Windows Media Player 11 SDK

atr2000

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Apr 9, 2007, 10:59:07 AM4/9/07

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Where can I download the Windows Media Player 11 SDK for Windows XP x86? I
saw the Windows SDK for Vista which contains WMP 11 SDK but I do not have
any Vista PCs. Is there a different SDK for XP or will this one work? Or
can I use an older SDK (IE. Windows Media Player 10 SDK) to work with WMP
11?

Thank you in advance,

atr2000

The March Hare [MVP]

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Apr 9, 2007, 11:58:06 AM4/9/07

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On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 10:59:07 -0400, atr2000 wrote:

> I
> saw the Windows SDK for Vista which contains WMP 11 SDK but I do not have
> any Vista PCs. Is there a different SDK for XP or will this one work?

Yes. It helps to read the provided information on the web page :)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c2b1e300-f358-4523-b479-f53d234cdccf&displaylang=en

"System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2003 R2
Standard Edition (32-bit x86); Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 editions; Windows
Server 2003 Service Pack 1; Windows Server 2003 x64 editions; Windows
Vista; Windows XP Service Pack 2"

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atr2000

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Apr 9, 2007, 12:29:09 PM4/9/07

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The reason I asked is because the installation fails on me. It gives the
following error message:

EventType : clr20r3 P1 : sdksetup.exe P2 : 6.0.0.0 P3 : 4546a930

P4 : sdksetup P5 : 6.0.0.0 P6 : 4546a930 P7 : b6 P8 : 22

P9 : system.nullreferenceexception

Thanx,

atr2000

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Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]

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Apr 9, 2007, 12:52:31 PM4/9/07

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On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 10:59:07 -0400, "atr2000"

<jkahdf...@jkhaefjkhasdkjfh.com> wrote:

>Where can I download the Windows Media Player 11 SDK for Windows XP x86? I
>saw the Windows SDK for Vista which contains WMP 11 SDK but I do not have
>any Vista PCs. Is there a different SDK for XP or will this one work? Or
>can I use an older SDK (IE. Windows Media Player 10 SDK) to work with WMP

WMP10 SDK is close enough, not a great deal changed. The main new
addition was an API to use the library search with conditional
searching.

The documentation is online at MSDN, shoould you need to refer to
specific items, and is more likely to be kept up to date than a SDK
download package (CHM or similar)

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa969732.aspx

You do not require Vista to install the windows SDK - checking the
release notes is a good first step -

"System Requirements Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2003 R2
(32-Bit x86); Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 editions; Windows Server 2003

Service Pack 1; Windows Server 2003 x64 editions; Windows Vista;

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition ; Windows XP Service Pack 2"

So assuming you have XPSP2 somewhere, you should be fine. A DVD of the
SDK is available if you don't want to download all 1.1GB.

Cheers - Neil
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Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

The March Hare [MVP]

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Apr 9, 2007, 2:29:07 PM4/9/07

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On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 12:29:09 -0400, atr2000 wrote:

> The reason I asked is because the installation fails on me. It gives the
> following error message:
>
> EventType : clr20r3 P1 : sdksetup.exe P2 : 6.0.0.0 P3 : 4546a930
>
> P4 : sdksetup P5 : 6.0.0.0 P6 : 4546a930 P7 : b6 P8 : 22
>
> P9 : system.nullreferenceexception

Why didn't you say so?

You need XP SP2 and, as Neil pointed out, the SDK is available on DVD if
you have trouble installing online.