Support for the latest IDv3 tag standard for MP3s was also added. Support for FLAC audio, MKV container format and HEVC video was added. Windows 10 comes with Windows Media Player 12, but it has been improved upon in various ways. DVD playback was supported in Windows 7's version of WMP but removed later. For video formats, WMP includes universal brightness, contrast, saturation and hue adjustments and pixel aspect ratio control.
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Full keyboard-based operation is possible in the player. It has a graphic equalizer, subtitle and caption support, plugins which support DSP effects, crossfading and auto volume leveling, auto-playlists and remote control features. WMP can also be used to sync content on devices which support Media Transfer Protocol, legally rip audio CDs, or burn a disc. It can play media with fast forward, reverse, file markers (if present) and variable playback speed.
Windows Vista brought Windows Media Player 11, and Windows 7 brought version 12.īesides local playback of audio and video content stored on your drive, the player also features integration with the OS Libraries, metadata, ratings and album art management and can handle Internet streams with multicast. The Windows XP era was when there were several updates to Windows Media Player, starting from version 8 to version 10. Windows Me was the first OS where Windows Media Player got a media library, skins and visualizations. Starting with Windows 98, every new version of Windows came with an improved version of the app.
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