Microsoft KB Archive/285841

= Starting Playback at a Specific Point in a File =

Article ID: 285841

Article Last Modified on 11/26/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Media Services 4.0
 * Microsoft Windows Media Services 4.1
 * Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4
 * Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.0

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This article was previously published under Q285841



SUMMARY
You may want to specify a point within an .asf file other than the beginning for the file to start playing from. You can use the starttime element in an .asx file to do this.



MORE INFORMATION
Within an .asx file, you can specify the time the player jumps to and starts playing for a given entry. The format of the starttime element is:



For example, if you want the player to skip the first one minute and thirty seconds of a file you would use:



The starttime element should be within an entry tag in an .asx file. For example:  

Additional query words: netshow wms ASX

Keywords: kbinfo KB285841

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