Microsoft Windows Media Player provides visualizations that enable the user to see visual imagery that is synchronized to the sound of the media content as it plays. Several standard visualizations are included with Windows Media Player, including Spikes, Bars, and DotPlane.

This section of the SDK provides programming information that will enable you to create your own visualizations. The custom visualization documentation is divided into three sections: Section Description Discusses the architecture of custom visualizations in abstract terms.

You should read this section to understand how visualizations relate to Windows Media Player. Explains what you need to do to create a custom visualization.

Hi, after reformatting my computer I noticed my Windows Media Player visualisations running very slowly, I updated my video card drivers and Windows Media Playe. I've never downloaded visualisations so I am not sure if you can delete the affected ones and re-download them. That is what I would try.

This section contains useful hints and tips that will help you create interesting visualizations. Provides a reference for the interface you must implement as well as other technical reference information. Related topics.

Hello, I'm about to upgrade to Win Media Player 11, but first want to save some of the visualizations from 10, especially the one called 'ambience >water'. Wondered if someone could offer pointers on. 1) Is this a 'file' on my PC, and is there a way to find this 'file' on PC? What extension would it have? I can't find it anywhere. 2) Is there an 'easy' way (a link?) to get it from a credible MS website, 'after' I upgrade to 11? Is it just a matter of downloading a file, then placing it in a certain folder?

Thanks, George. Hello Michael, Thanks for response. I did check this folder but it's empty on my PC, which is odd since the folder does exist and explicitly says 'visualizations.' (I already checked Tools >Folder Options >View, to make sure it's set to show hidden files). Also did a C:/ search on the filename and it didn't come up. Was wondering it there might be other things can try Also, does using this dll file result in a) seeing ONLY the old 'set' of visualizations and not any of the new ones or b) a combination of the old and new ones Any way to just copy one visualization, vs.

The entire 'set' from the old WMP? Thanks George.