BUG: Windows Media Player only plays the first item in the playlist when you embed an ActiveX control in a Web page and you set the Autostart parameter to false (891772)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4
  • Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 Series for Windows XP
  • Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 Series for Windows Server 2003
  • Microsoft Windows Media Player 10

SYMPTOMS

When you embed a Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4 ActiveX control in a Web page and set the Autostart parameter to false, the player only plays the first item in the playlist from the host server if you have Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 Series installed.

CAUSE

Windows Media Player 9 Series uses a shim to translate the Windows Media Player 6.4 object model into the native Windows Media Player 9 Series object model. This problem occurs because of a problem in the translation of the Autostart parameter between these two object models.

WORKAROUND

We recommended that you use the Windows Media Player 9 ActiveX control (CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6) instead of the older Windows Media Player 6.4 ActiveX control. If this is not possible, do not set the Autostart parameter to false.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

MORE INFORMATION

The following is an example of how to embed Windows Media Player 6.4 with the Autostart parameter set to false.
<OBJECT ID="MP64" CLASSID="CLSID:22D6f312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95" WIDTH=320 HEIGHT=240>
		<PARAM NAME="AutoStart" VALUE="False">
 	<PARAM NAME="FileName" value="http://webserver/videos.asx">
</OBJECT>
The following is an example of how to embed Windows Media Player 9 Series with the Autostart parameter set to false.
<OBJECT ID="MP90" CLASSID="CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6" WIDTH=320 HEIGHT=240>
		 <PARAM NAME="AutoStart" VALUE="False">
		 <PARAM NAME="URL" VALUE="http://webserver/videos.asx">
	</OBJECT>
For more information about the compatibility differences in the Windows Media Player ActiveX controls, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwmt/html/6-4compat.asp

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:2/22/2006
Keywords:kbtshoot kbbug KB891772 kbAudDeveloper
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