Software Windows Media Player
Software Windows Media Player
Windows Media
Player ( abbreviated WMP ) is a digital media player and media library
application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing audio , video and
images on a computer running Microsoft Windows operating system , also on the
Pocket PC and Windows Mobile - based devices . Editions of Windows Media Player
were also released for Mac OS , Mac OS X and Solaris , but this development has
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 , CD audio discs record in building and synchronize content with a digital audio player ( MP3 player ) or other mobile devices , and allows users to buy or rent music from a number of online music stores .
Windows Media Player replaced an earlier piece of software called Media Player , adding features beyond simple video or audio playback .
Version , Windows Media Player 11 , which was released on October 30, 2006 . Its successor , Windows Media Player 12 , currently in development ; tested the initial version that was shown in October 2008 as part of Windows 7 .
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 ) . Players can also utilize a digital rights management service in the form of Windows Media DRM .
History of Windows Media Player :
Microsoft Windows has had a media player since 1991 , when Windows 3.0 with MultiMedia Extensions was released . This version of Windows , which is included with " Multimedia PC " -compatible machines but not available for retail sale , including the Media Player application , capable of playing mmm animation files , . and can be extended to support other formats . It used MCI to handle media files . In November of the following year , Video for Windows was introduced with the ability to play digital video files in AVI container format , with codec support for RLE and Video1 , and support for playing a compressed file . Indeo 3.2 was added in later releases . Video for Windows was first available as a free add-on to Windows 3.1 , and then integrated into Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 .
In 1996 Microsoft released ActiveMovie , a replacement for Video for Windows that incorporates a new way of handling media files , and adds support for streaming media ( which the original Media Player could not handle ) .
ActiveMovie renamed to DirectShow in 1996 , and a new Media Player was created , known internally as Media Player 2 .
All branded versions of Windows Media Player ( not just Media Player ) support DirectShow codecs . Version 6.4 is included with Windows Me , Windows 2000 and Windows XP , but was dropped in Windows Vista . Windows Media Player version 7 is a major revamp , first included with Windows Me with a new user interface , visualizations and increased functionality .
Starting with Windows Vista , Windows Media Player supports the Media Foundation framework besides DirectShow , so he plays some kind of media using Media Foundation as well as several types of media using DirectShow .
Features of the Windows Media Player :
Allows users to connect , share and sync data with portable and handheld game consoles 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 will automatically delete its contents . The device can be formatted using Windows Media Player 9 Series and later . Versions 10 and later support the Media Transfer Protocol and Auto Sync . Auto Sync allows users to specify criteria such as recently added music or highest ranking song , which the media will be automatically synchronized with the portable devices and other advanced features such as setting the clock on a portable device automatically , communicating with a device to capture user preferences . Windows Media Player 10 also introduced the UMDF -based Windows Portable Devices API .
Playback of audio , video and pictures , along with fast forward, reverse , file markers ( if any ) and variable playback speed ( seek & time compression / dilation introduced in WMP 9 Series ) . Items in a playlist can be exceeded at playback time without removing it from the playlist .
Supports local playback , streaming playback with multicast streams and progressive downloads .
Support for any media codec and container format using specific filters DirectShow or Media Foundation codecs ( Media Foundation codecs only in Windows Vista and later ) .
Full media management , via the integrated media library introduced first in version 7 , which offers cataloging and searching of media and see the media metadata . Media can be arranged according to album , artist , genre date , et al .. WMP 9 Series introduced ratings and Auto rating . Windows Media Player 10 introduced support for combining images , recorded TV shows , and other media into the library . Windows Media Player 12 drops the integrated library for Windows 7 libraries .
Windows Media Player 9 Series introduced Quick Access Panel to browse and navigate the entire library through the menu . Quick Access Panel was also added to the mini mode in version 10 , but entirely removed in version 11 .
Video Smoothing introduced in WMP 9 Series ( Windows XP and later only ) which upscales frame - rate by interpolating added frames , in effect giving smoother playback on low- framerate video .
Includes a 10 - band graphic equalizer with presets and SRS WOW audio post-processing system . Windows Media Player can also have attached audio and video DSP plug - ins that process data output audio or video .
Features taskbar - mounted Mini mode in which the most common media control buttons are presented as a toolbar on the Windows taskbar . Windows flyout can display media information , the active visualization or the video being played back . Mini - player mode was introduced as a shell PowerToy for Windows Media Player 8 in Windows XP and integrated later into WMP 9 Series . Mini - mode has been removed in Windows Media Player 12 that supports interactive thumbnail preview controls in the taskbar that does not have a volume control , a progress bar and information displayed whenever a new song is played .
Could use a coat or video ( Video Mixing Renderer ) VMR surfaces , if the video card supports them . In Windows XP , use 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 improve color accuracy WMP 9 Series introduced . native playback for deinterlacing for TV output .
Introducing version 9 DXVA accelerated playback . Version 11 introduced improved support for DirectX accelerate the decoding of WMV video ( DXVA decoding ) .
In addition to being a media player , Windows Media Player includes the ability to rip music from and copy music to compact discs , CD audio discs record in building and synchronize content with a digital audio player ( MP3 player ) or other mobile devices , and allows users to buy or rent music from a number of online music stores .
Windows Media Player replaced an earlier piece of software called Media Player , adding features beyond simple video or audio playback .
Version , Windows Media Player 11 , which was released on October 30, 2006 . Its successor , Windows Media Player 12 , currently in development ; tested the initial version that was shown in October 2008 as part of Windows 7 .
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 ) . Players can also utilize a digital rights management service in the form of Windows Media DRM .
History of Windows Media Player :
Microsoft Windows has had a media player since 1991 , when Windows 3.0 with MultiMedia Extensions was released . This version of Windows , which is included with " Multimedia PC " -compatible machines but not available for retail sale , including the Media Player application , capable of playing mmm animation files , . and can be extended to support other formats . It used MCI to handle media files . In November of the following year , Video for Windows was introduced with the ability to play digital video files in AVI container format , with codec support for RLE and Video1 , and support for playing a compressed file . Indeo 3.2 was added in later releases . Video for Windows was first available as a free add-on to Windows 3.1 , and then integrated into Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 .
In 1996 Microsoft released ActiveMovie , a replacement for Video for Windows that incorporates a new way of handling media files , and adds support for streaming media ( which the original Media Player could not handle ) .
ActiveMovie renamed to DirectShow in 1996 , and a new Media Player was created , known internally as Media Player 2 .
All branded versions of Windows Media Player ( not just Media Player ) support DirectShow codecs . Version 6.4 is included with Windows Me , Windows 2000 and Windows XP , but was dropped in Windows Vista . Windows Media Player version 7 is a major revamp , first included with Windows Me with a new user interface , visualizations and increased functionality .
Starting with Windows Vista , Windows Media Player supports the Media Foundation framework besides DirectShow , so he plays some kind of media using Media Foundation as well as several types of media using DirectShow .
Features of the Windows Media Player :
Allows users to connect , share and sync data with portable and handheld game consoles 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 will automatically delete its contents . The device can be formatted using Windows Media Player 9 Series and later . Versions 10 and later support the Media Transfer Protocol and Auto Sync . Auto Sync allows users to specify criteria such as recently added music or highest ranking song , which the media will be automatically synchronized with the portable devices and other advanced features such as setting the clock on a portable device automatically , communicating with a device to capture user preferences . Windows Media Player 10 also introduced the UMDF -based Windows Portable Devices API .
Playback of audio , video and pictures , along with fast forward, reverse , file markers ( if any ) and variable playback speed ( seek & time compression / dilation introduced in WMP 9 Series ) . Items in a playlist can be exceeded at playback time without removing it from the playlist .
Supports local playback , streaming playback with multicast streams and progressive downloads .
Support for any media codec and container format using specific filters DirectShow or Media Foundation codecs ( Media Foundation codecs only in Windows Vista and later ) .
Full media management , via the integrated media library introduced first in version 7 , which offers cataloging and searching of media and see the media metadata . Media can be arranged according to album , artist , genre date , et al .. WMP 9 Series introduced ratings and Auto rating . Windows Media Player 10 introduced support for combining images , recorded TV shows , and other media into the library . Windows Media Player 12 drops the integrated library for Windows 7 libraries .
Windows Media Player 9 Series introduced Quick Access Panel to browse and navigate the entire library through the menu . Quick Access Panel was also added to the mini mode in version 10 , but entirely removed in version 11 .
Video Smoothing introduced in WMP 9 Series ( Windows XP and later only ) which upscales frame - rate by interpolating added frames , in effect giving smoother playback on low- framerate video .
Includes a 10 - band graphic equalizer with presets and SRS WOW audio post-processing system . Windows Media Player can also have attached audio and video DSP plug - ins that process data output audio or video .
Features taskbar - mounted Mini mode in which the most common media control buttons are presented as a toolbar on the Windows taskbar . Windows flyout can display media information , the active visualization or the video being played back . Mini - player mode was introduced as a shell PowerToy for Windows Media Player 8 in Windows XP and integrated later into WMP 9 Series . Mini - mode has been removed in Windows Media Player 12 that supports interactive thumbnail preview controls in the taskbar that does not have a volume control , a progress bar and information displayed whenever a new song is played .
Could use a coat or video ( Video Mixing Renderer ) VMR surfaces , if the video card supports them . In Windows XP , use 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 improve color accuracy WMP 9 Series introduced . native playback for deinterlacing for TV output .
Introducing version 9 DXVA accelerated playback . Version 11 introduced improved support for DirectX accelerate the decoding of WMV video ( DXVA decoding ) .
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