Microsoft announced the final release of its Windows Media Audio and Video 8 codecs. Even more significantly, however, is that Microsoft isn't offering an upgrade to Windows Media Player 8. The new ...

Although not directly mentioned in the release notes, Microsoft's new 'intelligent media search' for Windows 11 is referenced in the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27695 (Canary Channel).

Windows Media formats are supported in many software and hardware-based players as well as Microsoft's own software-based Windows Media Player. The foundation container format for Windows Media is the ...

San Francisco, CA, Intel Developer Forum September 7, 2004 SigmaTel, Inc., a provider of analog intensive, mixed-signal integrated circuits, announces its support for Microsoft Windows Media Audio 9 ...

Media player software for Windows from Microsoft that plays a variety of audio, video and streaming formats including MP3, WMA, CD audio and MIDI. Starting with Version 6.2 in 1999, the Windows Media ...

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 ...

Microsoft recently released Windows 11 build 22579 to Windows Insiders in the Dev channel. The new build focuses on improving existing features, such as folders on the Start menu and touch navigation.