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A beta version of VLC for Windows 8 was released to the Microsoft Store on March 13, 2014. A universal app was created for Windows 8, 8.1, 10, Windows Phone 8, 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile. Android support VLC media player on Android. In May 2012, the VLC team stated that a version of VLC for Android was being developed.
The Apple Lossless Audio Codec ( ALAC ), also known as Apple Lossless, or Apple Lossless Encoder ( ALE ), is an audio coding format, and its reference audio codec implementation, developed by Apple Inc. for lossless data compression of digital music. After initially keeping it proprietary from its inception in 2004, in late 2011 Apple made the ...
Media Player Classic ( MPC ), Media Player Classic - Home Cinema ( MPC-HC ), and Media Player Classic - Black Edition ( MPC-BE) are a family of free and open-source, compact, lightweight, and customizable media players for 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows. The original MPC, along with the MPC-HC fork, mimic the simplistic look and feel of ...
On Windows Phone 7 (WP7) there is no FLAC support available in the default Zune media player though playback is supported in third-party applications like a Flac Player. Similar goes for Windows Phone 8. Microsoft Windows 10 supports FLAC decoding in Windows Media Player and other software that uses Windows platform APIs for audio decoding.
After version 10.0.0, 64-bit codecs are integrated into the regular editions. Prior to this version there was a 64-bit edition designed specifically for 64-bit OSes. After version 11.3.0, the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of LAV Filters share their settings, and an option to install only 64-bit codecs was added (visible only in Expert install mode).
Windows Media Player supports playback of audio, video and pictures, along with fast forward, reverse, file markers (if present) and variable playback speed (seek & time compression/dilation introduced in WMP 9 Series). It supports local playback, streaming playback with multicast streams and progressive downloads.
The following comparison of video players compares general and technical information for notable software media player programs. For the purpose of this comparison, video players are defined as any media player which can play video, even if it can also play audio files.
- Built-in support was removed in Windows 10 version 1709 due to licensing costs. The HEVC Video Extensions add-on can be purchased from the Microsoft Store to enable HEVC playback on the default media player app Microsoft Movies & TV. - Since Windows 11 version 22H2, the HEVC Video Extensions is built-in by default installation.