How can I play a Windows media file using the appropriate activex control in my GUI in MATLAB

I have a GUI which has a Windows Media Player activex control. How can I choose the movie I want to play in this activex?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

To play a movie in the activex control, the URL method of the activex control can be used.

The attached example has a GUI with a windows media player activex embedded. A push button in the GUI, when pushed, plays a file in the media player.

To achieve this, in the push button's callback, the following lines have been added:

handles.activex1.URL = 'testmovie.wma';

Here testmovie.wma is any movie file that a user is interested in playing.