WPL (file format)

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WPL is a proprietary Playlist - format for media files, which are summarized in a list. This is mainly created and played by Microsoft Windows Media Player (version 9 or higher). Many other media players can also read this format. Alternative playlist formats are PLS and M3U .

specification

WPL consists of an XML file. The specification was established by Microsoft. The included top-level element smilindicates that the file elements correspond to a SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language) structure. This playlist is saved with the file extension wpl ; the MIME type application / vnd.ms-wpl is used for file transfer .

Structure of the WPL

The playlist consists of a header area headwith metadata of the playlist, such as number of entries, total playing time. This is followed by the list of seqthe individual media files (music or video files) media. The media files can be saved on local storage media . External sources in the network or the Internet can also be used via their URI . Similarly, can stream media indicate. The actual music and video data are not contained in the WPL file, it is only referred to their storage location.

Below is an example of a WPL file. 

<?wpl version="1.0"?>
<smil>
    <head>
        <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Windows Media Player -- 11.0.5721.5145"/>
        <meta name="AverageRating" content="33"/>
        <meta name="TotalDuration" content="1102"/>
        <meta name="ItemCount" content="4"/>
        <author/>
        <title>Bach Organ Works</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <seq>
            <media src="\\server\vol\music\Classical\Bach\OrganWorks\cd03\track01.mp3"/>
            <media src="\\server\vol\music\Classical\Bach\OrganWorks\cd03\track02.mp3"/>
            <media src="SR15.mp3" tid="{35B39D45-94D8-40E1-8FC2-9F6714191E47}"/>
            <media src="http://srv01.rpr1.fmstreams.de/stream1"/>
        </seq>
    </body>
</smil>

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Windows Media Playlist Elements Reference. Microsoft