Information about Media Player
This article is about the original Microsoft media player. For media players in general, see Media player. For the current Microsoft media player, see Windows Media Player.
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| Developer: | Microsoft |
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| Latest release: | 5.1 / August 6, 2004 |
| OS: | Microsoft Windows |
| Genre: | Media player |
| License: | Proprietary EULA |
| Website: | Microsoft Windows Media — Your Digital Entertainment Resource |
Media Player was a media player originally included in Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions and a slightly updated version was included with Windows 3.1x. Media Player received a facelift with Video for Windows, with an OLE2 version provided with the runtime software. This version forms the basis for the 32-bit version included with Windows 95 and Windows NT.
From Windows 95 onwards, Media Player took the same version number as Windows itself. Thus in the original version of Windows 95 it reports itself as 4.00.950, in Windows 2000 it is 5.0.* and in Windows XP it is version 5.1.*, where * refers to the build number.
As of Windows 98, Media Player was rendered obsolete, Windows Media Player being the replacement. Media Player is still included in Windows XP; however, it is no longer included as of Windows Vista.
Features
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Media Player running on Windows XP
Criticism
Media Player did not show video in its own window. Video would either be fullscreen or in a separate window, with the filename as the title. The only exception was when the video was viewed via OLE, in which case it is displayed within the application.The version of Media Player included in Windows 3.x is compatible with most versions of Windows; however, it does not recognize certain recent file types.
Versions
| 1991 | Media Player 3.0 in Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions | ) | |
| 1992 | Media Player 3.1 in Windows 3.1 | ) | |
| 1992 | Media Player 3.15 in Windows 3.1 with Video for Windows installed | ) | |
| 1995 | | Media Player 4.0 in Windows 95 | |
| 1999 | | Media Player 5.0 in Windows 2000 | |
| 2004 | | Media Player 5.1 in Windows XP | ) |
This article is about media players in general. For the first Microsoft media player, see Media Player.
Media player is a term typically used to describe computer software for playing back multimedia files. Most software media players support an array of media formats, including both audio and video files.
Some media players focus only on audio or video and are known as audio players and video players respectively. The producers of these players usually focus on providing a better user experience as they are specifically tailored toward the media type.
Microsoft Windows comes with pre-loaded Windows Media Player. The latest is Windows Media Player 11, which is bundled with Windows Vista, and available as a download for Windows XP SP2. Mac OS X comes pre-loaded with Quicktime Player for playing Quicktime movies and iTunes for playing a variety of media formats. Winamp only runs on Windows but supports Apple iPods and other portables like Creative's Zen while also supporting audio and video playback. Linux distributions come pre-loaded with various media players including VLC, MPlayer, xine, and Totem.
Terminology
Although the term usually refers to computer software, the term is also used for the media playback devices used in digital signage. The term may also be used to describe analog electrical or mechanical media playing equipment such as a phonograph or player piano.Software
List of some Media Players.
| Software Media Players | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Audio | Video | Operating System | License |
| AlbumPlayer | Yes | No | Windows | own |
| Bearshare | Yes | No | Windows | own |
| BS.Player | Yes | Yes | Windows | own |
| cmus | Yes | No | POSIX-compatible | GPL |
| Foobar2000 | Yes | No | Windows | own |
| GOM player | Yes | Yes | Windows | own |
| iMesh | Yes | Yes | Mac, Windows | own |
| iTunes | Yes | Yes | Mac, Windows | own |
| J. River Media Center | Yes | Yes | Windows | own |
| MediaMonkey | Yes | No | Windows | own |
| Media Player Classic | Yes | Yes | Windows | GPL |
| MPlayer | Yes | Yes | POSIX-compatible, Mac OS X, Windows, AmigaOS, MorphOS | GPL |
| MusicMatch Jukebox | Yes | No | Windows | own |
| Napster | Yes | No | Windows | own |
| Narrowstep Player | Yes | Yes | All | own |
| Oregan Media Browser | Yes | Yes | All | own |
| PowerDVD | No | Yes | Windows | own (CyberLink) |
| Quicktime | Yes | Yes | Mac OS X, Windows | own (Apple) |
| RealPlayer | Yes | Yes | Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, Windows Mobile, Palm OS, Symbian OS | own |
| SongBird | Yes | No | Windows, Mac, Linux | own |
| Spider Player | Yes | No | Windows | own |
| VLC Media Player | Yes | Yes | Linux/Unix, Windows, Mac OS X, BeOS, BSD | GPL |
| Winamp | Yes | Yes | Windows[1] | own |
| Windows Media Player | Yes | Yes | Windows, Mac OS X, Windows Mobile | own |
| WinDVD | No | Yes | Windows | own (InterVideo) |
| XBMC (XBox Media Center) | Yes | Yes | Xbox game-console, Windows (partial port to Win32) | GPL / LGPL |
| xine | Yes | Yes | Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, IRIX, Mac OS X | GPL |
| XMMS | Yes | No | POSIX-compatible | GPL |
| XMPlay | Yes | No | Windows | own |
| Yahoo! Music Jukebox | Yes | No | Windows | own |
| Zinf | Yes | No | Linux, Windows | GPL |
| Zoom Player | Yes | Yes | Windows | own |
Many media players use libraries. The library is designed to help you organize, or catalog, your music into categories such as genre, year, rating or other. Good examples of media players that include media libraries are Winamp, Windows Media Player, iTunes, RealPlayer, and Amarok.
Notes:
See also
- List of media players
- List of other software video players
- Comparison of media players
- List of multimedia (audio/video) codecs
- Open source codecs and containers
- Comparison of video codecs
- Comparison of audio codecs
- Comparison of (audio/video) container formats
- FFmpeg, cross-platform, open source, audio and video codecs suit/library
- Adobe Media Player
- HD media player
External links
- Multimedia Player TV over IP
- Multimedia @ sourceforge.net
- Multimedia @ corecodec.org
- Audio File Types
- Video File Types
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