Windows 10: Windows Media Player.

Win Vista, Win 7, Win 8/8.1 and Win 10.
They all have WMP as part of the operating system.

Questions :
Are those WMP all the same or just same name only ?
Do they all support the same list of video and audio file formats ?
More specifically, if I can play a video file in one of the above OSes, can the same video file be played in another OS ?

:)

 

Media Player Windows 10 64bit new update today crashing

I don't have just Windows Media Player in the list...

Windows Media Player DVD

Windows Media Player Library

Windows Media Player Settings

 

Can't Transfer file from lumia 520 to windows 8.1 Enterprise N

Versions N and KN lack Windows media Player. Part of this is connecting devices.

If your operating system did not come with Windows Media Player, install the
Media Feature Pack for your version of the operating system.


http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/download-windows-media-player

Install the media feature pack, not just windows media player

 

Yes.. from what I can tell it's the same program that's been in Windows for some time. There might have been a minor tweak it's the same overall.

And yes.. what you can use the same video file over multiple OS's.

 

Thank you.

 

One huge difference, on Windows 7 it plays DVD and Mpeg files. Never owned 8 or 8.1 but in 10 MS has brutally ripped that codec out, nasty side effect is MPEG files (or MPG, I forget which) only plays sound but no video.