Windows Insider members have been given access to a new version of Windows Media Player. In taking a closer look at the new ...

Windows Media Player gets new features in Insider builds, but it still to open a video, uses 3x more RAM idle, and can't play ...

I've been tasked with converting all my company's A/V content from Real to Windows Media. I turn to the wisdom of the Ars A/V Forum for recommendations on what Window Media codec/bitrate/etc to use in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the Playback folder, you will get a setting called Prevent Codec Download. Double-click on it and select the Enabled option. Click the OK button to save the change. After that, Windows Media Player ...

PARIS – Eager to move its proprietary audio/video codec into Europe's steadily growing digital radio market, Microsoft Corp. has gained membership in the World DAB Forum, an industry group developing ...