- Media Player
Infobox Software
name = Media Player
caption = Media Player inWindows 95
developer =Microsoft
latest release version = 5.2
latest release date =March 13 ,2007 Fact|date=January 2007
operating system =Microsoft Windows
genre = Media player
license = ProprietaryEULA
website = [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia Microsoft Windows Media — Your Digital Entertainment Resource]Media Player was a media player originally included in
Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions and a slightly updated version was included withWindows 3.1x . "Media Player" received a facelift withVideo for Windows , with an OLE2 version provided with the runtime software. This version forms the basis for the 32-bit version included withWindows 95 andWindows NT .From Windows 95 onwards, "Media Player" took the same version number as Windows itself. Thus in the original version of Windows 95 it reports itself as 4.00.950, in Windows 2000 it is 5.0.* and in Windows XP it is version 5.1.*, where * refers to the build number.
As of
Windows 98 , "Media Player" was rendered obsolete,Windows Media Player being the replacement. "Media Player" is still included inWindows XP ; however, it is no longer included as ofWindows Vista .Features
Unlike its replacement, "Media Player" allows one to choose which MCI device to send the file to. "Media Player" can be used to embed music or video in a document, as it supports
OLE .The version of Media Player included in Windows 3.x is compatible with most versions of Windows; it does not recognize certain recent file types.
Versions
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
