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Q192527
Sign in to saveAlso known as WMP, WindowsMedia.com, Microsoft Windows Media Player, Windows Media Player Legacy, wmplayer, wmplayer.exe
media player and media library application by Microsoft
Key facts
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Operating system
- Windows NT 4.0 Mac OS 7 Mac OS X Solaris
- Included with
- Windows 3.0 MM and Windows 3.1 Windows 9x Windows 2000 , Windows Me , Windows XP , Windows Vista , Windows 7 , Windows 8 , Windows 8.1 , Windows 10 , Windows 11 Windows CE and Windows Mobile Mac OS 8 and 9
- Predecessor
- ActiveMovie Control , CD Player , DVD Player , NetShow
- Successor
- Groove Music , Microsoft Movies & TV , Windows Media Player (2022)
- Type
- Media player
- Website
- support .microsoft .com /en-gb /windows /windows-media-player-d10303a5-896c-2ce2-53d4-5bd5b9fd888b
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
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- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/windows-media-player
- software version identifier
- 5.1.51.421
- inception
- 1991-00-00
- Commons category
- Windows Media Player
- publication date
- 1991-00-00
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Windows Media Player (WMP, officially known as Windows Media Player Legacy since Windows 11 to distinguish it from its newer counterpart) is a media player and media library organization software from Microsoft that plays audio and video in Microsoft Windows. It has been a component of the Windows operating system, also including Pocket PC and Windows Mobile. Microsoft also released editions of Windows Media Player for classic Mac OS, Mac OS X, and Solaris, but has since discontinued them.
In addition to being a media player, Windows Media Player can rip audio file from compact discs, burn Audio CDs or MP3 CDs, synchronize content with a digital audio player or mobile devices, and stream media over the local network. It also has support for many skins. Originally, it could connect to a number of digital music stores, allowing its users to purchase digital music. The default file formats are Windows Media Video (WMV), Windows Media Audio (WMA), and Advanced Systems Format (ASF), and its own XML based playlist format called Windows Playlist (WPL). The player is also able to utilize a digital rights management service in the form of Windows Media DRM.