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Windows Media Player 12

By Microsoft Free
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Developer's Description

Windows Media Player 12 plays more music and video than ever, including Flip Video and unprotected songs from your iTunes library!

Designed by media lovers, for media lovers. Windows Media Player 12--available only in Windows 7--plays more music and video than ever, including Flip Video and unprotected songs from your iTunes library!

Plays more media.
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Windows Media Player 12 has built-in support for many popular audio and video formats--including 3GP, AAC, AVCHD, MPEG-4, WMV, and WMA. It also supports most AVI, DivX, MOV, and Xvid files.

...in more places

The new Play To feature streams music and video to other PCs running Windows 7 or compatible devices around the home. With Remote Media Streaming, you can enjoy music or videos on your home PC from the road.

New playback modes

The new Now Playing mode is a study in minimalism: It shows only the controls you need, so nothing comes between you and your music or video. A new taskbar thumbnail with playback controls makes previewing easier and fun.

Easier, more fun

Enjoy smarter DVD playback, 15-second song previews, Jump Lists for fast access to favorite media. And that's just for starters.

Note: Available only in Windows 7. Windows Media Player 12 comes as part of Windows 7 and is not available as a separate download. Check out the Top 10 reasons to buy Windows 7.

Full Specifications

What's new in version

General

Release June 3, 2011
Date Added June 5, 2011

Operating Systems

Operating Systems Windows, Windows 7
Additional Requirements None

Popularity

Total Downloads 757,295
Downloads Last Week 313
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