playerObject Property

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This topic documents a feature of HTML+TIME 2.0, which is obsolete as of Windows Internet Explorer 9.

Gets the object that plays media files.

Syntax

HTML N/A
Scripting [ oPlayer = ] object.playerObject

Possible Values

oPlayer Player object used to render the element's media.

The property is read-only. The property has no default value.

Remarks

The PLAYER attribute specifies the object that plays media files.

This property provides access to all the properties, methods, and events available on the player object.

Example

This example plays a video clip with the Microsoft Windows Media Player control. The video clip begins playing five seconds after the page loads, and continues playing for 20 seconds. The playerObject is used to access the mute property and AboutBox method available on the Windows Media Player control.

<HTML XMLNS:t ="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:time">
<HEAD>
<TITLE>playerObject</TITLE>

<?IMPORT namespace="t" implementation="#default#time2">

<SCRIPT>
function toggleVol()
{
    if (cBox.checked == true) {
        mp.playerObject.mute = false;
    }
    else {
        mp.playerObject.mute = true;
    }
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>

<BODY>
<SPAN STYLE="width:175; position:absolute; left:20px; top:50px; padding:5;
    z-index:-1; border:1pt solid red;">A video clip is played here 5 seconds
    after the page is loaded.</SPAN>

<t:VIDEO ID="mp" STYLE="width:200px; height:200px"
    PLAYER="{22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95}"
    SRC="/workshop/samples/author/behaviors/media/movie.avi" BEGIN="5" DUR="20"/>

<BR><BR>

<INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="About Player" onclick="mp.playerObject.AboutBox();">

<INPUT ID="cBox" TYPE=CHECKBOX CHECKED onpropertychange="toggleVol();">
&nbsp;Volume On
</BODY>
</HTML>

Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/behaviors/playerObject.htm

Applies To

t:ANIMATION, t:AUDIO, t:IMG, t:MEDIA, t:REF, t:VIDEO

See Also

Introduction to HTML+TIME, PLAYER