Windows Media Player ( Windows Media Player , for short WMP ) - a standard player for audio and video files for operating systems of the Windows family. Versions of Windows Media Player were also released for Mac OS , Mac OS X, and Solaris , but the development of those versions has since been discontinued. In addition to Windows Media Player, it includes the ability to copy music from CDs without error correction and offset, burn discs in Audio CD format (also with offset) or as discs with data with playlists, such as MP3 CD, sync media files from digital players or other mobile devices, and allows users to buy music from online music stores. Includes a library of Windows Media Format.
| Windows component | |
| Windows Media Player | |
|---|---|
 | |
 Windows Media Player 12 with Windows 10 | |
| Component Type | media player |
| Included in | Windows 2000 Windows me Windows XP [1] Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista [1] Windows Server 2008 Windows 7 [2] Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Windows CE Windows mobile Windows phone |
| Replaced | Media player |
| Site | |
About Product
WMP is manufactured by Microsoft and is bundled free of charge for Windows operating systems. Microsoft also produced free versions of this player for other operating systems, such as Mac OS and Solaris , but they are inferior to the Windows versions in several ways: less functionality, fewer new versions appear, fewer types of media files are supported.
Windows Media Player first appeared in Windows 98 Second Edition . Its predecessor (included with Windows 98 First Edition and Windows 95 ) was Universal Player. The Universal Player lacked some WMP features, such as copying music from a CD to a computer, burning music from a computer to a CD, and the ability to buy music in online stores.
Windows XP came with Windows Media Player 8, but starting with SP2, it preinstalled version of Windows Media Player 9. Versions 9, 10, 11 have a music playback mode from the taskbar . In version 12, this mode is missing. The current version of Windows Media Player is 12, it was released in July 2009 and could be downloaded from the company's website [3] . It was planned for inclusion in the distribution of Windows 7, which went on sale October 22, 2009. This version of the player supports H.264, Xvid, and DivX, AAC, and .mov video.
In March 2004, the European Commission fined Microsoft € 497 million, and also ordered the company to create a version of Windows NT for sale in Europe without Windows Media Player (Windows XP N) [4] . Microsoft has filed an appeal, but for now is releasing a stripped-down version of Windows - Windows XP Reduced Media Edition. You can also install WMP in it, pre-downloading it via the Internet.
Version
| date | version | platform |
|---|---|---|
| June 25, 1998 | WMP 6.1 | Windows 98 |
| November 22, 1999 | WMP 6.4 | Windows 95 , Windows 98 SE , Windows NT 4.0 |
| July 17, 2000 | WMP 6.3 | Mac OS |
| July 17, 2000 | WMP 6.3 | Solaris |
| July 17, 2000 | Wmp 7 | Windows 98, Windows 2000 . |
| September 14, 2000 | WMP 7.1 | Windows ME |
| December 12, 2000 | Wmp 7 | Pocket pc |
| July 24, 2001 | WMP 7.0.1 | Mac OS |
| October 25, 2001 | Wmp 8 | Windows XP |
| January 8, 2002 | WMP 7.1 | Mac OS |
| January 27, 2003 | Wmp 9 | Windows 98 SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP. |
| April 24, 2003 | Wmp 9 | Windows Server 2003 |
| June 23, 2003 | Wmp 9 | Pocket pc |
| November 7, 2003 | Wmp 9 | Mac OS X |
| August 6, 2004 | Wmp 9 | Windows XP SP2 |
| September 2, 2004 | Wmp 10 | Windows XP, Windows XP Media Center Edition |
| October 2004 | WMP 10 Mobile | Pocket PC, smartphones |
| July 2006 | WMP 10.3 Mobile | Pocket PC, smartphones |
| November 2006 | WMP 11.0.5721.5268 | Windows XP |
| November 2007 | WMP 11.0.5721.5280 | Windows XP |
| July 2015 | WMP 11.0.5721.5293 | Windows XP |
| January 2007 | WMP 11.0.6000.6344 | Windows Vista |
| March 2008 | WMP 11.0.6001.7000 | Windows Vista SP1 |
| April 2009 | WMP 11.0.6002.18005 | Windows Vista SP2 |
| October 22, 2009 | WMP 12.0.7600.16415 | Windows 7 |
| February 22, 2011 | WMP 12.0.7601.17514 | Windows 7 SP1 |
| November 26, 2011 | WMP 11.0.6002.18311 | Windows Vista SP2 |
| August 1, 2012 | WMP 12.0.9200.16384 | Windows 8 |
| October 17, 2013 | WMP 12.0.9600.16384 | Windows 8.1 |
| April 8, 2014 | WMP 12.0.9600.17031 | Windows 8.1 Update 1 |
| October 26, 2015 | WMP 12.0.7601.23517 | Windows 7 SP1 |
| July 29, 2015 | WMP 12.0.10011.16397 | Windows 10 1507 |
| November 10, 2015 | WMP 12.0.10586.0 | Windows 10 November Update |
| August 2, 2016 | WMP 12.0.14393.0 | Windows 10 Anniversary Update |
| April 11, 2017 | WMP 12.0.15063.0 | Windows 10 Creators Update |
| October 17, 2017 | WMP 12.0.16299.15 | Windows 10 Fall Creators Update |
| April 30, 2018 | WMP 12.0.17134.0 | Windows 10 April 2018 Update |
| October 2, 2018 | WMP 12.0.17763.1 | Windows 10 October 2018 Update |
Player Plugins
- AC3filter is a filter designed for decoding and processing sound in real time. The filter decodes AC3 / DTS audio formats, supports multi-channel and / or digital ( S / PDIF ) outputs.
- Xiph.org - DirectShow: Xiph's OpenCodec for decoding and processing audio in FLAC format (support for Ogg Vorbis / Speex / Theora).
- WMP Tag Plus - a filter integrated with Windows Media Player and the library has support for music format tags. Support for FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, WavPack, Monkey's Audio, Musepack and MPEG-4 tags.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Except for Windows XP and Windows Vista versions N, K, and KN.
- ↑ In addition to Windows 7 version N.
- ↑ Currently [ when? ] Windows Media Player 12 is not available for download from the official Microsoft website. Previously, Windows authentication was required to download it)
- ↑ Description of Windows XP Home Edition N and Windows XP Professional N