WMPTSE - How to add support for a filetype

Software Needed

• Windows Media Player >v9.0
• WMPTSE

Installation

Note: This guide assumes that you have already downloaded and installed Windows Media Player and WMPTSE.

• This guide pictures are taken from WMP v9.0 but are valid for newer version.

• In this guide, we will be adding an APEv2 tagging to our MediaLibrary .png files (why not...?).

The png format being a container format, our tag binary data will not be interpreted by the png readers, saving us the trouble. But beware if you add tagging support for non-container file types (.txt, .bin, .dat, etc...)

Configuration

• Launch Windows Media Player.

• Make the menu visible by pressing Alt or cliking the Show menu bar button (or WMP v11.0 only, right click in WMP window)

• Open Tools menu

Tools menu

• Open the Plug-ins submenu and select Options...

Tools->Plug-ins menu with Option selected

• In Category select Background. (if you have properly installed WMPTSE, it should be visible in the list on the right)

Tools->Background plug-in list

• On the left, select WMPTagSupportExtender Plugin(without unchecking it, click on his name) and click the Properties button

Tools->WMPTSE selected in the plug-in list, showing the Properties button

• The WMPTagSupport property box is displaying allowing to :

- Add Support : see the WMPTSE_-_How_to_add_support_for_a_filetype guide - choose Auto-refresh tags behaviour :

Addtional Reading

• WMPTSE
• WMPTSE - How to change the plug-in properties