.WPL

Introduction

A .wpl file is a playlist saved by Windows Media Player, introduced with version 9 in the early 2000s. It is XML in the style of SMIL, the W3C’s multimedia language, and lists media files by path along with the playlist’s title and some settings.

Structure

The file starts with a processing instruction <?wpl version="1.0"?>. The root element is smil. Its head holds meta elements (such as the generator and item count) and a title. Its body holds a seq element, in which each media element gives one file in its src attribute, usually as a path relative to the playlist.

<?wpl version="1.0"?>
<smil>
  <head>
    <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Windows Media Player"/>
    <title>Road trip</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <seq>
      <media src="..\Music\First Song.mp3"/>
      <media src="..\Music\Second Song.mp3"/>
    </seq>
  </body>
</smil>

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