Microsoft published a new support page with details about codec support in the Windows Media Player app. As it turns out, the company is removing AC-3 Dolby Digital support in Windows 11 version 24H2.

Microsoft has submitted the video compression technology used in its Windows Media Video 9 codec for consideration by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) as an openly ...

If you receive an error message – Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file, when you try to play AVI, WAV, MOV, etc., you need to install ...

But, while I could view it no one else could thanks to antiquated players. Having non-techies try to download and install a new version on Media Player would be a nightmare, so I did up another ...

While the new video codec features of WMV are exciting, the biggest technical leap is the new Windows Media Audio 10 Professional codec (WMA Pro 10), which offers up to twice the improvement in ...

Paris — Microsoft Corp.'s effort to shoulder its way into consumer electronics, movies and TV broadcasting worldwide by proposing its proprietary Windows Media Video 9 to the Society of Motion Picture ...

Small things come in big packages, three hundred sixty-five pages, to be exact. That's the size of the massive tome that landed on Peter Symes' desk recently. Symes is Vice President of Engineering ...