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meta Element

  • Article

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The meta element specifies metadata that applies to the entire playlist.

<meta
    name = "string"
    content = "string"
/>

Attributes

Term Description
name
 The name of an item of metadata.
content
 The value of an item of metadata. For example, if the name attribute is "Genre" the content attribute could be "Rock".

Parent/Child Elements

Hierarchy Elements
Parent head
Child None

Remarks

The creator of a Windows Media Playlist can set the name attribute of a meta element to any string. The following list shows some typical name attributes that are found in Windows Media Playlists created by Windows Media Player and other Microsoft components.

  • Author
  • Category
  • Genre
  • UserName
  • UserRating
  • Generator

Examples

<head>
    <meta name = "Author" content = "Frank Lee"/>
    <meta name = "Category" content = "Classic"/>
    <meta name = "Genre" content = "Rock"/>
</head>

Requirements

Requirement Value
Version
 Windows Media Player 9 Series or later.

See also

head Element

Windows Media Playlist Elements Reference