media Element
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The media element specifies one of the media items in a playlist.
<media
src = "URL"
cid = "WPL_GUID"
tid = "WPL_GUID"
>
</media>
Attributes
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| src (required) |
The URL of a media item. |
| cid |
The content ID that is unique to this media item. |
| tid |
The tracking ID that can be used to track the File System Object for this media item. |
Parent/Child Elements
| Hierarchy | Elements |
|---|---|
| Parent | seq |
| Child | None |
Remarks
The cid attribute (the content ID) is populated by the Windows Media Player as a way to uniquely identify a piece of media content even if its metadata attributes have been changed. This allows the sharing of playlists across computers, because the content can be identified on another computer, and the path to it can be "auto-repaired" by the Windows Media Playlist. The tid attribute (the tracking ID) uses the Windows file system to auto-repair the path to the media if the name or location of the file is changed.
Examples
<media
src = "laure.wma"
cid = "ABCDEFGH-abcd-1234-WXYZ-ABCDEF000000"
tid = "12345678-1234-abcd-ABCD-123456abcDEF"
>
</media>
Requirements
| Requirement | Value |
|---|---|
| Version |
Windows Media Player 9 Series or later. |