This article lists the codecs that are included with Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and that are available for use by Microsoft Windows Media Player. The codecs for Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 Series are integrated with Windows XP SP2. The installation of Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 or Microsoft Windows Media Format 9.5 Runtime will automatically update the codecs that are used by the version of Windows Media Player that is on the computer.
Also included in this article is a list of codecs that are installed or are updated by Microsoft Windows Media Components.
Note Codecs that are only available through advanced Windows APIs such
as DirectPlay and TAPI are not listed in this
article.
This article contains information about the codecs that are
included with Windows Media Player 9 Series for Windows XP SP2 and with Windows
Media Player 10.
Audio codecs in Windows XP SP2
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| Codec | Company |
| IMA ADPCM | Microsoft |
| Microsoft ADPCM | Microsoft |
| Microsoft CCITT G.711 (A-Law and
u-Law) | Microsoft |
| Microsoft GSM 6.10 | Microsoft |
| DSP Group True Speech | DSP Group, Inc. |
| Windows Media Audio | Microsoft |
| Sipro Lab Telecom | Sipro Lab |
| Intel Audio Software (Indeo 2.5) | Intel |
| Franhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3
(Advanced) | Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft IIS |
| Microsoft PCM | Microsoft |
| Windows Media Audio 9 Voice | Microsoft |
| Windows Media Audio 9 | Microsoft |
| Windows Media Audio 9 Professional | Microsoft |
| Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless | Microsoft |
Video codecs in Windows XP SP2
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| Codec | Company |
| Cinepak | Radius (Supermac/Compression Technologies
Inc.) |
| DV | Microsoft |
| Indeo Video 3.2 | Intel |
| Indeo Video 4.5 | Intel |
| Indeo Video 5.10 | Intel |
| Indeo iYUV R2 | Intel |
| RAW YVU9 Video Driver | Intel |
| MJPEG | Microsoft |
| MPEG-1 Video Decoder | Microsoft |
| Microsoft ISO MPEG-4 V1 Decoder | Microsoft |
| Microsoft ISO MPEG-4 V1.1 Decoder | Microsoft |
| Microsoft CRAM | Microsoft |
| Microsoft MPEG-4 (V1) | Microsoft |
| Microsoft MPEG-4 (V2) | Microsoft |
| Microsoft MPEG-4 (V3) | Microsoft |
| Microsoft RLE | Microsoft |
| Windows Media Screen (V7) | Microsoft |
| Windows Media Screen (V9) | Microsoft |
| Windows Media Video Standard (V7) | Microsoft |
| Windows Media Video Standard (V8) | Microsoft |
| Windows Media Video Standard (V9) | Microsoft |
| Windows Media Video V9 Image | Microsoft |
Codecs in Windows Media Player 9 Series
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| Codec | Company |
| Windows Media Audio 9 | Microsoft |
| Windows Media Audio 9 Professional | Microsoft |
| Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless | Microsoft |
| Windows Media Audio 9 Voice | Microsoft |
| Windows Media Video 9 | Microsoft |
| Windows Media Video 9 Screen | Microsoft |
| Windows Media Video 9 Image | Microsoft |
Windows Media 9 Series codecs are integrated with Windows XP SP2.
Codecs in Windows Media Player 10
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| Codec | Company | Description |
| Windows Media Audio | Microsoft | This codec is
used to encode complex audio files, such as music files. The most recent
versions of this codec are the Windows Media Audio 9 codec and the Windows
Media Audio 9.1 codec. |
| Windows Media Audio
Professional | Microsoft | This codec is used to encode complex
audio files, such as music files. This codec supports multichannel
encoding and 24-bit encoding. Two versions of this codec are the Windows Media
Audio 9 Professional codec and the Windows Media Audio 9.1 Professional
codec. |
| Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless | Microsoft | This
codec is used for lossless encoding of audio files. Two versions of this codec
are the Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless codec, and the Windows Media Audio 9.1
Lossless codec. |
| Windows Media Audio 9 Voice | Microsoft | This
codec is optimized for encoding the human voice at a high compression ratio.
This codec is the preferred codec for encoding data streams that primarily
consist of spoken words. For content that is a mixture of music and speech,
this codec yields a very high quality audio file. |
| Windows Media Video 9 | Microsoft | This codec is
used to encode complex video files, such as movie files. The Windows Media
Video 9 Advanced Profile Video codec is a version of this codec. The Windows
Media Video 9 Advanced Profile Video codec is incorporated into advanced
encoding features such as interlaced encoding. |
| Windows Media Video 9 Screen | Microsoft | This
codec is optimized for encoding sequential screen shots. For example, this
codec is frequently used to record screen shots of monitor images of software
applications. The monitor images are later used for software training. |
| Windows Media Video 9 Image | Microsoft | This
codec is used to convert bitmap images with the deformation information into a
compressed video. Two versions of this codec are the Windows Media Video 9 Image
codec, and the Windows Media Video 9 Image v2 codec. |
- Windows Media Player 10 is available as a feature of
Microsoft Windows XP.
- Codecs that are updated by Microsoft Windows Media Format 9.5 Runtime are included in Windows Media Player 10 and in the third-party products
that use the Windows Media Runtime format.
- Audio codecs that are updated by Microsoft Windows Media Format
9.5 SDK are included in Microsoft Windows Media Format 9.1.
- Video codecs in Microsoft Windows Media Format 9.5 SDK do not
update codec version numbers.
- Codecs in the Windows Media codec table may be used in an
Advanced Systems Format (ASF) container that is protected by Windows Media
Digital Rights Management (WMDRM).
- The most recent version of Microsoft Windows Media Player 9
Series SDK runtime and the re-released version of Windows Media Player 9
Series have
been updated with Windows Media 9.1 codecs.
The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by
companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty,
implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these
products.
Article ID: 899113 - Last Review: August 4, 2005 - Revision: 1.1
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 Series for Windows XP
- Microsoft Windows Media Player 10
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