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5 obscure media player apps for Windows to try this weekend

MPV is available for Windows, Linux, macOS, and OpenBSD, among others. The source code is also available on GitHub, so if you ...
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 ...

This free app plays music better than Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player isn’t the best when it comes to managing large music collections, organizing playlists, customizing the interface, and converting between file formats. Foobar2000 on the other ...
Computerworld

10 free upgrades for built-in Windows apps

There’s no need to stick with Windows’ preloaded applications. These time-tested apps are all free — and open source, too. Windows comes loaded with a lot of applications, but to be honest, they ...
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 ...