the code 149
CHAPTER 8: Creating a Sample Skin 153
    Step 1: Analyze what to do 154
        Basic functionality of the sample skin 154
    Step 2: Design the user interface 155
        What user interface elements are available? 155
        What will the sample user interface do? 156
    Step 3: Create the art 158
        Types of art 159
        Creating the primary image file 160
    Step 4: Write the code 168
        Creating the skin definition file 168
CHAPTER 9: Adding More to Skins 177
    Adding a progress bar 177
        Progress bar art files 178
        Progress bar code 179
    Adding a slider 180
    Adding a custom slider 181
        Custom slider art files 182
        Custom slider code 183
    Adding a video window 185
        Video art files 185
        Video window code 185
    Adding a visualization 186
        Visualization art files 186
        Visualization code 187
    Adding a sliding drawer 188
        Drawer art files 189
        Drawer code 190
    Adding a dialog box for opening files 194
    Adding a playlist 195
        Playlist code 195
    Adding text 196
        Text code 196
    Going further 198
CHAPTER 10: Testing and Distributing Skins 199
    Testing skins 199
         Analyzing what is going on inside your skin 199
        Using Microsoft Visual InterDev 210
        Being sure your skin is complete 211
    Distributing skins 211
        Zipping it up 211
        Testing it again 212
        Sending it out 212
PART 3: ADVANCED TOPICS 213
CHAPTER 11: Using Windows Media Player in a Web Page 215
    Getting started 215
    Setting up your Web page 221
        Using ActiveX 221
        Using the OBJECT element of HTML 222
        Defining the user interface with HTML 223
    Implementing event handlers 227
    Understanding Player control limitations 228
    Previous versions of the control 228
    Ensuring that the Player is installed 229
    Going further 230
CHAPTER 12: Creating Custom Media Content 231
    Using markers 232
        Inserting markers 232
        Using markers in scripts 235
    Using URLs 236
        Inserting URLs 236
        Using URLs in scripts 239
    Using script commands 241
        Inserting script commands 242
        Custom script commands 243
    Using captioning 245
CHAPTER 13: Creating Multimedia Applications 249
    Using borders 249
        How to create borders 252
        Creating a sample border 256
CHAPTER 14: Creating Custom Visualizations 259
    Software tools 259
        Installing Visual C++ 260
        Installing the Windows Media Player 7 SDK 260
        Installing the Visualization Wizard 260
        Installing Windows Media Player 7 262
     Creating your project templates 262
        Project files 262
        Creating the files 264
        Building a test visualization 266
        Seeing the test visualization 267
    Implementing the Render interface 269
        Control flow between Player and visualization 269
        Parameters of the Render method 270
    Implementing presets 271
        Render method 271
        GetPresetTitle 271
        Preset Enumeration 272
        Resource Header 272
        Resource Strings 272
    Sample code 273
    Going further 275
GLOSSARY 277
INDEX 289
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 299

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