Microsoft has had a strange relationship with local video playback for the past several years. It’s one of those features that was caught in the purgatory that was created with the start of Windows 10 ...

Windows Media formats are supported in many software and hardware-based players as well as Microsoft's own software-based Windows Media Player. The foundation container format for Windows Media is the ...

Below is a list of codecs supported by Windows Media Player 12. While Windows comes preinstalled with the same version, make sure to check the version by using ALT+H key combination. Next, click on ...

WMP is included in clean installs of Windows and upgrades to Windows 11/10 from Windows 8.1 or Windows 7. However, in some editions of Windows 11/10, it’s included as an optional feature. Follow the ...

While the new video codec features of WMV are exciting, the biggest technical leap is the new Windows Media Audio 10 Professional codec (WMA Pro 10), which offers up to twice the improvement in ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Microsoft never fully killed off the classic Windows Media Player ...

Microsoft on Tuesday scored its first big promotional boost for the new Windows Media Player 9 Series software. Peter Gabriel's new album, "Up," debuted Tuesday in stores--and on the Web in Windows ...

If you’ve had your ear to the ground you know that increasing numbers of Windows users are switching to the Mac. And with that switch comes a measure of confusion (and yes, I mean in areas other than ...

Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile is a non-backwards compatible enhancement to WMV 9, focused primarily on much improved support for encoding content as interlaced, with other enhancements ...