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offered, some of which were included in various versions of Windows. A non-exhaustive list of skins included with Windows Media Player from versions 7-10 are "9SeriesDefault,” "Atomic,” "Bluesky,” "Canvas,” "Classic,” "Compact,” "goo,” "Headspace,” "heart,” "iconic,” "Miniplayer,” "Optic,” "Pyrite,” "QuickSilver,” "Radio,” "Roundlet,” "Rusty,” "splat,” "Toothy,” "Windows Classic,” and "Windows XP.” All of these skins were removed starting with version 11, but are retained if the player is upgraded. Some skins such as the ones included in previous versions can be downloaded from the Microsoft website, however they have since been removed. It has been archived since 2016 and is currently available. The Corporate skin is not deletable.
829:"Particle," "Plenoptic," and "Spikes" visualizations from versions 7 to 10. The reason for their removal was that the visualizations do not support full screen controls (either the visualization gets shifted to the left while there is a thick black bar to the right side of the screen, or that there are no full screen controls). More visualizations such as "BlazingColors," "ColorCubes," "PulsingColors," "Softie the Snowman," and "Yule Log" were originally offered as optional extras in version 7 and were later made downloadable from Microsoft's official website, however the downloads have since been taken down. As of today, they can still be found on some websites such as the WMP Goodies site. 1126:
PCs containing .wma formatted song files using the high bit-rate WMA Lossless (WMA-LL) protocol, or using other high bit-rate song file formats. The WMA-LL protocol is selectable in Windows Media Player as an option when ripping songs from CDs. The resulting bit-rates seen on ripped WMA-LL files are often 3 to 6 times higher than 192kbs, and can typically fall anywhere in the range of 600kbs to 1200kbs, depending on the quality of the source file that was present on the CD in the first place. The sound quality is much improved over the default rate, although the file size is larger.
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Player 10 introduced support for aggregating pictures, Recorded TV shows, and other media into the library. A fully featured tag editor was featured in versions 9-11 of WMP, called the Advanced Tag Editor. However, the feature was removed in Windows Media Player 12. Since WMP 9 Series, the player features dynamically updated
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and integrated later into WMP 9 Series. Mini-mode has been removed in Windows Media Player 12 in favor of controls in the taskbar's interactive thumbnail preview which lacks volume control, a progress bar and information displayed whenever a new song is played. Despite this, however, Mini-mode can be
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mixing mode by enabling the "Use high quality mode" option in Advanced Performance settings. This turns on deinterlacing, scaling and improved color accuracy. WMP 9 Series introduced native playback for deinterlacing for TV output. Version 9 introduced DXVA accelerated playback. Version 11 introduced
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respectively includes an additional visualization called "Musical Colors", which is not present in out-of-band releases of version 7 as well as version 9 onwards, but is retained if Windows Media Player was upgraded from version 7 or 8. Version 11 and above refrains from having the former "Ambience,"
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was removed and replaced with an Explorer-style navigation pane on the left which can be customized for each library to show the user selected media or metadata categories, with contents appearing on the right, in a graphical manner with thumbnails featuring album art or other art depicting the item.
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Windows Media Player for Pocket PC was first announced on January 6, 2000, and has been revised on a schedule roughly similar to that of the Windows version. Currently known as "Media Player 10 Mobile,” this edition (released in October 2004) closely resembles the capabilities of the Windows version
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feature once enabled for remote PCs, by turning on remote control of the player, allows compliant devices and computers to be discovered and controlled remotely from a computer running Windows Media Player 12 (Digital Media Controller role). If the devices do not support the streamed format, Windows
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view plays media in a separate minimalist window with floating playback controls, and also gives access to the current playlist, visualizations, and enhancements. Enhancements are housed in individual undocked windows. The library view includes the rest of the media management functions. It also can
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At the time that Versions 11 and 12 were released, the capabilities and capacities of portable devices typically required down-conversion of the bit-rates of the files placed on the portable devices. Thus, Sync down-conversion was turned on by default. This was to ensure playability of the files and
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In versions 11 (2006) and 12 (2009), the Quality settings that the user has selected in the Windows Media Player settings for Sync, for that specific portable device, are used to control the quality (bit-rate) of files that are copied to the portable device. Leaving the Quality settings to Automatic
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since version 7. Media can be optionally transcoded to a format better suited for the target device, automatically, when synchronizing. When deleting playlists from devices, Windows Media Player can automatically remove their contents. Devices can be formatted using Windows Media Player 9 Series and
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is the only operating system to have three different versions of Windows Media Player (v5.1, v6.4, and v8) side by side. All versions branded Windows Media Player (instead of simply Media Player) support DirectShow codecs. Windows Media Player version 7 was a large revamp, with a new user interface,
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and later only) which upscales frame-rate by interpolating added frames, in effect giving a smoother playback on low-framerate videos. The player supports subtitles and closed-captioning for local media, video on demand streaming or live streaming scenarios. Typically Windows Media captions support
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When set up in such a way, Windows Media Player's 'Sync' function can be used to sync unchanged high bit-rate song files to suitable portable devices (i.e. those capable of using file formats such as WMA Lossless, mp3-360kbs, etc.). For example, some users have created large song libraries on their
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Windows Media Player also features skins. Currently, Windows Media Player has two default skins: "Corporate,” which was first introduced in version 8, and "Revert,” which first shipped with version 9. In previous versions of Windows Media Player starting with version 7, there were many usual skins
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Since Windows Media Player 9 Series, the player supports crossfading, audio dynamic range (Quiet Mode) for WMA Pro and WMA Lossless, and auto volume leveling for certain media which includes volume level/gain information such as MP3 or Windows Media. The player also supports extensive configurable
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Windows Media Player's 'Sync' function has options that allow it to be set to automatically down-convert (transcode) high bit-rate song files to a lower bit-rate. This down-conversion function is switched on by default. This is useful for providing low bit-rate files to those portable devices that
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Media Center Edition 2005. It also supports synchronization with the desktop version of WMP 10, and additionally supports synchronizing and transcoding of recorded television shows from Media Center. Media Player 10 Mobile is not available as a download from Microsoft, distribution is done solely
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In recent years (circa 2012), portable devices became available that could natively play these Windows Media Player produced high bit-rate WMA-LL files (and others), and that have storage capacities suitable for large collections of high bit-rate song files. This made it much more practicable and
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and Auto Sync. Auto Sync allows users to specify criteria such as recently added music or highest rated songs, by which media will be automatically synchronized with the portable device and other advanced features like setting the clock on the portable device automatically, communicating with the
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and later if a compatible MP3 encoder is installed. Windows Media Player 10 included the Fraunhofer MP3 Professional encoder. Information on CDs such as album name, artist and track listings can optionally be automatically downloaded from the online Windows Media database when the CD is inserted.
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Windows Media Player supports playback of audio, video and pictures, along with fast forward, reverse, file markers (if present) and variable playback speed (seek & time compression/dilation introduced in WMP 9 Series). It supports local playback, streaming playback with multicast streams and
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on web pages. Windows Media Player 10 and later feature integration with a large number of online music stores and selecting a music store switches the Info Center view, radio and other online features to use services from that store. Purchased music from a particular store appears in a separate
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For portable devices that can handle high bit-rate files, the best quality files are obtained by leaving the down-conversion process switched off (unchecked) for that specific device. In Windows Media Player Version 11, switching off the down-conversion function is done in the Quality tab of the
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Windows Media Player 9 Series introduced Quick Access Panel to browse and navigate the entire library through a menu. The Quick Access Panel was also added to the mini-mode in version 10 but was entirely removed in version 11. WMP 9 Series also introduced ratings and Auto Ratings. Windows Media
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contained a bug that permitted "remote code execution if a user opened a specially crafted media file". Such a file would allow the attacker to "then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights", if the account on which the file was played had
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allows graphical representations of how many albums there are in a specific category or folder. The pile appears larger as the category contains more albums. The List pane includes an option to prompt the user to remove items skipped in a playlist upon save or skip them only during playback.
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will often result in 192kbs files being copied to the portable device. Manual settings can also be made. 192kbs is the highest quality down-conversion bit-rate that can be manually selected when the Sync function's down-conversion function is turned on. Lower bit-rates can also be selected.
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decoding). Up to version 11, it supported static lyrics and "Synchronized Lyrics,” by which different lines of lyrics can be time-stamped, so that they display only at those times. Synchronized Lyrics also were accessible through the Advanced Tag Editor which was removed in version 12.
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support since Windows Media Player (WMP) 7 and includes a color chooser since the WMP 9 Series. Not all functions are usually exposed in skin mode. Windows Media Player 10 allows setting the video border color. Color chooser has been removed in WMP 12. It supports visualizations and
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fined Microsoft €497 million and ordered the company to provide a version of Windows without Windows Media Player, claiming Microsoft "broke European Union competition law by leveraging its near monopoly in the market for PC operating systems onto the markets for work group
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and later. Data CDs can have any of the media formats supported by the player. While burning Data CDs, the media can, optionally, be transcoded into WMA format and playlists can be added to the CD as well. Starting with WMP 9 Series, audio CDs can be burnt with volume leveling.
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folder where playlists are maintained. When the player is closed and reopened, simply clicking the play button restores the last playlist even if it was not saved. Starting with Windows Media Player 10, the playlist pane is also visible from the Library view.
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Advanced Options of the Sync settings for the device. In Windows Media Player Version 12, switching off the down-conversion function is done in the Quality tab of the Properties for the device in the Select Settings for the device in the Sync Options menu.
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Windows Media Player supports full media management, via the integrated media library introduced first in version 7, which offers cataloguing and searching of media and viewing media metadata. Media can be arranged according to album, artist, genre, date
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compliant devices (Digital Media Server role) and could play media by fetching it from a network share (Digital Media Player role), Windows Media Player 12 can access media from the shared media libraries on the network or HomeGroup, stream media to
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codec is included which supports multichannel audio at up to 24-bit 192 kHz resolution. Windows Media Player 11 includes the Windows Media Format 11 runtime which adds low bitrate support (below 128 kbit/s for
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stub allowing to use this built-in instead of newer versions. Windows Media Player 7.0 and its successors also came in the same fashion, replacing each other but leaving Media Player and Windows Media Player 6.4 intact.
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headers ("tags"), trying to do so results in a "The input media file is invalid" error message. MP3 playback support was built-in beginning with version 6.1 and audio CD playback was natively supported with version 7.
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1.5 compliant devices and allows itself (once the remote control option is turned on) to be remotely controlled by Digital Media Controller devices which stream media (Digital Media Renderer role). Similarly, the
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Windows Media Player is a unique component, in that since 1999, each version of Windows came with two or more versions of it side-by-side. For example, Media Player versions 5.1, 6.4, and 8 were all included in
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with DirectX Media SDK. ActiveMovie incorporates a new way of dealing with media files, and adds support for streaming media (which the original Media Player could not handle). In 1996, ActiveMovie was renamed
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which automatically assigns ratings based on the number of times a song is played. Pre-populated auto playlists are included in Windows Media Player 9 Series. Custom Auto Playlists can be created only on
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need them, and to save space on portable devices with smaller storage capacities. For high bit-rate capable devices with sufficient storage capabilities, the down conversion process can be omitted.
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progressive downloads. Items in a playlist can be skipped over temporarily at playback time without removing them from the playlist. Full keyboard-based operation is possible in the player.
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to synchronize different content from multiple PCs with the portable device. Portable devices appear in the navigation pane of the library where their content can be browsed and searched.
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of WMP 10, including playlist capabilities, a media library, album art, WMA Lossless playback, support for DRM-protected media, video playback at 640×480 with stereo sound, and the same
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Missing album art can be added directly to the placeholders in the Library itself (though the program re-renders all album art imported this way into 1x1 pixel ratio, 200x200 resolution
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framework besides DirectShow; as such it plays certain types of media using Media Foundation as well as some types of media using DirectShow. Windows Media Player 12 was released with
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was released. Originally called Media Player, this component was included with "Multimedia PC"-compatible machines but not available for retail sale. It was capable of playing
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from running during playback, it did not support file drag-and-drop, nor did it support playlists. While Windows Media Player 9 had added support for some files that use the
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The player integrates web-browsing support to browse online music stores, shop for music and tune to internet radio stations since version 7. It provides an embeddable
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desirable to use software programs such as Windows Media Player to synchronize previously PC-bound libraries of high bit-rate songs to these new portable devices.
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preview songs from the library when users hover over the media file and click the Preview button. Windows Media Player 12 can play unprotected songs from the
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show their thumbnails. Version 11 also introduced the ability to search and display results on-the-fly as characters are being entered, without waiting for
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to handle media files. Being a component of Windows, Media Player shows the same version number as that of the version Windows with which it was included.
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library. As previously mentioned, taskbar-integrated mini-mode has been replaced with controls in the taskbar's interactive thumbnail preview (called the
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operating systems and for media players.” The company has made available a compliant version of its flagship operating system under the negotiated name "
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pane and other playlists can be controlled from the Windows Explorer shell itself, via right-click menu. The My Music folder also includes a separate
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Windows Mobile 6 includes a copy of Windows Media Player 10 Mobile, but with a similar (but not quite identical) theme as Windows Media Player 11.
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formats for ripping and playback. For burning, version 11 shows a graphical bar indicating how much space will be used on the disc and introduced
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are also available in "N" editions. However, it is possible to either install Windows Media Player (XP/Vista) or the Media Restore Pack through
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content. WMP 11 on Windows Vista can also act as a client to connect to remote media libraries using this feature; this is not available on the
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In 1999, Windows Media Player's versioning broke away from that of Windows itself. Windows Media Player 6.4 came as an out-of-band update for
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On January 12, 2006, Microsoft announced it had ceased development of Windows Media Player for Mac. Microsoft now distributes a third-party
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for new Windows Media Player 10 to compete with Apple iTunes. However, MSN Music was discontinued already in 2006 with the launch of
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service, which handles discovery of the computer's IP address, authorization, security, connectivity and Quality of Service issues.
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and released in 2003. On release the application lacked many basic features that were found in other media players such as Apple's
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to ensure that the file sizes were small enough to efficiently fit a reasonably large selection of songs on the portable device.
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Windows Media Player 11 running in mini-mode in Windows Vista and Windows XP respectively (notice the difference in the logo)
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codecs (Media Foundation codecs only in Windows Vista and later). The player will not play MP3 files that contain compressed
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Media Player 12 transcodes the format on-the-fly. Media from a home network can also be streamed over the internet using an
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plug-ins to control media playback besides DSP and renderer plug-ins. Plug-in support was introduced in WMP 9 Series.
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before development was canceled by Microsoft. It was developed by the Windows Media team at Microsoft instead of the
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Audio CDs can be ripped as WMA or WMA 10 Pro (WMA 10 Pro in WMP 11 and later) at 48, 64, 96, 128, 160, and 192
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based on criteria. Auto Playlists are updated every time users open them. WMP 9 Series and later also supports
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Windows Media Player 11 running in mini-mode (in Windows XP MCE) showing the "Bars and Waves" visualization
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Windows Media Player 6.4 was shipped side-by-side with later versions of WMP in Windows ME and Windows XP
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Windows Media Player allows the user to connect, share and sync data with portable handheld devices and
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or mobile devices, and stream media over the local network. Originally, it could connect to a number of
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administrator privileges. The problem was addressed in a critical update issued on September 8, 2009.
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to stream media content with its built-in UPnP media server. With version 11 of Windows Media Player,
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restored in Windows Media Player 12 by registering the wmpband.dll file from Windows Media Player 11.
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and has not been made available for previous versions of Windows nor has it been updated ever since.
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Microsoft continually produced new programs to play media files. In November of the following year,
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DVD playback features minus the necessary decoders were integrated into Windows Media Player 8 for
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Windows Media Player 11 is the last out-of-band version of Media Player. It was made available for
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With version 12, media streaming was further improved. While previous versions streamed media to
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Windows Media Player features universal brightness, contrast, saturation and hue adjustments and
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Prior to the release of Windows Media Player in Windows 98 Second Edition, separate programs,
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3.2 was added in a later release. Video for Windows was first available as a free add-on to
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This article is about the original version used prior to Windows 11. For its successor, see
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Microsoft has also released versions of Windows Media Player for other platforms including
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for supported video formats. It also includes a 10-band graphic equalizer with presets and
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which splits a burn list onto multiple discs in case the content does not fit on one disc.
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file type is not officially associated with Windows Media Player 12 (the default player is
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audio post-processing system. Windows Media Player can also have attached audio and video
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On April 16, 2012, Microsoft announced that Windows Media Player would not be included in
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in which the most common media control buttons are presented as a toolbar on the Windows
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device to retrieve the user's preferences. Windows Media Player 10 also introduced the
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was integrated and allows content (Music, Pictures, Video) to be streamed to and from
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formats. With their 2015 implementation in Windows 10, Version 12 also added lossless
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through OEM partners, and is typically included on devices based on Windows Mobile.
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The user interface has been redesigned in Windows Media Player 12 such that the
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wmplugins.com - The place to find and share plug-ins, skins and visualizations.
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Support for any media codec and container format can be added using specific
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Version 9 was the final version of Windows Media Player to be released for
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Version 11 has improved synchronization features for loading content onto
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bundled Windows Media Player 12 along two other media player apps, namely
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software was also based on Windows Media Player; later versions are not.
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animation files, and could be extended to support other formats. It used
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Windows Media Player 10.3 Mobile on a Windows Mobile Professional device
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that co-existed with Media Player and became a built-in component of
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which can be set individually from the navigation bar. Entries for
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can be used to randomize content synced with the portable device,
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support for keyboard users and with other assistive technologies.
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The first version of Windows Media Player appeared in 1991, when
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improved support for DirectX accelerated decoding of WMV video (
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As of Windows 10 version 1507, Windows Media Player 12 can play
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container formats. Windows Media Player 12 is also able to play
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results are refined based on further characters that are typed.
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and video on personal computers. It has been a component of the
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handlers in Windows expose various Windows Media Player tasks.
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to synchronize portable device content across multiple PCs and
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file format but can also carry embedded closed caption data.
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The new Windows Media Player can also play video, as part of
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of Windows 7 do not include Windows Media Player by default.
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container is possible on Windows 10 version 1809 and later.
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Except for "N" and "KN" editions of Windows, as well as
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format. On the user interface front, it did not prevent
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A different app called Media Player is the successor to
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plug-ins which process the output audio or video data.
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Media player and media library application by Microsoft
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format, lacking support for all other formats such as
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N,” though the product has not been very successful.
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Neowin.net. February 26, 2009. Archived from 1571:Player and other QuickTime-aware applications. 373:based playlist format called Windows Playlist ( 2795:"Windows Media Player 12 - Windows 7 features" 2761:"Windows 7 Has Been Released to Manufacturing" 1556:called WMV Player (produced and maintained by 841:codecs and also WAV and MP3 media formats. On 529:, and support for playing uncompressed files. 460:which has also been backported to Windows 10. 5811: 4042: 3384:"Windows 10 1809 Built-In Apps: What to Keep" 3307:"Windows 7 RC to natively support .mov files" 2826: 2824: 858:and updates the original WMA to version 9.2. 428:. Version 12 was released in 2009 along with 8: 3957:Windows XP Media Player - The Best There Is? 2860: 2858: 1319:library node under the respective category. 679:has also been optimized, with some improved 591:visualizations and increased functionality. 51: 3270: 3268: 3266: 3168:"Windows Announcing the Windows 8 Editions" 1545:codec (also known as the WMV3 codec by the 845:and above with WMP 9 Series and later, the 816:, which has been used since version 7, and 812:, which was first introduced in version 9, 6460: 6328: 6310: 6151: 6138: 5997: 5884: 5847: 5834: 5818: 5804: 5796: 5779: 5303: 4049: 4035: 4027: 3954:"A Little Windows Media Player History..." 3337:"Windows 7 next generation camera support" 3186:"Media Player is available for Windows 11" 2975:Blome, Michael; Wasson, Mike (July 2002). 837:The player includes intrinsic support for 247: 50: 37:"WMP" redirects here. For other uses, see 3983:. Microsoft Corporation. August 4, 2005. 1004:Windows Media Player features integrated 3700:"Windows Media Components for QuickTime" 2920:"Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions" 1638: 1078:later. Version 10 and later support the 510:was introduced with the ability to play 472:Media Player 5.0 running in Windows 2000 377:). The player is also able to utilize a 6540:Microsoft Windows multimedia technology 3798:from the original on September 21, 2013 2775:from the original on September 26, 2015 2729: 2685: 1585:European Union Microsoft antitrust case 808:. The current three visualizations are 3987:from the original on November 20, 2011 3418:from the original on November 18, 2012 2899:from the original on February 26, 2015 2748:from the original on February 9, 2021. 5656:Next-Generation Secure Computing Base 3849: 3847: 3832:from the original on February 3, 2016 3710:from the original on January 12, 2006 7: 3012:. Windows XP. Microsoft Corporation. 2292:February 12, 2007 (Windows Mobile 6) 1756:Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 1737:Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 613:, Windows Media Player supports the 4785:Distributed Transaction Coordinator 3680:from the original on August 6, 2020 3448:. September 1, 2004. Archived from 3287:from the original on March 27, 2009 3166:LeBlanc, Brandon (April 16, 2012). 2956:from the original on April 10, 2009 2930:from the original on April 15, 2009 2648:Comparison of video player software 1816:Windows Media Player for Windows XP 1327:Previously, Microsoft had released 1000:Disc burning, ripping, and playback 696:Core playback and library functions 330:, but has since discontinued them. 285:and media library application that 72:Windows Media Player 12 running on 5116:User Interface Privilege Isolation 3612:from the original on July 31, 2010 3550:from the original on July 12, 2011 3253:"DVD playback options for Windows" 3170:. The Windows Blog. Archived from 3107:"MSN Music Shutting Down for Zune" 2759:LeBlanc, Brandon (July 22, 2009). 1482:interface aesthetics also seen in 972:Windows Media Player Mobile 10 on 25: 3928:from the original on May 27, 2015 3856:"Download Windows Media Player 9" 3646:from the original on May 19, 2010 3534:Sinofsky, Steven (May 12, 2009). 3275:Peter Bright (October 30, 2008). 1612:(Vista) to add the media player. 1341:Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) AV 654:users on February 15, 2022, with 6570:Windows Mobile Standard software 5778: 5768: 5767: 4017:The Vintage Windows Media Player 3570:"Skins for Windows Media Player" 3536:"Media Streaming with Windows 7" 3033:. April 25, 2006. Archived from 3010:C:\Windows\system32\myplay32.exe 2330:Windows Media Player 10.1 Mobile 2312:Windows Media Player 10.2 Mobile 2288:Windows Media Player 10.3 Mobile 1158:was introduced in WMP 9 Series ( 948:container formats. Although the 854:), support for ripping music to 847:Windows Media Audio Professional 726:In Windows Media Player 11, the 658:users following in January 2023. 66: 57: 4845:Remote Differential Compression 3895:from the original on 2019-02-13 3866:from the original on 2019-02-13 3509:from the original on 2015-03-25 3148:from the original on 2010-11-05 3113:from the original on 2020-08-13 3088:from the original on 2020-08-06 3063:from the original on 2020-09-21 3057:"MSN Music to offer free songs" 1517:The Mac version supported only 1196:privacy and security settings. 5701:Windows System Assessment Tool 3493:"Introducing The Taskbar APIs" 3466:Gupta, Vishal (January 2010). 2865:Sen, Sayan (12 January 2023). 2738:"Microsoft Documentation Page" 2348:Windows Media Player 10 Mobile 1640:Windows Media Player versions 1355:. This includes DRM protected 545:. In 1995, Microsoft released 1: 3438:"Windows Media Player manual" 2553:Windows Media Player 9 Series 2384:Windows Media Player 9 Series 1777:Windows Media Player 9 Series 1560:) which allows some forms of 349:, synchronize content with a 4990:Open XML Paper Specification 4850:Remote Installation Services 4058:Microsoft Windows components 3854:Petri, Daniel (2009-01-08). 1343:enabled devices such as the 1314:so that developers can play 537:, and later integrated into 275:the new Windows Media Player 265:, officially referred to as 6555:Windows CD ripping software 6485:Free software audio players 6377:Windows Media Player Legacy 6250:Windows Media Player (2022) 5142:Windows Subsystem for Linux 5101:Mandatory Integrity Control 4855:Windows Deployment Services 4652:Wireless Zero Configuration 3257:Windows help & learning 2643:Comparison of media players 2442:October 4, 2001 (Pocket PC) 968:Windows Media Player Mobile 642:Windows Media Player (2022) 636:Windows Media Player (2022) 267:Windows Media Player Legacy 209:Windows Media Player (2022) 52:Windows Media Player Legacy 32:Windows Media Player (2022) 6591: 5244:Universal Windows Platform 4950:Kernel Transaction Manager 4935:Hardware Abstraction Layer 4632:Multimedia Class Scheduler 3750:"Get Windows Media Player" 2366:Windows Media Player 9.0.1 2275:with Multimedia Extension 2048:Microsoft Media Player 5.1 1138:Enhanced playback features 639: 43: 36: 29: 6470: 6459: 6327: 6309: 6206:Microsoft Movies & TV 6150: 6137: 5846: 5833: 5763: 5696:Windows Services for UNIX 5081:Data Execution Prevention 4930:Graphics Device Interface 4820:Network Access Protection 4439:Remote Desktop Connection 4064: 3239:"Optimized accessibility" 2885:"Windows Version History" 2609: 2544: 2420:Windows Media Player 8.01 2279: 1658: 1170:The player can use video 954:Microsoft Movies & TV 521:, with codec support for 444:. The latter was renamed 411:Microsoft Movies & TV 379:digital rights management 205:Microsoft Movies & TV 65: 56: 6495:Personal video recorders 6418:Core Pocket Media Player 5061:Security and Maintenance 5005:Security Account Manager 4599:Windows XP visual styles 3981:Microsoft Support Center 2618:Windows Media Player 6.3 2591:Windows Media Player 6.3 2512:Windows Media Player 1.1 2496:Windows Media Player 1.2 2460:Windows Media Player 7.1 2402:Windows Media Player 8.5 2018:Windows Media Player 5.2 1985:Windows Media Player 6.0 1952:Windows Media Player 6.1 1897:Windows Media Player 6.4 1865:Windows Media Player 7.0 1836:Windows Media Player 7.1 1575:European Commission case 1089:Windows Portable Devices 44:Not to be confused with 18:Media Player (Microsoft) 6525:Macintosh media players 5646:Media Control Interface 5480:Help and Support Center 5096:Kernel Patch Protection 4860:System Resource Manager 4840:Remote Desktop Services 4835:Print Services for UNIX 4617:Service Control Manager 4227:Windows Error Reporting 4147:DirectX Diagnostic Tool 3225:"Full screen album art" 3132:"DSP Plug-in Packaging" 2664:Media Transfer Protocol 1744:Windows Media Player 10 1711:Windows Media Player 11 1687:Windows Media Player 12 1504:Macintosh Business Unit 1080:Media Transfer Protocol 669:music streaming service 381:service in the form of 367:Advanced Systems Format 6490:Portable media players 5626:Desktop Cleanup Wizard 5202:COM Structured storage 4903:Desktop Window Manager 4795:Windows Media Services 3642:. September 10, 2009. 3505:. Thumbnail Toolbars. 3283:. Condé Nast Digital. 2895:. September 23, 2011. 2832:"Windows Media Player" 2674:Windows Media Services 2571:Windows Media Player 7 2478:Windows Media Player 7 2438:Windows Media Player 8 2374:Windows Mobile 2003 SE 2356:Windows Mobile 2003 SE 1997:Internet Explorer 4.01 1924:Internet Explorer 5.01 1752:Windows XP x64 Edition 1733:Windows XP x64 Edition 1700:Windows Server 2008 R2 1533:, and Microsoft's own 1474: 1277: 1229: 801: 735:). There are separate 503: 473: 6565:Windows media players 5827:Media player software 5254:Windows Mixed Reality 4925:Enhanced Write Filter 4775:Roaming user profiles 3608:. September 8, 2009. 3540:Engineering Windows 7 3354:on December 27, 2008. 3311:Chakkaradeep Chandran 2991:on September 14, 2008 2809:on September 22, 2009 2669:Windows Media Encoder 1965:Internet Explorer 5.0 1932:Internet Explorer 6.0 1928:Internet Explorer 5.5 1472: 1329:Windows Media Connect 1271: 1227: 799: 667:'s rebranding from a 498: 482:Multimedia Extensions 471: 5860:Media Player Classic 5535:Mobile Device Center 5485:Health & Fitness 5283:Solitaire Collection 5111:User Account Control 5106:Protected Media Path 5010:Server Message Block 4960:Logical Disk Manager 4212:System Policy Editor 4197:System Configuration 3952:Liron, Marc (2004). 3370:Lifehacker Australia 2744:. October 22, 2020. 2658:Media Player Classic 2528:Windows Media Player 2519:Palm-size PC CE 2.11 1624:, Deluxe CD Player, 1564:to be played within 1069:Portable device sync 407:Windows Media Center 351:digital audio player 259:Windows Media Player 46:Windows Media Center 39:WMP (disambiguation) 6530:MacOS media players 6356:JRiver Media Center 6061:Music Player Daemon 5681:Virtual DOS machine 5025:System Idle Process 5000:Resource Protection 4908:Portable Executable 4800:Active DRM Services 4202:System File Checker 4172:Performance Monitor 3963:on January 18, 2008 3828:. January 7, 2003. 3676:. January 6, 2000. 3372:. 29 November 2014. 3241:. 16 November 2021. 3227:. 16 November 2021. 3188:. 16 November 2021. 2950:"Video for Windows" 2392:Windows Mobile 2003 1919:Windows Server 2003 1790:Windows Server 2003 1766:Windows Server 2003 1760:Windows Server 2003 1723:Windows Server 2008 1667:Media Player (2022) 1641: 1634:Windows Server 2003 1581:European Commission 1579:In March 2004, the 1285:The player has had 452:, and then finally 426:Windows Server 2008 420:and is included in 395:ActiveMovie Control 369:(ASF), and its own 363:Windows Media Audio 359:Windows Media Video 355:online music stores 179:ActiveMovie Control 53: 6560:Windows components 6545:Pocket PC software 6535:Microsoft software 6368:TotalMedia Theatre 6229:InterActual Player 5686:Windows on Windows 5410:Backup and Restore 5222:Transaction Server 4940:I/O request packet 4780:Folder redirection 4449:Speech Recognition 4207:System Information 4162:Management Console 3889:www.bumpersoft.com 3764:on August 25, 2010 3735:2017-07-25 at the 3206:. 17 November 2021 3174:on April 18, 2012. 3084:. September 2004. 2918:Lineback, Nathan. 2338:Windows Mobile 5.0 2320:Windows Mobile 5.0 2305:Windows Mobile 5.0 2296:Windows Mobile 6.1 1901:September 15, 1999 1639: 1475: 1383:Online ID Provider 1278: 1230: 1144:pixel aspect ratio 802: 781:Incremental search 728:Quick Access Panel 681:keyboard shortcuts 504: 474: 289:developed to play 6507: 6506: 6503: 6502: 6455: 6454: 6451: 6450: 6305: 6304: 6301: 6300: 6133: 6132: 6129: 6128: 6125: 6124: 5987: 5986: 5793: 5792: 5719: 5718: 5676:Video for Windows 5631:Games for Windows 5500:Internet Explorer 4594:Windows Spotlight 4237:Windows Installer 3924:. July 17, 2000. 3601:Microsoft TechNet 3414:. April 8, 2010. 3037:on March 14, 2007 2952:. PC Tech Guide. 2705:N and KN versions 2634: 2633: 2500:September 7, 2000 2482:December 12, 2000 2217:Video for Windows 2202:Media Player 3.15 2166:Media Player 3.51 1993:DirectX Media 6.0 1671:February 15, 2022 1660:Microsoft Windows 1312:Internet Explorer 1259:Thumbnail Toolbar 1200:Shell integration 1038:Windows Media DRM 508:Video for Windows 383:Windows Media DRM 295:Microsoft Windows 256: 255: 16:(Redirected from 6582: 6461: 6329: 6311: 6211:Microsoft Photos 6169:Dell MediaDirect 6152: 6139: 5998: 5910:Music on Console 5885: 5848: 5835: 5820: 5813: 5806: 5797: 5782: 5781: 5771: 5770: 5691:Windows SideShow 5470:Food & Drink 5364:Spider Solitaire 5304: 5197:ActiveX Document 5165:Active Scripting 5121:Windows Firewall 5076:Credential Guard 4755:Active Directory 4552:Indexing Service 4182:Resource Monitor 4177:Recovery Console 4051: 4044: 4037: 4028: 4013: 4012: 4010:Official website 3996: 3994: 3992: 3972: 3970: 3968: 3959:. 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Archived from 2791: 2785: 2784: 2782: 2780: 2765:Blogging Windows 2756: 2750: 2749: 2734: 2717: 2714: 2708: 2702: 2696: 2690: 2557:November 7, 2003 2503:Handheld PC 2000 2406:October 11, 2002 2352:October 12, 2004 2300:Windows Mobile 6 2262:Media Player 3.0 2243:Media Player 3.1 2224:Media Player 3.1 2184:Media Player 3.5 2147:Media Player 4.0 2128:Media Player 4.0 2105:Media Player 4.1 2086:Media Player 4.9 2067:Media Player 5.0 1715:October 18, 2006 1648:Original release 1642: 1292:Info Center View 1206:Windows Explorer 1026:variable bitrate 867:Media Foundation 615:Media Foundation 519:container format 487: 337:audio file from 325: 298:operating system 277:introduced with 252: 251: 244: 241: 239: 237: 235: 233: 94:Operating system 70: 61: 54: 21: 6590: 6589: 6585: 6584: 6583: 6581: 6580: 6579: 6510: 6509: 6508: 6499: 6466: 6447: 6404: 6381: 6323: 6297: 6254: 6146: 6121: 6085: 5983: 5956:Ogle DVD Player 5939: 5874: 5842: 5829: 5824: 5794: 5789: 5759: 5727:Microsoft Store 5725: 5715: 5661:POSIX subsystem 5641:File Protection 5614: 5585:Program Manager 5570:Phone Companion 5560:Outlook Express 5510:Make Compatible 5440:Desktop Gadgets 5400:Anytime Upgrade 5383: 5295: 5268: 5259:Windows Runtime 5151: 5125: 5091:Family features 5049: 4874: 4830:DFS Replication 4741: 4656: 4647:Error Reporting 4603: 4503: 4379:Mobility Center 4374:Movies & TV 4268: 4252:Windows Insider 4142:Driver Verifier 4137:Drive Optimizer 4104: 4098: 4089:Booting process 4060: 4055: 4008: 4007: 4004: 3999: 3990: 3988: 3975: 3966: 3964: 3951: 3947: 3945:Further reading 3942: 3941: 3931: 3929: 3912: 3911: 3907: 3898: 3896: 3883: 3882: 3878: 3869: 3867: 3853: 3852: 3845: 3835: 3833: 3816: 3815: 3811: 3801: 3799: 3794:. 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