While Windows Media Player includes support for popular codecs like MP3, WMA, and WMV, it doesn’t have in-built support for modern formats that include Blu-ray Disc files and some uncommon ones ...

I'm just curious as to the pros and cons of the Windows Media Audio format vs. mp3 in terms of quality vs. file size. I did a search, but didn't come up with anything (maybe my search skills suck).

WMP supports WMA out of the box; you only need to open the file with Windows Media Player. It is possible that it is WMP is not the default player for WMA files. Here is how to change it ...

(IDG) -- Microsoft's audio format Windows Media Audio gets a double boost this week with the release of Windows Media Player 7 and the availability of tunes from EMI Music in the Windows Media format.

Windows Media 9 is seen as an important technology advancement, as Microsoft jockeys to curb the threat open-standards MPEG-4 poses to the company's proprietary digital media formats. Microsoft ...

After you browse to the website and download the file, double-click on it and follow the directions to complete the installation. Start Windows Media Player. If you are in "Now Playing" mode ...

While the files included in the RAR file you received may be compatible with Windows Media Player 11, the RAR format itself is not supported by the program. A variety of companies offer software ...

The company announces a partnership with I-Jam Multimedia for a new portable music player that will exclusively play tracks encoded in the Windows Media Audio format. Department Editor Evan Hansen ...

typically in a compressed format like MP3. It was a part of more or less every music manager program for decades, notably the competing iTunes and Windows Media Player, but the feature has been ...

(IDG) -- Microsoft's audio format Windows Media Audio gets a double boost this week with the release of Windows Media Player 7 and the availability of tunes from EMI Music in the Windows Media format.