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Windows Media Player (WMP) is a digital media player and media library
application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing audio, video and
viewing images on personal computers running the Microsoft Windows operating
system, as well as on Pocket PC and Windows Mobile-based devices. Editions of
Windows Media Player were also released for Mac OS, Mac OS X and Solaris but
development of these has since been discontinued. In addition to being a media
player, Windows Media Player includes the ability to rip music from and copy
music to compact discs, build Audio CDs in recordable discs and synchronize
content with a digital audio player (MP3 player) or other mobile devices, and
enables users to purchase or rent music from a number of online music
stores.Windows Media Player replaced an earlier piece of software simply called
Media Player, adding features beyond simple video or audio playback.
The default file formats are Windows Media Video (WMV), Windows Media Audio (WMA),
and Advanced Systems Format (ASF), and supports its own XML based playlist
format called Windows Playlist (WPL). The first generation Zune software (but
not the current second generation software) which actually is a modified version
of Windows Media Player, additionally supports AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
audio, MPEG-4 and H.264 video formats out-of-the-box. The player is also able to
utilize a digital rights management service in the form of Windows Media DRM.
Other Versions: Windows Media Player 12 Windows Server 7
Windows Media Player 11 Windows Media Player 10 Windows Media Player
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The default file formats are Windows Media Video (WMV),
Windows Media Audio (WMA), and Advanced Systems Format (ASF), and supports its
own XML based playlist format called Windows Playlist (WPL). The first
generation Zune software (but not the current second generation software) which
actually is a modified version of Windows Media Player, additionally supports
AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) audio, MPEG-4 and H.264 video formats
out-of-the-box. The player is also able to utilize a digital rights management
service in the form of Windows Media DRM.
The current version, Windows Media Player 11, was released on 30 October, 2006.
Its successor, Windows Media Player 12, is under development; an initial test
version was demonstrated in October 2008 as part of Windows 7.
Other versions
Microsoft has also released versions of Windows Media Player for other platforms
including Windows Mobile, Mac OS, Mac OS X, Palm-size PC, Handheld PC, and
Solaris. Of these, only the Pocket PC / Windows Mobile edition continues to be
actively developed and supported by Microsoft. Version 1 of the Zune software
was also based on Windows Media Player, later versions are not.
Windows Mobile
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.[2] Currently known as "Media Player 10 Mobile", this edition (released
in October 2004) closely resembles the capabilities of the Windows version of
WMP 10, including playlist capabilities, a media library, album art, WMA
Lossless playback, support for DRM-protected media, video playback at 640x480
with stereo sound, and the same Energy Blue interface aesthetics also seen in
recent versions of Windows XP Media Center Edition. 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 through OEM partners, and is typically included on
devices based on Windows Mobile.
Windows Mobile 6.0 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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Features
Allows the user to connect, share and sync data with portable handheld devices
and game consoles. Media can be optionally transcoded to a format better suited
for the target device, automatically, when synchronizing.
Playback of audio, video and pictures, along with fast forward, reverse, seek
and time compression and dilation.
Supports local playback, streaming playback and progressive downloads.
Support for any media codec and container format using specific DirectShow
filters.
Full media management, via the integrated media library, which offers
cataloguing and searching of media. Media can be arranged according to album,
artist, genre, date et al.
Video Smoothing which upscales frame-rate by interpolating added frames, in
effect giving a smoother playback on low-framerate videos.
Includes a 10-band graphic equalizer and SRS WOW audio post-processing system.
Windows Media Player can also have attached plug-ins which process the output
audio or video data.
Features a taskbar-mounted Mini mode in which the most common media control
buttons are presented as a toolbar on the Windows taskbar. Flyout windows can
display media information, the active visualization or the video being played
back.
Can use video overlays or VMR surfaces, if the video card supports them. In
Windows XP, it uses VMR7 by default, but can also be made to use the more
advanced YUV mixing mode by enabling the "Use high quality mode" option in
Advanced Performance settings. This turns on deinterlacing, scaling and improved
color accuracy.
Version 11 introduced improved support for DirectX accelerated decoding of WMV
video (DXVA decoding)
Features integrated CD-burning support for audio as well as data CDs. 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.
Audio CDs can be ripped as WMA or WMA 10 Pro at 48, 64, 96, 128, 160 and 192
kbit/s, WMA lossless (470 to 940 kbit/s), WMA variable bitrate (from 40-75 kbit/s
up to 240-355 kbit/s), MP3 at 128, 192, 256 and 320 kbit/s, or uncompressed WAV.
24 bit high-resolution CDs are also supported, if capable audio hardware is
present.
Information on CDs such as album name, artist and track listings can optionally
be automatically downloaded from the Microsoft Windows Media Database when the
CD is inserted.
Includes intrinsic support for Windows Media codecs which support multichannel
audio at up to 24-bit 192 kHz resolution.
Supports subtitles and closed-captioning, if present in the media.
Features "Synchronized Lyrics", by which different lines of lyrics can be
time-stamped, so that they display only at those times.
Windows Explorer shell integration to add files and playlist to the Now Playing
and other playlists can be controlled from the Windows Explorer shell itself,
via right-click menu.
Provides an embeddedable ActiveX control for Internet Explorer so that
developers can play Windows Media on web pages.
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Mac OS X
Version 9 was the final version of Windows Media Player to be released for Mac
OS X before development was cancelled by Microsoft. WMP for Mac OS X received
widespread criticism from Mac users due to poor performance and features.
Source:
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