vb.net - Getting Current Song Data From Windows Media Player 12 -

i have been searching on answer this, , i'm figuring there no way it, thought i'd ask.

i'm looking make vb.net app gets , displays artist , title of song playing in windows media player. i'm not looking embed player in app, pull data existing window.

most of stuff find on how old or related embedding wmp. i'm looking in mwp12. i've seen references using axwindowsmediaplayer.currentmedia property, doesn't seem work anymore. used able pull data registry, seems microsoft took away.

i've tried sooooo other code, have. i'm @ wits end.

imports wmplib  public class form1   private sub form1_load(byval sender system.object, byval e system.eventargs) handles mybase.load     dim wmp windowsmediaplayer = new windowsmediaplayer      dim playlist iwmpplaylist = wmp.currentmedia.???????(????).item(?)      label1.text = playlist.getiteminfo("title")   end sub end class 

no idea go here, help.

-mitch