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MediaPlayerAudioCategory Enum

Definition

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Specifies the types of audio that can be played by a media player.

public enum class MediaPlayerAudioCategory
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 65536)]
enum class MediaPlayerAudioCategory
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 65536)]
public enum MediaPlayerAudioCategory
var value = Windows.Media.Playback.MediaPlayerAudioCategory.other
Public Enum MediaPlayerAudioCategory
Inheritance
MediaPlayerAudioCategory
Attributes

Windows requirements

Requirements Description
Device family
Windows 10 (introduced in 10.0.10240.0)
API contract
Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v1.0)

Fields

Name Value Description
Other 0

The audio type is not one of the provided enumeration values.
Communications 3

The audio is used for communications.
Alerts 4

The audio is used for alerts.
SoundEffects 5

The audio is a sound effect.
GameEffects 6

The audio is a game effect.
GameMedia 7

The audio is game media, such as background music.
GameChat 8

The audio is used for game chat.
Speech 9

The audio is used for speech.
Movie 10

The audio is for movie playback.
Media 11

The audio is for media playback.

Remarks

Games should categorize their music streams as GameMedia so that game music mutes automatically if another application plays music in the background. Music or video applications should categorize their streams as Media or Movie so they will take priority over GameMedia streams.

Applies to

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