Controlling Windows Media Player within Access

[frustrating]

Hey all,

Has anyone had luck opening and manipulating Windows Media Player from Access? I'm not talking about embedding via Active X, but actually opening the player, playing it, then closing it.

Dim Player As WindowsMediaPlayer
Set Player = New WindowsMediaPlayer
Player.url = url
Player.Controls.play

I keep getting the following error:
"automation error.
unspecified error"

Any ideas?