- For deprecated versions, see Windows Media Player.
Media Player, also referred to as Windows Media Player, is the default video and audio player for Windows 11 developed by Microsoft. It is the successor to Groove Music for Windows 10 (previously Xbox Music), Microsoft Movies & TV and Windows Media Player. It started to be offered to all Windows 11 users on February 15, 2022.[1]
The new Media Player can also play video, as part of Groove's rebranding from a music streaming service to a media player.[2] Other changes include the album cover view being in fullscreen, and a refresh to the mini player.[1] Accessibility has also been optimized, with some improved keyboard shortcuts and hotkey support for keyboard users and with other assistive technologies.[3]
Supported formats[]
This is a list of known supported formats in Media Player on Windows 11.[4]
| File Container | File Extension |
|---|---|
| MPEG-1 Audio Layer III MPEG-2 Audio Layer III |
.mp3 |
| Free Lossless Audio Codec | .flac |
| Raw AAC stream Audio Data Interchange Format (ADIF) Audio Data Transport Stream (ADTS) |
.aac, .adt, .adts |
| MPEG-4 audio-only file (AAC) | .m4a |
| Waveform Audio File Format | .wav |
| Windows Media Audio | .wma |
| Dolby AC-3 | .ac3 |
| 3GP and 3G2 | .3gp, .3g2 |
| Adaptive Multi-Rate | .amr |
| Matroska audio-only file | .mka |
| Ogg audio-only file | .oga |
| Ogg container (Vorbis) | .ogg |
| Ogg container (Opus) | .opus |
| File Container | File Extension | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| MPEG-4 video Apple MPEG-4 video (MPEG-4 Part 2, H.264, H.265, AV1) |
.mp4, .m4v | H.265 and AV1 playback requires installation of add-on from Microsoft Store. |
| QuickTime File Format | .mov | |
| Advanced Systems Format | .asf | |
| Audio Video Interleave | .avi | |
| Windows Media Video | .wmv | |
| BDAV MPEG-2 Transport Stream | .m2ts | |
| 3GP and 3G2 | .3g2, .3gp2, .3gpp | |
| Matroska video | .mkv | |
| WebM (VP8, VP9, AV1) | .webm | AV1 playback requires installation of add-on from Microsoft Store. |
| Ogg container (Theora) | .ogv |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 José Palacios (2021-11-16). "Media Player is available for Windows 11" (in es). Microsofters.
- ↑ Kris Holt (2021-11-17). "Microsoft is replacing Windows Media Player with Media Player for Windows 11" (in en-US). Engadget.
- ↑ Dave Grochocki (2021-11-16). "New Media Player for Windows 11 begins rolling out to Windows Insiders". Microsoft.
- ↑ Windows 11's New Media Player Brings Big Improvements to Audio and Video by Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine. 2022-03-22.
See also[]
- Groove Music - UWP-based music player; predecessor of Media Player for Windows 11
- Microsoft Movies & TV - UWP-based video player and online store
- Windows Media Player - Win32-based "classic" media player app
External links[]
- Windows Media Player at Microsoft
- Media Player (Windows 11) at Wikipedia
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