Using playlists in Windows Media Player for Mac

How to use playlist in Windows Media Player for Mac

Windows Media Player can play most of audio and video files. Every time we listen music or watch video, we must clik it. In order to avoid trouble, we can creat a playlist.

How to creat and use playlist in Windows Media Player for Mac? Windows Media metafiles are a powerful way to create playlists to control and customize digital media content.

Information for using playlists in Windows Media Player for Mac

The following information will help you creat playlists that use well with Windows Media Player for Mac.

Extensions: Windows Media files with .asx extensions that have had their file name extensions changed to .asf will not play on the Macintosh. Be sure to label your files appropriately.

Protocols: Windows Media Player for Mac does not provide protocol handlers. You can create an .asx file that redirects traffic to the server, and link to the .asx file.

You can create Windows Media playlists dynamically by making requests to Active Server Pages (ASP) or Common Gateway Interference (CGI) scripts in your Windows Media metafiles.

Issues during creating your dynamic playlist

Large dynamic playlists: Client-side playlists that contain an unusually large number of entries may perform poorly on the Macintosh.

Cookies: You cannot use Microsoft Internet Explorer cookies for query data when generating a playlist.

Numbers in the URL: Be careful how you use numbers in your URL paths.

Tips: If you include a URL that contains floating-point values, and you also fail to provide a file name extension and a question mark query separator, the Player will treat the URL as an IP address.

Redirection: If you use HTTP 301 (Moved Permanently) or HTTP 302 (Moved Temporarily) redirection, be sure your content type remains consistent. If you don't keep consistent content types may lead to unexpected results.