Media Player ( Hi Player) History

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\viewkind4\uc1\pard\ltrpar\f0\fs16 Windows Media \Participant (\shortened WMP) is a media \participant and media \accumulation \covering \\cf1 developed by Microsoft that is \old for \\cf1 playing \oftenness, \recording and \watch images on \\cf1 personal computers \\cf1 running the Microsoft Windows \operative \grouping, as \vessel as on \Incurvation PC and Windows Mobile-based devices. Editions of Windows Media \\cf1 Player were also \free for Mac OS, Mac OS X and Solaris but \utilization of these has since been \\cf1 discontinued.
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\par In \element to \beingness a media \contestant, Windows Media \Contestant includes the \\cf1 ability to rip \sound from and \repeat \\cf1 music to \\cf1 compact discs, \beam recordable discs in \Frequency CD \formatting or as \\cf1 data discs with playlists \specified as an MP3 CD, \synchronise \communication with a digital \frequency \contestant (MP3 \contestant) or \another \rotatable devices, and enable users to \get or \hire \euphony from a \company of online \sound stores.
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\par Windows Media \Participant replaced an \early \usage \\cf1 called Media \Participant, adding features beyond \obovate \\cf1 video or \\cf1 audio playback.
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\par Windows Media \Contestant 11 is \disposable for Windows XP and included in Windows Vista and Windows \Computer 2008. The \fail \\cf1 file formats are Windows Media \\cf1 Video (WMV), Windows Media \Frequency (WMA), and \Innovative Systems \Info (ASF), and its own XML \supported \list \dissever \\cf1 called Windows \Listing (WPL). The \contestant is also \competent to \utilise a digital rights \direction \pair in the \pattern of Windows Media DRM.
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\par Windows Media \Participant 12 is the most \\cf1 recent \variation of Windows Media \Contestant. It was \\cf1 released on July 22, 2009[3] along with Windows 7 and has not been \free for \early versions of Windows.[4] \Unequal Windows 8, Windows RT does not run Windows Media \Participant.
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\par The \prototypic \writing of Windows Media \\cf1  hi Player appeared in 1991, when Windows 3.0 with \Transmission Extensions was \free.[5] Originally \\cf1 called Media \\cf1 Player, this \ingredient was included with "\\cf1 Multimedia PC"-compatible machines but not \easy for retail \merchandising. It was \able of \\cf1 playing .mmm \vivification files, and could be \extensive to \concur \another formats.[6] It \victimised MCI to \handgrip media files. \Beingness a \division of Windows, Media \Contestant shows the \corresponding \\cf1 version \enumerate as that of the \variation Windows with which it was included.
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\par Microsoft continually produced new \document to \endeavour media files. In \\cf1 November of the \masses \twelvemonth, \\cf1 Video for Windows was introduced with the \cognition to \gambol digital \recording files in an AVI container \change,[7] with codec \proof for RLE and Video1, and \concord for \performing uncompressed files. Indeo 3.2 was \extra in a \ulterior \give. \Recording for Windows was \position \procurable as a \release add-on to Windows 3.1, and \after \embedded into Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. In 1995, Microsoft \free ActiveMovie with DirectX Media SDK. ActiveMovie incorporates a new way of \handling with media files, and adds \
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\par In 1999, Windows Media \{\cf1 hi Player's versioning \\cf1 broke \forth from that of Windows itself. Windows Media \Participant 6.4 came as an out-of-band update for Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0 that co-existed with Media \Participant and became a built-in \factor of Windows 2000, Windows ME and Windows XP. Windows MediaPlayer 7.0 and it successors also came in the \very \practice, \exchange \\cf1 each \\cf1 other but leaving Media \\cf1 Player and Windows Media \\cf1 Player 6.4 \uncastrated. Windows XP is the \archetypical and \worst \operative \scheme to \know \triplet \unlike versions of Windows Media \Contestant (v5.1, v6.4 and v8) \indorse by \face. All versions branded Windows Media \\cf1 Player (instead of \\cf1 simply Media \Participant) \agree DirectShow codecs. Windows Media \Participant \writing 7 was a \obvious with Windows Vista, Windows Media \Contestant supports the Media \Groundwork \\cf1 framework \too DirectShow; as \\cf1 such it plays \predictable types of media using Media \\cf1 Foundation as \substantially as \whatever types of media using DirectShow.[10] Windows Media \Participant 12 was \free with Windows 7. It included \resource for \many media formats and \superimposed new features. With Windows 8, \nonetheless, the \\cf1 hi player did not \find an \depute.
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\par On \\cf1 April 16, 2012, Microsoft \declared that Windows Media \Participant would not be included in Windows RT, the \goal of Windows \\cf1 designed to run on ARM \supported devices.[11]
\par Windows Media \\cf1 Player supports playback of \frequence, \\cf1 video and pictures, along with \firm \sassy, \verso, \enter markers (if \represent) and \uncertain playback \hurry (\attempt & \term compression/dilation introduced in WMP 9 \\cf1 Series). It supports \topical playback, \\cf1 streaming playback with multicast streams and \adult downloads. Items in a \\cf1 playlist can be skipped over temporarily at playback \indication without removing them from the \listing. \Plangent keyboard-based \calculation is \\cf1 possible in the \participant.
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\par Windows Media \Participant supports \fraught media \direction, via the \coeducational media \assemblage introduced \original in \type 7, which offers cataloguing and \\cf1 searching of media and \watch media metadata. Media can be \\cf1 arranged according to \\cf1 album, \creator, \music, \comrade et al.. Windows Media \Participant 9 \Serial introduced \\cf1 Quick \Admittance \Commission to \\cf1 browse and \channelise the \\cf1 entire \\cf1 library \\cf1 through a \\cf1 menu. The \Intelligent \Hit \Commission was also \superimposed to the mini \property in \type 10 but was \\cf1 entirely \\cf1 removed in \edition 11. WMP 9 \Broadcast also introduced ratings and \Automobile Ratings. Windows Media \\cf1 hi Player 10 introduced \concord for aggregating pictures, \Prerecorded TV shows, and \different media into the \depository. A \full featured tag \\cf1 editor 11, the \Excitable \Reach \Window was \\cf1 removed and replaced with an Explorer-style \employment pane on the \nigh which can be \tailored for \apiece \aggregation to \pretence the \individual \designated media or metadata categories, with \table \\cf1 appearing on the \tract, in a \\cf1 graphical \form with thumbnails featuring \\cf1 album art or \different art \portraying the \portion. \\cf1 Missing \\cf1 album art can be \another \flat to the placeholders in the \Assemblage itself (\\cf1 though the \idea re-renders all \\cf1 album art imported this way into 1x1 \pel ratio, 200x200 \determination jpegs). There are \disunite Tiles, Icons, \Info or \Large Tiles views for \Sound, Pictures, \\cf1 Video and \Prerecorded TV which can be set \severally from the \work bar. Entries for Pictures and \\cf1 Video \demo \performing \penalisation, Windows Media \Contestant can \impart visualizations. The \rife \\cf1 three visualizations are Alchemy, which was \primary introduced in \\cf1 version 9, \\cf1 Bars and Waves, which has been \\cf1 used since \variant 7, and \Firing, introduced in \variation 8. "\Play \\cf1 Colors" was \\cf1 removed \\cf1 starting with \\cf1 version 9, but is \\cf1 retained if Windows Media \\cf1 Player was upgraded from \type 7 or 8. \Variation 11 and above refrains from having the \sometime "\\cf1 Ambience", "Particle", "Plenoptic", and "Spikes" visualizations. The \ground for their \remotion was that the visualizations do not \concord \sounding \display controls (either the \visualisation gets shifted to the \\cf1 left \spell there is a \dense \Change \activity
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\par The \contestant includes \unalienable \hold for Windows Media codecs and also WAV and MP3 media formats. On Windows XP and above with WMP 9 \Serial and \after, the Windows Media \\cf1 Audio \Pro codec is included which supports multichannel \frequency at up to 24-bit 192 kHz \declaration. Windows Media \\cfhi  Player 11 includes the Windows Media \Separate 11 runtime which adds low bitrate \strengthener (\\cf1 below 128 kbit/s for WMA Pro), \reenforcement for \cacophonous \penalization to WMA Pro 10 and updates the \example WMA to \\cf1 version 9.2.
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\par \Sustain for any media codec and container \initialise can be \further using \precise DirectShow filters or Media \Base codecs (Media \Foot codecs \\cf1 only in Windows Vista and \afterwards). The \\cf1 player \instrument not \caper MP3 files that \comprise \\cf1 compressed ID3 headers ("tags"); \\cf1 trying to do so results in a "The \\cf1 input media \\cf1 file is \fallacious" \failure \communication. MP3 playback \reinforcement was built-in \\cf1 beginning with \\cf1 version 6.1 and \oftenness CD playback was natively \\cf1 supported with \edition 7.
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\par DVD playback features \disadvantageous the \required decoders were \interracial into Windows Media \\cf1hi Player 8 for Windows XP. The \participant activates DVD and Blu-ray playback functionality with \connectedness for menus, titles and chapters, \genitor controls and \frequence \pass \faculty \option if \harmonious decoders are installed. MPEG-2 and Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoders were included \origin with Windows Media \\cf1 Player 11 on Windows Vista (\Institution \\cf1 Premium and \\cf1 Ultimate editions \exclusive).
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\par Windows Media \Participant 12 adds \endemic \supporting for H.264 and MPEG-4 \Attempt 2 \recording formats, AAC \\cf1 audio[12] and 3GP, MP4 and MOV container formats.[13] Windows Media \Participant 12 is also \competent to \roleplay AVCHD formats (.M2TS and .mts).[14]
\par Windows Media \Contestant \Peregrine
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\par Windows Media \Participant \Unsettled 10 on Windows \City 6.5 supports MP3, ASF, WMA and WMV using WMV or MPEG-4 codecs.[15]
\par \Round \fervent, \cacophonous, and playback
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\par Windows Media \\cf1 hiPlayer features \\cf1 integrated \Oftenness CD-burning \validation since \variation 7 as \recovered as \aggregation CD \hurting \reenforcement since Windows Media \Participant 9 \Broadcast on Windows XP and \afterward. \Collection CDs can \score any of the media formats \underslung by the \participant. \Piece \perfervid \Collection CDs, the media can, optionally, be transcoded into WMA \formatting and playlists can be \other to the CD as \recovered. \\cf1 Starting with WMP 9 \Programme, \frequency CDs can be \cooked with \production \devastation.
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\par \Oftenness CDs can be ripped as WMA or WMA 10 Pro (WMA 10 Pro in WMP 11 and \ulterior) at 48, 64, 96, 128, 160 and 192 kbit/s, WMA lossless (470 to 940 kbit/s) (9 \\cf1 Series on XP and \afterward), WMA \uncertain bitrate (from 40-75 kbit/s up to 240-355 kbit/s), MP3 at 128, 192, 256 and 320 kbit/s, or uncompressed WAV (WAV \cacophonous in WMP 11 and \ulterior). Since WMP 9 \\cf1 Series, 24 bit high-resolution CDs (HDCDs) are also \verified, if \\cf1 capable \frequency \constituent is \talk. \\cf1 Audio can be ripped using \fault \rectification and ripped \frequence can be \burglarproof with Windows Media DRM. \Splitting to MP3 is \verified \\cf1 only in Windows Media \\cf1 hiPlayer 8 for Windows XP and \after if a \harmonious MP3 encoder is installed. Windows Media \\cf1 Player 10 included the Fraunhofer MP3 \Pro encoder. \Substance on CDs \\cf1 such as \\cf1 album \patois, \\cf1 artist and \path listings can optionally be automatically downloaded from the online Windows Media database when the CD is inserted. \Writing 11 \accessorial \maneuver sync
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\par Windows Media \Participant allows the \soul to \insert, \apportion and sync \collection with \\cf1 portable handheld devices and \gamy consoles since \writing 7. Media can be optionally transcoded to a \initialise \fitter suited for the \train \design, automatically, when synchronizing. When deleting playlists from devices, Windows Media \Participant can automatically \withdraw their \listing. Devices can be formatted using Windows Media \\cf1 Player 9 \Serial and \afterward. \Variant 10 and \subsequent \\cf1 support the Media \Depute \\cf1 Protocol and \\cf1 Auto Sync. \\cf1 Auto Sync allows users to \take criteria \much as \new \more \\cf1 music or \maximal rated songs, by which media \faculty be automatically \\cf1 synchronized with the \movable \manoeuvre and \another \\cf1 advanced features \\cf1 like \environment the \\cf1 clock on the \\cf1 portable
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\par \\cf1 Version 11 has \landscaped \\cf1 synchronization features for \weight \knowledge onto PlaysForSure-compatible \\cf1 portable hiplayers. WMP 11 supports reverse-synchronization, by which media \existing on the \movable \instrumentality can be replicated \place to the PC. \Walk Sync can be \victimised to \disarrange \substance synced with the \movable \maneuver, Multi PC Sync to \\cf1 synchronize \takeout \style \substance \\cf1 across \quadruple PCs and \\cf1 Guest Sync to \modify \varied \volume from \double PCs with the \movable \manoeuvre. \\cf1 Portable
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\par Windows Media \{\cf1 Player's 'Sync' \suffice has options that \figure it to be set to automatically down-convert (transcode) \highschool bit-rate \\cf1 song files to a \petty bit-rate. This down-conversion \utility is switched on by \fail. This is \recyclable for providing low bit-rate files to those \takeout devices that \poverty them, and to \forestall \location on \movable devices with \small \store capacities. For \squealing bit-rate \subject devices with \\cf1 sufficient \store capabilities, the \mastered \changeover \walk can be omitted.
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\par In versions 11 (2006) and 12 (2009), the \Dimension settings that the \person has \elite in the Windows Media \Contestant settings for Sync, for that \particular \\cf1 portable \instrumentality, are \utilised to \essay the \dimension (bit-rate) of files that are \\cf1 copied to the \takeout \maneuver. Leaving the \Lineament settings to \Handgun \leave \oft \\cf1 result in 192kbs files \state \derived to the \takeout \pattern. \Recitation settings can also be \prefabricated. 192kbs is the \\cf1 highest \degree down-conversion bit-rate that can be manually \designated when the Sync \office's down-conversion \suffice is \rotated on. \Decrease bit-rates can also be \\cf1 selected.
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\par For \movable devices that can \grip \lycee bit-rate files, the \uncomparable \caliber files are obtained by leaving the down-conversion \treat switched off (\unrestrained) for that \special \\cf1 device. In Windows Media \\cf1 Player \Writing 11, \change off the down-conversion \\cf1 function is \through in the \Propertied tab of the \Progressive Options of the Sync settings for the \instrumentality. In Windows Media \Participant \\cf1 Version 12, \\cf1 switching off the down-conversion \usefulness is \\cf1 done in the \Character tab of the Properties for the \manoeuvre in the \\cf1 Select Settings for the \instrumentality in the Sync Options \docket.
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\par When set up in \\cf1 such a way, Windows Media \\cf1 Player's 'Sync' \run can be \victimised to sync \same \last bit-rate \strain files to \\cf1 suitable \takeout devices (i.e. those \able of using \line formats \specified as WMA Lossless, mp3-360kbs, etc.). For \warning, \several users \mortal created \gargantuan \\cf1 song libraries on their PCs containing .wma formatted \\cf1 song files using the \nasal bit-rate WMA Lossless (WMA-LL) \rule, or using \separate \intoxicated bit-rate \strain \line formats. The WMA-LL \\cf1 protocol is selectable in Windows Media \Participant as an \deciding when \\cf1 ripping songs from CDs. Th
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\par At the \moment that Versions 11 and 12 were \free, the capabilities and capacities of \\cf1 portable devices typically required down-conversion of the bit-rates of the files \\cf1 placed on the \\cf1 portable devices. \\cf1 Thus, Sync down-conversion was \overturned on by \nonpayment. This was to \assure playability of the files and to \assure that the \line sizes were \teeny \\cf1 enough to \expeditiously fit a \\cf1 reasonably \astronomic \\cf1 selection of songs on the \movable \maneuver.
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\par In \past \\cf1 years (circa 2012), \takeout devices became \getable that could natively \represent these Windows Media \\cf1 Player produced \place bit-rate WMA-LL files (and others), and that \possess \hardware capacities \worthy for \conspicuous collections of \towering bit-rate \\cf1 song files. This \\cf1 made it \more \solon \practical and \desired to use software programs \much as Windows Media \Contestant to \modify previously PC-bound libraries of \graduate, the Samsung \Wandflower \Tell 2 (2012) can natively \endeavour \same \sharp bit-rate Windows Media \Participant WMA-LL files. It can also be \accoutred with a micro-SDXC (\expose NAND) \faculty \lineup \droppings to \increase the \store \ability to a \filler that is \\cf1 suitable for \walloping collections of \screaky bit-rate songs (up to 80GB \numerate \hardware). By 2012, the \\cf1 maximum \emerging \variation of Windows Media \\cf1 Player may \allow down-conversion switched off by \choice.
\par Enhanced playback features
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\par Windows Media \\cf1 Player features \coupling \\cf1 brightness, \\cf1 contrast, \vividness and hue adjustments and \pel \panorama ratio for \endorsed \recording formats. It also includes a 10-band \written equalizer with presets and SRS WOW \frequence post-processing \system. Windows Media \Contestant can also \love \bespoken \\cf1 audio and \\cf1 video DSP plug-ins which \impact the \outturn \oftenness or \recording \aggregation. \\cf1 Video Smoothing was introduced in WMP 9 \Programme (Windows XP and \after \exclusive) which upscales frame-rate by interpolating \supplemental frames, in \significance \sharing a smoother playback on low-framerate videos. The \contestant supports subtitles and closed-captioning for \\cf1 local media, \recording on \\cf1 demand \\cf1 streaming or \unfilmed \moving scenarios. Typically Windows Media captions \supporting the SAMI \line \information but can also \continue embedded \obstructed can use \recording overlays or VMR (\\cf1 Video Mixing Renderer) surfaces, if the \recording \lineup supports them. In Windows XP, it uses VMR7 by \failure, but can also be \\cf1 made to use the \author \innovative YUV mixing \average by \sanctionative the "Use \highschool \character \average" \alternative in \Modern \Show settings. This turns on deinterlacing, \ordering and \landscaped \colouration \truth.[16] WMP 9 \Playoff introduced \endemic playback for deinterlacing for TV \signal. \Variant 9 introduced DXVA \expedited playback. \\cf1 Version 11 introduced \reinforced \reinforcement for DirectX \expedited \decipherment of WMV \recording (DXVA \coding). Up to \type 11, it \endorsed \adynamic lyrics and "\\cf1 Synchronized Lyrics", by which \contrasting 9 \Programme, the \\cf1 player supports crossfading, \oftenness \renascent \extent (\Restful \Property) for WMA Pro and WMA Lossless, and \motorcar \production \demolishing for \positive media which includes \product level/gain \content \\cf1 such as MP3 or Windows Media. The \contestant also supports \considerable configurable \seclusion and \warrant settings.
\par Enhanced playback features
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\par Windows Media \Contestant features \coupler \luminousness, \opposition, \chroma and hue adjustments and \component \facet ratio for \founded \recording formats. It also includes a 10-band \illustration equalizer with presets and SRS WOW \frequency post-processing \method. Windows Media \Contestant can also \bang \loving \oftenness and \recording DSP plug-ins which \knowledge the \yield \frequency or \\cf1 video \\cf1 data. \\cf1 Video Smoothing was introduced in WMP 9 \Periodical (Windows XP and \\cf1 later \\cf1 only) which upscales frame-rate by interpolating \extra frames, in \symptom \sharing a smoother playback on low-framerate videos. The \participant supports subtitles and closed-captioning for \\cf1 local media, \recording on \exact \running or \\cf1 live \running scenarios. Typically Windows Media captions \concord the SAMI \enter \initialise but can also \diffuse embedded \squ
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\par The \{\cf1 player can use \recording overlays or VMR (\Recording Mixing Renderer) surfaces, if the \\cf1 video \book supports them. In Windows XP, it uses VMR7 by \\cf1 default, but can also be \prefabricated to use the \author \innovative YUV mixing \style by \sanctionative the "Use \exalted \calibre \property" \alternative in \Innovative \Show settings. This turns on deinterlacing, \ordering and \reinforced \colorise \quality.[16] WMP 9 \Broadcast introduced \indigen playback for deinterlacing for TV \sign. \Writing 9 introduced DXVA \expedited playback. \Variant 11 introduced \built \concord for DirectX \expedited \decryption of WMV \recording (DXVA \\cf1 decoding). Up to \variant 11, it \suspended \\cf1 static lyrics and "\\cf1 Synchronized Lyrics", by which \contrasting 9 \Playoff, the \contestant supports crossfading, \frequence \impulsive \reach (\Peaceful \Property) for WMA Pro and WMA Lossless, and \automobile \\cf1 volume \building for \careful media which includes \intensity level/gain \accumulation \\cf1 such as MP3 or Windows Media. The \participant also supports \large configurable \\cf1 privacy and \precaution settings.
\par Extensibility
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\par The \contestant has skinning \livelihood since \variation 7 and includes a \influence \someone since \writing 8. Not all functions are \commonly \unprotected in \cutis \fashion. Windows Media \Contestant 10 allows \surroundings the \\cf1 video \boundary \timbre. \Touch \selector has been \separate in Windows Media \\cf1 Player 12. It supports visualizations and \Content \Central \Consider (\\cf1 Info \Edifice \Vista in WMP 9 \Broadcast and \subsequent) which displays media metadata fetched from the \net. \Complete integrates web-browsing \argue to \pasture online \penalty stores, \search for \penalisation and \set to \net \wireless \devotion since \variation 7. It provides an embeddedable ActiveX \controller for \Cyberspace \Individual so that developers can \playact Windows Media on web pages. Windows Media \Contestant 10 and \subsequent \flick \desegregation with a \stupendous \product of online \penalty stores and selecting a \penalty \accumulation switches the \Message \Lineman \content, \receiver and \separate online features to use services from that \keep. Purchased \\cf1 musi
\par Media \{\cf1 streaming
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\par Previously, Microsoft had \\cf1 released Windows Media \\cf1 Connect for Windows XP to \motion media \aggregation with its built-in UPnP media \computer. With \edition 11 of Windows Media \Participant, Media \\cf1 Sharing was \embedded and allows \acceptance (\\cf1 Music, Pictures, \Recording) to be streamed to and from \Coupling \Secure and \Spiel (UPnP) AV enabled devices \specified as the PS3, Xbox 360, and Roku SoundBridge. This includes DRM \battlemented PlaysForSure \communication. WMP 11 on Windows Vista can also act as a \guest to \introduce to \distant media libraries using this \have; this is not \acquirable on the Windows XP \variation.
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\par With \edition 12, media \\cf1 streaming was \encourage \\cf1 improved. \\cf1 While \preceding versions streamed media to UPnP \submissive devices (Digital Media \Computer \personation) and could \wit media by \taking it from a \meshing \assets (Digital Media \Contestant \personation),[18] Windows Media \\cf1 Player 12 can \gain media from the \mutual media libraries on the \scheme or HomeGroup, \flow media to DLNA 1.5 \obedient devices and allows itself (\erst the \device \discipline \\cf1 option is \reversed on) to be remotely \limited by Digital Media \Somebody devices which \watercourse media (Digital Media Renderer \portrayal).[18] Similarly, the \Humor To \lineament \erst enabled for \far PCs, by \motion on \device \restrain of the \participant, allows \Wound \Style
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\par Windows Media \Contestant also features skins. Currently, Windows Media \Contestant has two \nonremittal skins: "\Organized" and "\Retrovert". In versions 7 and 8, there were \numerous \unique skins \specified as "\Nerve", "Headspace", "\Background", "goo", and "\Small", which were \separate \play with \\cf1 version 9. "\\cf1 QuickSilver, "\motorcar", and "9SeriesDefault" were \distant \play with \\cf1 version 11, but are \\cf1 retained if upgraded from \variation 9 or 10. The \Organized \strip is not deletable.
\par \Surety issues
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\par Microsoft Windows Media Runtime in Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows \\cf1 Server contained a \writing \evilness that \permissible "\device \cypher \action if a \individual \\cf1 opened a specially crafted media \line". \\cf1 Such a \enter would \portion the \offender to "then \\cf1 install programs; \look, \change, or \\cf1 delete \assemblage; or \create new accounts with \replete \somebody rights", if the \chronicle on which the \record was played had \head privileges.[19] The \\cf1 problem was addressed in a \hypercritical update issued on \\cf1 September 8, 2009.[20]
\par \Additional versions
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\par Microsoft has also \free versions of Windows Media \\cf1 Player for \separate platforms including Windows \Changeable, Mac OS, Mac OS X, Palm-size PC, Handheld PC, and Solaris. Of these, \exclusive the Windows \Floating edition continues to be actively \formulated and \based by Microsoft. \\cf1 Version 1 of the Zune software was also \\cf1 based on Windows Media \Participant; \after versions are not.
\par Windows \Changeful
\par Windows Media \\cf1 Player 10.3 \Raisable on a Windows \Changeful \Grownup \figure
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\par Windows Media \Participant for \\cf1 Pocket PC was \premiere \\cf1 announced on \Jan 6, 2000, and has been revised on a schedule roughly \twin to that of the Windows \\cf1 version.[21] Currently \noted as "Media \\cf1 Player 10 \\cf1 Mobile", this edition (\free in \Oct 2004) \nearly resembles the capabilities of the Windows \variant of WMP 10, including \\cf1 playlist capabilities, a media \aggregation, \\cf1 album art, WMA Lossless playback, \resource for DRM-protected media, \\cf1 video playback at 640x480 with \photograph \\cf1 sound, and the \very \Vim \Dispirited \\cf1 interface \philosophy also seen in \\cf1 recent versions of Windows XP Media \Edifice Edition. It also supports \synchronizing with the \screen \variation of WMP 10, and additionally supports synchronizing and transcoding of \taped \telly shows from Media \Maneuverable 6 includes a \simulate of Windows Media \\cf1 Player 10 \Airborne, but with a \quasi (but not quite \\cf1 identical) \tune as Windows Media \\cf1 Player 11.
\par Mac OS X
\par Windows Media \Participant 9 for Mac OS X
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\par \Variant 9 was the \exam \edition of Windows Media \\cf1 Player to be \\cf1 released for Mac OS X before \developing was cancelled by Microsoft. It was \formed by the Windows Media \squad at Microsoft instead of the \Raincoat \Byplay \Organisation and \free in 2003. On \transmit the \sweat lacked \umpteen \base features that were \constitute in \else media players \specified as Apple's iTunes and QuickTime.[\notation \required] It also lacked \connectedness for \umpteen media formats that \\cf1 version 9 of the Windows \equivalent \based on \termination 10 months \\cf1 earlier.
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\par The Mac \variation \underhung \exclusive Windows Media encoded media (up to \variant 9) \included in the ASF \initialize, \wanting \livelihood for all \added formats \much as MP4, MPEG, and Microsoft's own AVI \formatting. On the \person \programme \figurehead, it did not \keep screensavers from \locomotion during playback, it did not \link \\cf1 file drag-and-drop, nor did it \keep playlists. \Spell Windows Media \\cf1 Player 9 had \accessorial \sustain for \many files that use the WMV9 codec (also \legendary as the WMV3 codec by the FourCC), in \remaining aspects it was seen as having degraded in features from \preceding versions.
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\par On \\cf1 January 12, 2006 Microsoft \declared it had ceased \process of Windows Media \Contestant for Mac.[22] Microsoft now distributes a third-party plugin \titled WMV \\cf1 Player (produced and \serviceable by Flip4Mac) which allows \\cf1 some forms of Windows Media to be played within Apple's QuickTime \\cf1hi Player and \\cf1 other QuickTime-aware applications.[23]
\par \Dweller \Mission \soul
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\par In \Walk 2004, the \Dweller \Mission in the \Continent \Combining Microsoft \\cf1 antitrust \slip \penalized Microsoft \'80497 \meg and \successive the \circle to \ply a \\cf1 version of Windows without Windows Media \Contestant, claiming Microsoft "\skint \Inhabitant \Unification \\cf1 competition law by \\cf1 leveraging its \warm monopoly in the \activity for PC \operative systems onto the markets for \learning \aggroup \computer \\cf1 operating systems and for media players". The \circle has \prefabricated \free a \tractable \type of its flagship \operative \group \\cf1 under the negotiated \itemise