Retrieving currently playing song from Windows Media Player (C#)

Question

I realize there is a similar question to this, but it really has no information in it. I want to retrieve the currently playing song title (similar to MSN Messenger) within a C# app. The Windows Media Player I want to control is EXTERNAL- that is, it is running on the computer, not within the app. Anyway to do this?

Answer 1

I think I may have found a way around my problem- a simple solution is to install a plugin that tells you the current playing song and writes it to a file and you can read it through your program.

Answer 2

I'm having the very same problem right now. Would you mind sharing your experiences in writing a plugin for wmp? I checked out the plugin SDK from Microsoft, but it appears pretty bloated, and I can't even figure out if it just works for version 11. Is there a simpler approach?