Player.openState

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The openState property retrieves a value indicating the state of the content source.

Syntax

player .openState

Possible Values

This property is a read only Number (long). The C-style enumeration constant can be derived by prefixing the state value with "wmpos". For example, the constant for the PlaylistOpening state is wmposPlaylistOpening.

Value	State	Description
0	Undefined	Windows Media Player is in an undefined state.
1	PlaylistChanging	New playlist is about to be loaded.
2	PlaylistLocating	Windows Media Player is attempting to locate the playlist. The playlist can be local (library or metafile with an .asx file name extension) or remote.
3	PlaylistConnecting	Connecting to the playlist.
4	PlaylistLoading	Playlist has been found and is now being retrieved.
5	PlaylistOpening	Playlist has been retrieved and is now being parsed and loaded.
6	PlaylistOpenNoMedia	Playlist is open.
7	PlaylistChanged	A new playlist has been assigned to currentPlaylist.
8	MediaChanging	A new media item is about to be loaded.
9	MediaLocating	Windows Media Player is locating the media item. The file can be local or remote.
10	MediaConnecting	Connecting to the server that holds the media item.
11	MediaLoading	Media item has been located and is now being retrieved.
12	MediaOpening	Media item has been retrieved and is now being opened.
13	MediaOpen	Media item is now open.
14	BeginCodecAcquisition	Starting codec acquisition.
15	EndCodecAcquisition	Codec acquisition is complete.
16	BeginLicenseAcquisition	Acquiring a license to play DRM protected content.
17	EndLicenseAcquisition	License to play DRM protected content has been acquired.
18	BeginIndividualization	Begin DRM Individualization.
19	EndIndividualization	DRM individualization has been completed.
20	MediaWaiting	Waiting for media item.
21	OpeningUnknownURL	Opening a URL with an unknown type.

Remarks

Windows Media Player states are not guaranteed to occur in any particular order. Furthermore, not every state necessarily occurs during a sequence of events. You should not write code that relies upon state order.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Version	Windows Media Player version 7.0 or later.
DLL	Wmp.dll

See also

Player Object

Player.OpenStateChange Event