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Windows Media Player for Windows XP Supported Codecs

Article ID:291948
Last Review:January 31, 2007
Revision:3.2
This article was previously published under Q291948

SUMMARY

This article provides a list of codecs that are supported in Microsoft Windows Media Player for Microsoft Windows XP.

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The following codecs are supported in Windows Media Player for Windows XP:
Cinepak codec
ClearVideo Decoder Driver
Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec
Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec for MSACM
Intel Audio Codec
Intel I.263 Video Driver
Intel Indeo 3.0 Video Codec
Intel Indeo 5.0 Video Codec
Intel Indeo(R) Video Interactive 32-bit Driver
Intel RAW YVU9 Video Driver
Lernout And Hauspie Codecs
Microsoft MPEG-4 Standard Video Codec
Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec v1
Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec v2
Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec v3
Microsoft Network Audio CODEC
Microsoft Screen Video Decompressor
Microsoft Windows Media Video v7
Microsoft Windows Media Video v8
Sharp G.726 Audio Codec
Sipro Lab Audio Telecom CODEC (Acelp)
Streaming Animation Support
Vivo H.263 Video CODEC
Vivo Siren Audio CODEC
VivoActive Audio CODEC
Voxware MetaSound
Voxware MetaVoice
Windows Media Audio Codec
NOTE: Not all of the supported codecs are installed by default. These codecs will be downloadable when you play content that requires the codec.

APPLIES TO
Microsoft Windows Media Player 8.01

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