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PLAYLIST.columns
The columns attribute defines the columns that appear in the PLAYLIST element.
Syntax
Possible Values
This attribute is a read/write String in the following format:
DB_NAME=FRIENDLY_NAME;DB_NAME=FRIENDLY_NAME;
FRIENDLY_NAME is the value shown in the column header of the PLAYLIST element, and DB_NAME is a value from the following table. Note that a Playlist item might be a media item from the library or from a CD, or it might be another Playlist that is either user-created or taken from a CD. Some columns are valid only with certain Playlist items as indicated in the Description column.
| Value | Description |
| Album | The name of the album. Used with media items only. |
| Artist | The name of the artist. Not used with user-created playlists. |
| Author | The name of the artist. |
| Bitrate | The bit rate of the content. Used only with media items from the library. |
| CDTrackEnabled | Indicates whether the CD track is enabled. Used only with CD media items. |
| Checked | Reserved for future use. |
| Copyright | The copyright of the playlist. Not used with CD playlists or media items. |
| CreationDate | The date and time that the entry in the library was created. Used only with items from the library. |
| DigitallySecure | Indicates whether the item is protected with Windows Media Rights Manager. Used only with media items from the library. |
| Duration | The duration of the media item. |
| FileType | Reserved for future use. |
| Genre | The genre of the playlist. Not used with playlists from CDs. |
| MediaAttribute | Reserved for future use. |
| MediaType | The type of the media item (audio or video). |
| MetadataSource | The source of the metadata for this CD track (AMG, WindowsMedia.com, and so on). Used only with CD media items. |
| ModifiedBy | Reserved for future use. |
| Name | The name of the playlist. |
| OriginalIndex | If applicable, the corresponding CD track identifier. Used only with CD media items. |
| PlayCount | The number of times the content has been played through to the end. Used only with media items from the library. |
| PlaylistAttribute | Reserved for future use. |
| Rating | Reserved for future use. |
| SourceURL | The path or URL to the content. Used only with media items from the library. |
| Status | The copying status of a CD track being copied. Used only with CD media items. |
| Style | Reserved for future use. |
| TOC | If applicable, the corresponding CD Table of Contents Identifier. Not used with user-created playlists. |
Remarks
If one of the columns does not exist in the library, it is left blank.
A maximum of 31 columns may be specified.
If you specify a duplicate column, the data in the first column will be left-aligned but all other duplicate columns will be right-aligned. For example, if you have two duration columns, the data will be left-aligned in the first and right-aligned in the second.
Requirements
Windows Media Player version 7.0 or later.
See Also
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