Is it possible to start/pause video in Windows Media Player using the keyboard

I am frequently listening to tecnical video presentations (for example, from .NET Rocks TV) on my netbook. I watch a portion of the video, click the pause button using the mouse, Alt + TAB to my open Visual Studio and do somecoding, then Alt + TAB back to Windows Media Player (WMP), mouse click to restart the video (repeat every 1-2 minutes).

The mouse clicks to start/pause the video on Windows Media Player is annoying. Is there a key combination that can be used to start/stop the video when the Windows Media Player window has focus?

I am on Windows 7 if it matters.

Answer

Ctrl-P, but I assume it'll only work when focused. Can't test it out, I'm on Ubuntu.