Methods, systems and media players for rendering different media types

A media player comprising:

• a user interface configured to enable a user to interact with the media player to play different types of media, the different types of media comprising video types, animation types, and visualization types that can be presented and generally synchronized with audio media that can be played by the media player;
• and
• a rendering area within the user interface and within which multiple different types of media can be rendered for the user, the media player being configured to render all visual media types that can be rendered by the media player in the rendering area.

A media player comprising software code that is configured to:

• provide a rendering area within a media player user interface;
• and
• render different media types within the rendering area.

An object model comprising:

• a base rendering object associated with a rendering area in which multiple different media types can be rendered, the rendering area providing at least a portion of a media player user interface that can be viewed by a user;
• and
• multiple different media type rendering objects each of which being associated with a different media type that can be rendered in the rendering area, the different media type rendering objects being configured to render their associated media.

One or more computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions thereon which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

• provide a base rendering object associated with a rendering area in which multiple different media types can be rendered, the rendering area providing at least a portion of a media player user interface that can be viewed by a user;
• and
• provide multiple different media type rendering objects each of which being associated with a different media type that can be rendered in the rendering area, the different media type rendering objects being configured to render their associated media.