Microsoft has announced it is killing off Windows legacy DRM support on Windows 8, Windows 7, Silverlight, and legacy Windows Media Player.
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Microsoft published a new support page with details about codec support in the Windows Media Player app. As it turns out, the company is removing AC-3 Dolby Digital support in Windows 11 version 24H2.
Similar to Y2K22 and the far more popular Y2K superbugs, Y2K38 is also expected to wreak havoc in the computing world. Surprisingly, a Windows 95, 98, and 2000 era app is unaffected by it.
Windows Me went gold 23 years ago today on June 19, 2000. It ended up being one of the worst Windows releases ever, and Microsoft quickly replaced it with Windows XP just one year later.
The new Windows 11 Media Player, which was previously only available to Insiders, is slowly rolling out to all Windows 10 users. This will replace the not-so-popular Groove Music on Windows 10.
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This week's edition of Microsoft Weekly is filled to the brim with news about tons of new Windows bugs (and fixes), a bunch of Patch Tuesday updates, and improvements to a competent file manager.
Microsoft has backported another Windows 11 app to Windows 10. The updated Windows Media Player (do not confuse it with the classic WMP) is now available for download in the Release Preview Channel.
Microsoft has updated the Windows 11 Media Player with a new helpful feature that will now allow users to browse through their library of video files. It is not public though, yet.
Microsoft has released today two updates to the Windows 11 Dev channel. The Camera app has been refreshed with the Windows 11 visual style. Alongside that, the media player gains CD ripping.
The freshly redesigned Media Player app for Windows 11 has finally arrived on the Beta Channel. This is two and a half months after the application first landed on the Windows 11 Dev Channel.
Apparently Microsoft has started rolling out the Media Player app to non Insiders, but with no known store listing we have found a way for any Windows 11 user to install it, if they want.
Microsoft has started rolling out a new Media Player app for Insiders on the Windows 11 Dev Channel. It is meant to replace Groove Music while the legacy Windows Media Player co-exists.
With Windows 7 nearing its end of extended support, Microsoft has seemingly begun retiring some services for the OS. The updating of metadata is now unsupported in Windows Media Player in Windows 7.
Last month's round of cumulative updates caused an issue to appear in Windows Media Player. Microsoft has updated its changelogs to show that the bug will be fixed in mid-December.
A post on Reddit shows Microsoft prompting users running Windows Media Player to ditch the dated app for the new and younger Movies & TV, citing better compatibility and battery life.
Amazon notified customers that Unbox, the tool used to download and play movies offline, is officially closing on March 29th, at which time customers will lose all access to their purchased content.
We knew it was coming and in the latest leaked build of Windows 10, FLAC playback is now supported natively in Windows Media Player which joins MKV in new media support for the OS.
In the latest version of Windows 10, Windows Media Player can play MKV files natively which will be welcomed improvement for those of you who do not like to download codecs.
Over the course of the last two weeks, I've been digging deep into what the optimal playback setup is for lengthening battery life. Throughout more than 145 hours of testing...
The founding members and dedicated team have relaunced TuneUp, a popular music organizing software for OSX. TuneUp is currently offering 30% off its normal prices for a limited time.
One of Neowin's forum members has noticed that the new Windows Media Player in Windows 8 seems to have ditched the Media Guide and store that has been a part of WMP for years.
In our newest From The Forums feature, we take a look at how our community members are reacting to Microsoft's recent announcement of removing DVD playback features in regular editions of Windows 8.
Microsoft has posted up a quick FAQ to answer questions about its recently announced decision not to offer DVD playback in the regular Windows Media Player version of Windows 8.
Microsoft has posted up more information on how its Windows Media Center features will be incorporated into Windows 8, along with word that Media Player in Windows 8 won't play DVDs.
A German court has ordered an injunction on the sale of several of Microsoft's products in that country, including Windows 7 and the Xbox 360 game console, as part of a lawsuit with Motorola.
