IWMPMedia::sourceURL property

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The sourceURL property gets the URL of the media item.

This property is read-only.

Syntax

public System.String sourceURL {get;}

Public ReadOnly Property sourceURL As System.String

Property value

A System.String that is the source URL.

Examples

The following example uses sourceURL to retrieve the URL of the first media item in the "All Music" playlist; the URL of the media item is then assigned to the player object URL property. The AxWMPLib.AxWindowsMediaPlayer object is represented by the variable named player.

// Get an interface to the All Music Playlist. 
WMPLib.IWMPPlaylist pl = player.playlistCollection.getByName("All Music").Item(0);

// Store a WMPLib.IWMPMedia3 interface to the first media item in the playlist. 
WMPLib.IWMPMedia3 media = (WMPLib.IWMPMedia3)pl.get_Item(0);

// Change the URL property of the player to the URL of the media item.
player.URL = media.sourceURL;

// Play the media item.
player.Ctlcontrols.play();

' Get an interface to the All Music Playlist. 
Dim pl As WMPLib.IWMPPlaylist = player.playlistCollection.getByName("All Music").Item(0)

' Store a WMPLib.IWMPMedia3 interface to the first media item in the playlist. 
Dim media As WMPLib.IWMPMedia3 = pl.Item(0)

' Change the URL property of the player to the URL of the media item.
player.URL = Media.sourceURL

' Play the media item.
player.Ctlcontrols.play()

Requirements

Requirement Value
Version
Windows Media Player 9 Series or later
Namespace
WMPLib
Assembly
Interop.WMPLib.dll (Interop.WMPLib.dll.dll)

See also

IWMPMedia Interface (VB and C#)