PLAYER Element

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The PLAYER element lets you define event handlers and specify the URL property of the Player object at design time within a skin definition file. Within script code, the Player object is accessed through the player global attribute rather than through a name specified by an id attribute, which is not supported by the PLAYER element.

The PLAYER element supports the following attribute.

Attribute	Description
URL	Specifies or retrieves the name of the file to play.

 

The PLAYER element can implement event handlers for the following events fired from the Player object.

Event	Description
AudioLanguageChange	Occurs when the current audio language changes.
Buffering	Occurs when Windows Media Player begins or ends buffering.
CdromMediaChange	Occurs when the CD media changes.
CurrentItemChange	Occurs when the current item changes.
CurrentMediaItemAvailable	Occurs when the current media item becomes available.
CurrentPlaylistChange	Occurs when the current playlist changes.
CurrentPlaylistItemAvailable	Occurs when the current playlist item becomes available.
DomainChange	Occurs when the DVD domain changes.
Error	Occurs when the Windows Media Player control has an error condition.
MarkerHit	Occurs when Windows Media Player encounters a marker in the clip.
MediaChange	Occurs when a media item changes.
MediaCollectionAttributeStringAdded	Occurs when an attribute value is added to the library.
MediaCollectionAttributeStringChanged	Occurs when an attribute value in the library is changed.
MediaCollectionAttributeStringRemoved	Occurs when an attribute value is removed from the library.
MediaCollectionChange	Occurs when the MediaCollection object changes.
MediaError	Occurs when the Media object has an error condition.
ModeChange	Occurs when switching between shuffle and normal mode.
OpenPlaylistSwitch	Occurs when a title on a DVD begins playing.
OpenStateChange	Occurs when player.openState changes.
PlaylistChange	Occurs when a playlist changes.
PlaylistCollectionChange	Occurs when something changes in the playlist collection.
PlaylistCollectionPlaylistAdded	Occurs when a playlist is added to the playlist collection.
PlaylistCollectionPlaylistRemoved	Occurs when a playlist is removed from the playlist collection.
PlayStateChange	Occurs when player.playState changes.
PositionChange	Occurs when player.controls.currentPosition changes.
ScriptCommand	Occurs when Windows Media Player encounters a script command embedded in a file.
StatusChange	Occurs when the status property changes value.

 

Related topics

Player Object

Skin Programming Reference