Windows Media
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Windows Media is a multimedia framework for media creation and distribution for Microsoft Windows. It consists of a software development kit with several application programming interfaces and a number of prebuilt technologies.
The Windows Media SDK is being replaced by Media Foundation.
[edit] Applications
Windows Media Player - Media playback Windows Media Encoder - Media encoding tool Windows Media Services - streaming media server
[edit] Formats
Advanced Systems Format (ASF) Advanced Stream Redirector (ASX) and Windows Media Playlist (WPL) Windows Media Audio (WMA) Windows Media Video (WMV) and VC-1 HD Photo (HDP) (formerly Windows Media Photo (WDP) DVR-MS, the recording format used by Windows Media Center SAMI, the closed caption format developed by Microsoft. It can be used to synchronize captions and audio descriptions with online video. WMF, the Windows Media Format
[edit] Other
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 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. Windows XP Media Center Edition, versions of Windows XP or later with built-in Windows Media Center Windows Movie Maker, a Windows Media movie editing application
[edit] External links
Microsoft's official WM site Windows Media Intelligent Streaming (or Intellistream) Windows Media Lite Description of the algorithm used for WMA encryption
[edit] See also
QuickTime - Apple Computer's multimedia framework
