Windows Media is a multimedia framework for media creation and distribution for Microsoft Windows. A Multimedia Framework (MMF is a Software framework that handles media on a computer and through a network A media clip is a short segment of media either an Audio clip or a Video clip. Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. It consists of a software development kit with several application programming interfaces and a number of prebuilt technologies. A software development kit ( SDK or " devkit " is typically a set of development tools that allows a Software engineer to create applications

Contents 1 Applications 2 Formats 3 Other 4 External links 5 See also

Applications

• Windows Media Player - Media playback
• Windows Media Encoder - Media encoding tool
• Windows Media Services - streaming media server

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. Windows Media Player ( WMP) is a digital media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing Windows Media Encoder is a freely downloadable media encoder developed by Microsoft which enables content developers to convert or capture both live Windows Media Services ( WMS) is a streaming Media server from Microsoft that allows an administrator to generate Streaming media (audio/video Advanced Systems Format (formerly Advanced Streaming Format, Active Streaming Format) is Microsoft 's proprietary Digital audio The Advanced Stream Redirector ( ASX) format is a type of XML metafile designed to store a list of Windows Media files to play during a Multimedia WPL ( Windows Media Player Playlist) is a computer file format that stores multimedia Playlists It is a proprietary file format used in Microsoft Windows Windows Media Audio ( WMA) is an Audio data compression technology developed by Microsoft. Windows Media Video ( WMV) is a compressed Video file format for several proprietary Codecs developed by Microsoft. VC-1 is the informal name of the SMPTE 421M Video codec standard initially developed by Microsoft. HD Photo (formerly Windows Media Photo) is a still-image compression algorithm and file format for Continuous tone photographic images developed and patented DVR-MS (Microsoft Digital Video Recording is a Proprietary Video and audio file container format, developed by Microsoft Windows Media Center is an application designed to serve as a home-entertainment hub. SAMI (Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange is a Microsoft accessibility initiative released in 1998 It can be used to synchronize captions and audio descriptions with online video.

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. The Media Transfer Protocol is a devised set of custom extensions to the Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP Windows Media DRM is a Digital Rights Management service for the Windows Media platform Digital rights management ( DRM) is a generic term that refers to Access control technologies used by hardware manufacturers publishers and Copyright holders Windows Media High Definition Video (WMV HD is the marketing name for high definition videos encoded using Microsoft Windows Media Video 9 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

External links

• Microsoft's official WM site
• Windows Media Intelligent Streaming (or Intellistream)
• Windows Media Lite
• Description of the algorithm used for WMA encryption

See also

• QuickTime - Apple Computer's multimedia framework

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