Designed by media lovers for media lovers. Windows Media Player 12—available as part of Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10*—plays more music and video than ever, including Flip Video and unprotected songs from your iTunes library! Organize your digital media collection, sync digital media files to a portable device, shop online for digital media content, and more—with Windows Media Player 12.
- Included in clean installs of Windows 10 as well as upgrades to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1 or Windows 7. In some editions of Windows 10, it's included as an optional feature that you can enable. To do that, select the Start button, then select Settings Apps Apps & features Manage optional features Add a feature Windows Media Player.
- Media Namespace. Provides types that enable integration of rich media, including drawings, text, and audio/video content in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications. In this article Classes AdornerHitTestResult: Represents data returned from calling the AdornerHitTest(Point) method.
Streamlined playback modes
The Now Playing mode is a study in minimalism: It shows only the controls you need, so nothing comes between you and your music or video. A new taskbar thumbnail with playback controls makes previewing easier and more fun.
With the release of Windows 10, Microsoft made the decision to discontinue support for Windows Media Center. It even got uninstalled while upgrading to Windows 10. While there are alternatives to this software, there is an unofficial workaround that this article will explain. To create installation media, go to the software download website, where you'll find step-by-step instructions. On that website, you can select a version of Windows and create your own installation media using either a USB flash drive or a DVD.
Plays more media in more places
Windows Media Player 12 has built-in support for many popular audio and video formats. Sync music, videos, and photos, or stream media to your devices so you can enjoy your library anywhere, at home or on the road.
For info about the latest version for your system, see Get Windows Media Player.
To manually troubleshoot or upgrade your installation of the Player, try the following:
Click the Start button, type features, and then select Turn Windows features on or off.
Expand Media Features and see whether the Windows Media Player check box is selected. If it is, clear the check box.
Click OK and then restart your PC. This will remove your current version of Windows Media Player.
After your PC has restarted, repeat step 1.
Expand Media Features and select the Windows Media Player check box.
Click OK and then restart your PC. This will reinstall the latest version of Windows Media Player for your system (Windows Media Player 12, with a few exceptions).
Note: Windows Media Player isn't available for Windows RT 8.1.
* Windows Media Player 12 is included in clean installs of Windows 10 as well as upgrades to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1 or Windows 7. DVD playback isn't included in Windows 10 or Windows 8.1. Go to the DVD playback for Windows page to find out how to add DVD playback.
Definition
Note
Windows Media Player Update
MediaControl may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use SystemMediaTransportControls.
Describes the object that applications register with, to receive media focus and transport control notifications.
Windows 10 requirements
| Device family | Windows Desktop Extension SDK (introduced in 10.0.10240.0) Xbox One Extensions for the UWP (introduced in 10.0.10586.0) |
| API contract | Windows.Media.MediaControlContract (introduced in v1.0) |
Remarks
The MediaControl class provides access to button press events. These events can be monitored, and can modify the response and behavior of an audio-aware app.
Properties
| AlbumArt | Note MediaControl may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use SystemMediaTransportControls. Gets or sets the path to the artwork for the album cover. |
| ArtistName | Note MediaControl may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use SystemMediaTransportControls. Gets or sets the name of the artist. |
| IsPlaying | Note MediaControl may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use SystemMediaTransportControls. Gets or sets the state of the Play button. |
| SoundLevel | Note MediaControl may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use SystemMediaTransportControls. Gets the current sound level. |
| TrackName | Note MediaControl may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use SystemMediaTransportControls. Gets or sets the track name. |
Events
| ChannelDownPressed | Note MediaControl may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use SystemMediaTransportControls. Event raised when a ChannelDown command is issued to the application. |
| ChannelUpPressed | Note MediaControl may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use SystemMediaTransportControls. Event raised when a ChannelUp command is issued to the application. |
| FastForwardPressed | Note MediaControl may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use SystemMediaTransportControls. Event raised when a FastForward command is issued to the application. |
| NextTrackPressed | Note MediaControl may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use SystemMediaTransportControls. Event raised when a NextTrack command is issued to the application. |
| PausePressed | Note MediaControl may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use SystemMediaTransportControls. Event raised when a Pause command is issued to the application. |
| PlayPauseTogglePressed | Note MediaControl may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use SystemMediaTransportControls. Event raised when a PlayPauseToggle command is issued to the application. |
| PlayPressed | Note MediaControl may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use SystemMediaTransportControls. Event raised when a Play command is issued to the application. |
| PreviousTrackPressed | Note MediaControl may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use SystemMediaTransportControls. Event raised when a PreviousTrack command is issued to the application. |
| RecordPressed | Note MediaControl may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use SystemMediaTransportControls. Event raised when a Record command is issued to the application. |
| RewindPressed | Note MediaControl may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use SystemMediaTransportControls. Event raised when a Rewind command is issued to the application. |
| SoundLevelChanged | Note MediaControl may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use SystemMediaTransportControls. Event raised when the sound level changes. |
| StopPressed | Note MediaControl may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use SystemMediaTransportControls. Event raised when a Stop command is issued to the application. |
