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How to Host Windows Media Player to Play Music & Video

Visual Basic 2008 can host Windows Media Player to play any supported audio or video file.

Preparation

Add Windows Media Player to the Visual Studio Toolbox by right-clicking the Toolbox and selecting Choose Items...:

On the COM (Component Object Model) tab, select wmp.dll and click OK:

Create a small Form with a Button and drag a Windows Media Player control onto the form:

Add the sample code, below, to the Button.

Sample Code

Dim dr As DialogResult
Dim OpenFileDialogMP As New OpenFileDialog

OpenFileDialogMP.Filter = _
                "Windows Media Audio (wma)|*.wma|Windows Media Video (wmv)|*.wmv"
dr = OpenFileDialogMP.ShowDialog

If dr <> Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
    Exit Sub
End If

 AxWindowsMediaPlayer1.URL = OpenFileDialogMP.FileName
AxWindowsMediaPlayer1.settings.volume = 80

Voila!

           

Download Sample Project

Also See

How to Play a .wav Sound or System Sound
How to Play a .wma, .mp3 or other Music (No user interface)

All code examples on this site have been developed for .Net Framework 3.5