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Windows Media Formats

In my attempt to not over whelm you with a lot of techincial term and stuff. I have am going to have to have up take a look at some of the file formats that Windows Media player user and their purpose.

Keep this in mind. For after we go through some of the tother media player we will compare who who uses what formats.

File type (format)	File name extension
CD audio	.cda
Intel Indeo video technology	.ivf
Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF)	.aif, .aifc, and .aiff
Windows Media audio and video files	.asf, .asx, .wax, .wm, .wma, .wmd, .wmv, .wvx, .wmp, and .wmx
Windows audio and video files	.avi and .wav
Windows Media Player skins	.wmz and .wms
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)	.mpeg, .mpg, .m1v, .mp2, .mpa, .mpe, .mp2v*, and .mpv2
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)	.mid, .midi, and .rmi
AU (UNIX)	.au and .snd
MP3	.mp3 and .m3u
DVD video	.vob

Winodws Media Player

We are going to start our journey through the land of media players, with the one that comes with every new windows based computer. It is an okay is an good media player. Buy whay does so many other media players so popular.

We my use of Windows Media Player is limited to programs or presentations that come from Microsoft. I ususally go to other media players that I can use, because with version 10, and 11 turned me away from them.

Media Players - Who are they?

Currently, I know over 30 different media players. They are all software programs design to play music, video or internet media feed. Below is an listing of just a few.

Bearshare, BS.Player, cmus, Foobar2000, iTunes, MediaMonkey, Napster, PowerDVD, Quicktime, RealPlayer, VLC Media Player, Windows Media Player, Yahoo! Music Jukebox, MusicMatch Jukebox

I can say without reservation that you have at least one media player on your computer, if not two. Now the question is have you made a good choice for a media player? Is there a better choice for what you would use a media player?

Media Players - What are they?

Yesterday, I had to download media player to hear some streaming audio I wanted to listen too. I already have 3 media players on my computer. One would think that of those three one would be able to play that streaming audio file.

In my search to make a close look of media players, I will share with you what I learn.

Media Player is not always refer to Windows Media Player. Windows Media Player is one of many software programs.

For our purposes, the term usually refers to computer software used to help the computer play, video, music, if it be on a the hard drive, CD, memory stick. Media players , also take download media form the internet and play them on your computer.

On Screen Keyboard

Windows has a way you can view a standard keyboard on you monitor screen.

• Left click on the Start button
  
• Left click on Run
  
• Then type in osk in the box
  
• And left click OK

History of Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows has been around for over 30 years. Their critics sound like their are the bumbling fool that has only been around a few years.

As a little review below is a brief history of Windows.

• 1985- Windows 1.0
• 1987- Windows 2.0
• 1990- Windows 3.0
• 1993- Windows NT & 3.11
• 1995- Windows 95
• 1996- Windows NT 4.0
• 1998- Windows 98
• 1999- Windows 98SE
• 2000- Window ME
• 2000- Window 2000 Professional
• 2001- Windows XP (Home & Professional)
• 2002- Window XP (Media Center & Tablet
• 2007- Windows Vista

For more details on the evolutions of Windows check out Microsoft History