XDA Developers on MSN

6 open-source alternatives to Windows Media Player that are probably better than it

Out of the box, Windows 11 comes with a fairly solid media player, which is aptly called Media Player, or Windows Media ...
Digital Trends

I gave the Windows Media Player another shot. Here’s what surprised me

Microsoft has had a strange relationship with local video playback for the past several years. It’s one of those features that was caught in the purgatory that was created with the start of Windows 10 ...
PC World

Windows Media Player loses the ability to play DRM media on older PCs

Last week, Microsoft updated a support page that tracks deprecated Windows features with a new announcement: legacy DRM services will no longer be available in Windows Media Player along with ...
Ars Technica

Seeking problems in WIndows Media Player

I'm using windows media player to play my avi's. Some will seek perfectly, while the rest will begin playing the video extra fast until it reaches the point i click to. Is there a patch for media ...
Ars Technica

Nomad IIMG and Windows Media Player

I can't get Windows Media Player (7) to show my Nomad II MG. It just says there's no device, press F5 to refresh. Pressing F5 doesn't help.<P>I installed the driver correctly, the nomad shows up under ...
EDN

NEC Electronics releases a new audio processor, enables cellular phones to play music files encoded using Windows Media Player and iTunes

NEC Electronics releases a new audio processor, enables cellular phones to play music files encoded using Windows Media Player and iTunes NEC Electronics has released the audio processor “AP131″ that ...