Is Win7 Window Media Center interface a custom control?

Question

Hi all,

Is the interface of windows media center (WMC) in windows 7 a custom control? I'm looking for something similar where I can go up/down then left/right with a background image and that interface in WMC looks perfect but I'm not sure how to duplicate it. I just need a pointer on how to go about making something like that. Custom control or something else?

Thanks.

Answer 1

I downloaded it on Windows 10 to check the Interface
and it uses its own Rendering Engine based on Direct3D 9

Answer 2

Read on here.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/getting-started-with-windows-media-center-ef3fea63-6064-a710-255a-ec506626ea32

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Answer 3

@Dsp 1024
Hi,

There is less information about the interface.
While the Windows Media Player ActiveX control is based on Microsoft Component Object Model (COM) technology, you can embed it in programs written with many different programming languages.
For your reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wmp/embedding-the-windows-media-player-control-in-a-custom-program

Hope above information can help you.

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