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WPL (Windows Media Player Playlist) is a computer file format that stores multimedia playlists. It is a proprietary file format used in Microsoft Windows Media Player versions 9?11.^[1] The elements of WPL files are represented in XML format. The top-level element, smil, specifies that the file's elements follow the SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language) structure.^[2]

The file is saved with the "wpl" filename extension and its MIME type is application/vnd.ms-wpl.

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Example

Here is an example of a wpl file.

<?wpl version="1.0"?>
<smil>
    <head>
        <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Windows Media Player -- 11.0.5721.5145"/>
        <meta name="AverageRating" content="33"/>
        <meta name="TotalDuration" content="1102"/>
        <meta name="ItemCount" content="3"/>
        <author/>
        <title>Bach Organ Works</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <seq>
            <media src="\\server\vol\music\Classical\Bach\OrganWorks\cd03\track01.mp3"/>
            <media src="\\server\vol\music\Classical\Bach\OrganWorks\cd03\track02.mp3"/>
            <media src="\\server\vol\music\Classical\Bach\OrganWorks\cd03\track03.mp3"/>
        </seq>
    </body>
</smil>

Sources and notes

↑ Microsoft Corporation "Windows Media Player multimedia file formats", Article ID: 316992. Accessed April 2, 2007
↑ Microsoft Corporation "Windows Media Playlist Elements Reference". Accessed April 2, 2007

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