Windows 11’s modern media player is somehow worse than the version from 17 years ago

Microsoft’s modern Media Player for Windows 11 has received an Insider Preview update, but tests suggest it still uses more ...
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 ...
Ars Technica

convert divx and others to basic windows media video format

i have a new dvd player that apparently plays windows media videos<BR><BR>i have many divx and other windows media encoded files on my computer.<BR><BR>so far, none of the files when burned onto cd ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft fixes bug that breaks video recording in Windows apps

Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing video recording and playing failures in some apps on Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems. Apps using the WVC1 (Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile) codec ...
Neowin

Microsoft removes AC-3 Dolby Digital codec from Windows 11 24H20 0

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.