Microsoft KB Archive/291948

= Windows Media Player for Windows XP Supported Codecs =

Article ID: 291948

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Media Player 8.01
 * Microsoft Windows Media Player 8.01

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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.



MORE INFORMATION
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.

Keywords: kbinfo kbenv kb3rdparty KB291948

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