Windows Media Playlist

The Windows Media Playlist format stores playlist information in versions 9-12 of Windows Media Player, which stretches from late versions of Windows 98 to Windows Vista (after which Windows Media Player itself was discontinued ), but mostly overlaps with the widely-used Windows XP. Windows Media Playlists are based on the SMIL standard, which is itself based on XML.

See also M3U and ASX, which Windows Media Player could write and perhaps read.

Specifications

 * Official documentation

Software

 * Windows Media Player, included with the relevant Windows copies
 * The "Windows Media Playlist Generator" by Brad Huggins
 * A copy is at a freeware aggregator; see for a permanent link

Links
Also see the references.
 * Use Windows Media Player to create the perfect playlist for every occasion
 * How to Create Playlists in Windows Media Player 12