A Streaming Media JukeBox, Part IV: F-W Properties

This is the fourth and the last installment in our series on streaming media. In Column51, A Streaming Media JukeBox, we showed you how to program a streaming media jukebox for Internet Explorer. In Column 52, A Streaming Media JukeBox, Part II: Netscape, we presented a Netscape version. In Column 53, A Streaming Media JukeBox, Part III: Browser Independent, we presented a browser-independent version. We also presented the Media Control's methods and its properties beginning with A through D. In this column we present the rest of the control's properties, beginning with F through W.

Just as a reminder, our browser-independent jukebox combines the ActiveX control and the plugin versions of Windows Media Player. Internet Explorer uses the embedded ActiveX control while Netscape Navigator takes advantage of the plugin. Each version supports a set of properties, methods, and event handlers. The large commonality between these two sets enable you to control the plugin almost as much as you can control the ActiveX control. Go ahead and play with the .

In Column 53 we showed you how to refer to or how to set properties from both the ActiveX control and the plugin. In this column we'll present a detailed description of Part II of the Windows Media Control properties. We'll single out those properties that are supported on one and not the other.

In this column, you'll find out:

• How to use the Media Player's Properties, F-R section
• How to use the Media Player's Properties, Sa-Se section
• How to use the Media Player's Properties, Show section
• How to use the Media Player's Properties, T-W section

We provided in Column 53 the full script and its zipped version.