File formats supported by Windows Media Player 5.2
Article ID: 191346
Article Last Modified on 5/18/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows Media Player 5.2
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SUMMARY
This article lists the file formats supported by Windows Media Player.
MORE INFORMATION
Windows Media Player can play many different multimedia file formats as
streamed or local content. Windows Media Player can play the following
multimedia file formats:
Windows Media
File name extensions: .asf, .asx
RealNetworks RealAudio, and RealVideo (version 4.0 or earlier)
File name extensions: .ra, .ram, .rm, .rmm
Audio Visual Interleave (AVI)
File name extension: .avi
Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG 1 and MPEG 2)
File name extensions: .mpg, .mpeg, .m1v, .mp2, .mpa, .mpe
NOTE: MPEG 2 requires third party software or hardware decoders.
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
File name extensions: .mid, .rmi
Apple QuickTime, Macintosh AIFF Resource
File name extensions: .qt, .aif, .aifc, .aiff, .mov
Sun Microsystems and NeXT
File name extensions: .au, .snd
Audio for Windows
File name extension: .wav
NOTE: Vendors can create filters so that Windows Media Player can play other multimedia file formats.
Microsoft only supports RealNetworks formats (and again, only 4.x or below) that have been upgraded from an earlier version of the player with RealNetworks support included.
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