Windows Media Player Playlist Explained

WPL
Mime:application/vnd.ms-wpl
Owner:Microsoft
Genre:Playlist
Extendedfrom:XML

WPL (Windows Media Player Playlist) is a computer file format that stores multimedia playlists. It is a proprietary file format used in Microsoft Windows Media Player versions 9–12.[1] [2] The elements of WPL files are represented in XML format. The top-level element, smil, specifies that the file's elements follow the SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language) structure.[3]

The file is saved with the "wpl" filename extension and its MIME type is application/vnd.ms-wpl.

Example

Here is an example of a wpl file. Bach Organ Works

See also

Other playlist file formats

Notes and References

  1. Microsoft Corporation "Windows Media Player multimedia file formats", Article ID: 316992. Accessed April 2, 2007
  2. UpdateXP.com "Windows Media Player Files". Retrieved Dec 30, 2011
  3. Microsoft Corporation "Windows Media Playlist Elements Reference". Accessed May 17, 2009

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