Playlists

Playlists sample

Shows how to create, save, display, and edit a playlist of audio files.

Note: This sample is part of a large collection of UWP feature samples. If you are unfamiliar with Git and GitHub, you can download the entire collection as a ZIP file, but be sure to unzip everything to access shared dependencies. For more info on working with the ZIP file, the samples collection, and GitHub, see Get the UWP samples from GitHub. For more samples, see the Samples portal on the Windows Dev Center.

This sample uses classes that are in the Windows.Media.Playlists namespace. It provides five scenarios:

1. Create and save a playlist from a set of audio files.

   This creates a new Playlist object and saves it using SaveAsAsync.

2. Display the contents of an existing playlist (WPL, ZPL, M3U).

   This loads a Playlist object using LoadAsync, and obtains the properties of each file in Playlist.Files using Windows.Storage.FileProperties.StorageItemContentProperties.GetMusicPropertiesAsync.

3. Insert an item at the end of an existing playlist (WPL, ZPL, M3U).

   This loads a Playlist object using LoadAsync, and appends a file to Playlist.Files.

4. Remove an item from the end of an existing playlist (WPL, ZPL, M3U).

   This loads a Playlist object using LoadAsync, and removes the file at the end of Playlist.Files.

5. Remove all items from an existing playlist (WPL, ZPL, M3U).

   This loads a Playlist object using LoadAsync, and clears the files in Playlist.Files.

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Related topics

Reference

Playlists namespace

System requirements

Client: Windows 10

Server: Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview

Phone: Not supported

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4. Press Ctrl+Shift+B, or select Build > Build Solution.

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