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6 open-source alternatives to Windows Media Player that are probably better than it

Out of the box, Windows 11 comes with a fairly solid media player, which is aptly called Media Player, or Windows Media ...
Digital Trends

I gave the Windows Media Player another shot. Here’s what surprised me

Microsoft has had a strange relationship with local video playback for the past several years. It’s one of those features that was caught in the purgatory that was created with the start of Windows 10 ...
Neowin

Media Player Classic - Home Cinema 2.5.5Media Player Classic - Home Cinema 2.5.5

Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC) is a free and open-source video and audio player for Windows. MPC-HC is based on the original Guliverkli project (which is no longer maintained) and ...
PC World

Windows Media Player loses the ability to play DRM media on older PCs

Last week, Microsoft updated a support page that tracks deprecated Windows features with a new announcement: legacy DRM services will no longer be available in Windows Media Player along with ...
Ars Technica

Media Player, Windows 11 version, and Album Art.

Years ago I ripped all of CDs to an .mp3 library to store on my computer. Everything worked well on Windows Media Player up until the Windows 11 version. Now, about half of my album art is missing. I ...