Windows Media is a discontinued
multimedia framework
A multimedia framework is a software framework that handles Electronic media, media on a computer and through a network. A good multimedia framework offers an intuitive Application programming interface, API and a modular architecture to easily a ...
for
media
Media may refer to:
Communication
* Means of communication, tools and channels used to deliver information or data
** Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising
** Interactive media, media that is inter ...
creation and distribution for
Microsoft Windows
Windows is a Product lining, product line of Proprietary software, proprietary graphical user interface, graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft. It is grouped into families and subfamilies that cater to particular sec ...
. It consists of a
software development kit (SDK) with several
application programming interface
An application programming interface (API) is a connection between computers or between computer programs. It is a type of software Interface (computing), interface, offering a service to other pieces of software. A document or standard that des ...
s (API) and a number of prebuilt technologies, and is the replacement of
NetShow technologies.
The Windows Media SDK was replaced by
Media Foundation when
Windows Vista
Windows Vista is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was the direct successor to Windows XP, released five years earlier, which was then the longest time span between successive releases of Microsoft W ...
was released.
Software
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Windows Media Center
*
Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player (WMP, officially referred to as Windows Media Player Legacy to retronym, distinguish it from Windows Media Player (2022), the new Windows Media Player introduced with Windows 11) is the first media player (application soft ...
*
Windows Media Encoder
Windows Media Encoder (WME) is a discontinued, freeware Multimedia, media codec, encoder developed by Microsoft which enables content developers to convert or capture both live and prerecorded audio, video, and computer screen images to Windows Me ...
*
Windows Media Services
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Windows Movie Maker
Formats
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Advanced Systems Format (ASF)
*Advanced Stream Redirector (ASX)
*
Windows Media Audio (WMA)
*Windows Media Playlist (WPL)
*
Windows Media Video (WMV) and
VC-1
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Windows Media Station (NSC)
*
WMV HD, (Windows Media Video High Definition), the branding name for
high definition (HD) media content encoded using Windows Media codecs. WMV HD is not a separate codec.
*
HD Photo (formerly Windows Media Photo, standardized as JPEG XR)
*
DVR-MS, the recording format used by Windows Media Center
*
SAMI
Acronyms
* SAMI, ''Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange'', a closed-captioning format developed by Microsoft
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, the closed caption format developed by Microsoft. It can be used to synchronize captions and audio descriptions with online video.
Protocols
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Media Stream Broadcast (MSB), for
multicast distribution of Advanced Systems Format content over a network
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Media Transfer Protocol (MTP), for transferring and synchronizing media on portable devices
*
Microsoft Media Services (MMS), the streaming transport protocol
*
Windows Media DRM, an implementation of
digital rights management
Digital rights management (DRM) is the management of legal access to digital content. Various tools or technological protection measures, such as access control technologies, can restrict the use of proprietary hardware and copyrighted works. DRM ...
External links
Official websiteDescription of the algorithm used for WMA encryption
Microsoft Windows multimedia technology
Multimedia frameworks
Discontinued Microsoft software
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