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{{Confuse|媒体播放器（Windows 11）}}
{{Infobox Windows component
|name = Windows Media Player
|logo = WMPLOGO.png
|screenshot = Windows10-WindowsMediaPlayer.png
|caption = [[Windows 10]] 中的 Windows Media Player
|introduced in = [[Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions 1.0]]
}}
Windows Media Player（或 Media Player）是指由 Microsoft 开发并通常包含在 [[Microsoft Windows 通述|Microsoft Windows]] 中的一系列多媒体播放器和库应用程序。根据 Windows 版本，应用程序可能有多个不同的版本，所有版本都使用相似的名称，但包含不同的功能。

多媒体播放器，当时称为 Media Player，最初是作为 [[Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions 1.0]] 的一部分引入的，它是使用媒体控制接口实现的。播放器的略微更新版本随 Windows 3.1 一起提供。在适用于 Windows 的视频套件中包含更大的更新；后来，此版本的播放器将被移植到 32 位 Windows，并包含在 [[Windows NT 3.1]]、[[Windows 95]] 及更高版本中，一直到 [[Windows Server 2003]]。

1998 年，Microsoft 首次发布了 Windows Media Player，这是一个与 MME 播放器无关的新播放器。第一版通常被称为“经典”Windows Media Player，其生命周期相当短，因为它仅与 [[Windows 98|Windows 98 第二版]]和 [[Windows 2000]] 分别作为版本 6.1 和 6.4 正式捆绑在一起。但是，它继续与较新的播放器版本捆绑在一起，尽管是隐藏的。2000 年与 [[Windows Me]] 一起发布的 7.0 版本引入了一个全新的界面，部分基于为 [[Windows Codename Neptune]] 完成的废弃音乐中心工作。后来的版本（包括 12 个）包括额外的 UI 更改和功能添加。在 2009 年 [[Windows 7]] 发布后，Microsoft 停止了 Windows Media Player 的积极开发，使 Windows Media Player 12 成为 Windows Media Player 的最终版本。

尽管 [[Windows 8]] 引入了用于视频和音乐播放的 [[Microsoft 电影和电视]]以及 Groove 音乐应用，但 Windows Media Player 仍继续包含在更高版本的 Windows 中。[[媒体播放器（Windows 11）|媒体播放器]]这个名字在 [[Windows 11]] 中复活，因为 Microsoft 重新设计了 Groove 音乐应用程序以也支持视频播放。新版本于 2021 年 11 月首次推出，然后于 2022 年 2 月向所有用户公开发布。为了将其与现代 Media Player 应用区分，较旧的播放器从 [[Windows 11 v22H2|Windows 11 2022 年更新]]开始，更名为“Windows Media Player Legacy”，后来在本地化上改为“旧版 Windows Media Player”。

== History ==
The first version of Windows to include a media player is [[Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions 1.0]]. Slightly updated versions of the player then shipped with [[Windows 3.1]] and later revisions of the 16-bit Windows environment. The player is implemented using the Media Control Interface, an extendable API introduced with the Multimedia Extensions. By default, MCI only supports playback of wave audio and MIDI files as well as CD Audio, although support for other formats and devices can be added by installing additional so-called MCI drivers. Although Windows 3.1x does not include MCI drivers for any video format, the player is still capable of video playback if one is added post-install, displaying the video content in a separate window.

A larger update, internally called "Media Player 2", was introduced as a part of the [[w:Video for Windows|Video for Windows]] suite and included an updated user interface and support for copying media to documents via [[w:Object Linking and Embedding|OLE]]. The suite also includes an MCI driver for the new [[w:Audio Video Interleave|AVI]] format. This version was later ported to 32 bits with some minor changes and included with [[Windows NT 3.1]], [[Windows 95]] and later. It would continue to be bundled with Windows even after the newer versions were introduced, with the last version of Windows to include it being [[Windows Server 2003]].

Except for the versions bundled with the Multimedia Extensions and Video for Windows, this original incarnation of the player didn't adopt its own versioning scheme and instead used the Windows version number.
<gallery>
Win3mdkv99mplayer.png|Media Player in [[Windows 3.00 MDK Version 59|Multimedia Windows build&nbsp;59]]
WMP1Interface.PNG|Media Player in [[Windows&nbsp;3.0 with Multimedia Extensions&nbsp;1.0]]
WfW3.11-MediaPlayer.png|Media Player in [[Windows for Workgroups&nbsp;3.11]]
WfW3.11-MediaPlayer-VideoPlayback.png|Video playback in the WfW 3.11 Media Player
VfW1.1e-MediaPlayer.png|Media Player from Video for Windows&nbsp;1.1e
NT3.5-MediaPlayer.png|Media Player in [[Windows NT 3.5]]
Win95-MediaPlayer.png|Media Player in [[Windows&nbsp;95]]
</gallery>

=== Windows Media Player 5 and 6 ===
In 1996, Microsoft introduced the [[w:NetShow|NetShow]] multimedia framework for network broadcasting and along with it developed the new NetShow Player to support the platform's then-new [[w:Advanced Systems Format|ASF]] container format. The first two versions of the player were rather rudimentary and only supported ASF format playback. At the same time, [[w:ActiveMovie|ActiveMovie]], the successor to Video for Windows that also added support for MPEG playback, was also introduced, together with its own player called ActiveMovie Control.

Two years later, ActiveMovie was renamed to DirectShow and incorporated into the DirectX suite. Work also started on a new version of the NetShow Player with a new user interface that would also adopt DirectShow for media playback. However, as the company relaunched NetShow as [[w:Windows Media|Windows Media]] and aligned its version with [[w:DirectX|DirectX]], the player was rebranded and NetShow Player 3.0 ultimately shipped as Windows Media Player 5.2. Multiple updates were then released to the player in the following months, eventually bringing it up to version 6.4.

This edition was only officially bundled with [[Windows 98 Second Edition]] and [[Windows 2000]] in version 6.1 and 6.4 respectively, although it is also included together with newer player versions in [[Windows Me]], [[Windows XP]] and Windows Server 2003, albeit hidden. After the introduction of the new user interface in later versions, it started to be often unofficially called the "classic" Windows Media Player. However, newer Windows Media Player versions up to version 9 still include a Classic skin, which closely replicates the older user experience. Several open source projects, namely [[w:Media Player Classic|Media Player Classic]] and its forks, also aim to clone the user experience of Windows Media Player 6.4 while also adding features found in newer multimedia players. 

<gallery>
NetShowPlayer3Beta.png|NetShow Player 3.0 Beta
WMP52-16.png|Windows Media Player&nbsp;5.2 Beta on [[Windows&nbsp;3.1]]
WMP5.2Beta.png|Windows Media Player&nbsp;5.2 Beta on [[Windows&nbsp;95]]
WMP61-Main.png|Windows Media Player&nbsp;5.2
WMP6.4.png|Windows Media Player&nbsp;6.4
</gallery>

===Windows Media Player 7 and onwards===
Initially planning to continue the older code of Windows Media Player 6.4 as seen in some Beta 1 builds of [[Windows Me]], Microsoft decided instead to create a new Windows Media Player application from scratch, which not only should have the ability to playback media files, but also audio CDs and video DVDs (including rip functionality), so that it not only replaces the older Windows Media Player, but also the CD/Deluxe CD and DVD Player applications from [[Microsoft Plus!]] It is also customizable by the use of skins. A near-final version is included in Windows Me. In 2001, an updated version 7.1 was released.

[[Windows Media Player 8]] (also known as Windows Media Player for Windows XP) is only available as a part of Windows XP, though it can also be installed unofficially on [[Windows 2000]]. It introduced a new design that fits into the Luna design language of [[Windows XP]], though some skins retained their design of version 7.

[[Windows Media Player 10]] introduced music store integration (which defaulted initially to MSN and later to Bing) and a music library, making it a competitor to [[w:iTunes|iTunes]].

[[Windows Media Player 11]] introduced a design that fits into the Aero design language of [[Windows Vista]]. A near-final version was ported to [[Windows XP]], hence the different logo compared to Vista.

[[Windows Media Player 12]] introduced a redesign of the user interface that is much lighter, brighter and cleaner compared to the UI design of Windows Media Player 11. It was not made available as an out-of-band update for previous versions of Windows unlike prior versions. It was the last version of Windows Media Player to be released as Microsoft ceased future development of Windows Media Player after Windows 7 was released in late 2009.

[[Windows 8]] would introduce modern replacements for Windows Media Player in the form of the Xbox Video and Xbox Music apps which retained local media playback functionality but with the ability to purchase such media through the Xbox Live Marketplace. The Media Guide and DVD playback features were removed from Windows Media Player. The Xbox Video and Xbox Music apps were later rebranded as Microsoft Movies & TV and Groove Music with the release of [[Windows 10]].

In [[Windows 11]], Microsoft rebranded Groove Music as Media Player and was redesigned to support the playback of video content along with introducing a redesigned UI to fit in with the design language of Windows 11. Windows Media Player was deprecated in favor of the new Media Player app as the legacy Windows Media Player app was renamed to Windows Media Player Legacy in the [[Windows 11 2022 Update]]. The device sync functionality would later be removed in [[Windows 11 build 25151.1000|Copper build 25151]].
<gallery>
WMP7.1.png|[[Windows Media Player 7]]
WMP8.png|[[Windows Media Player 8]]
WMP9.png|[[Windows Media Player 9 系列]]
WMP10.png|[[Windows Media Player 10]]
WMP11.png|[[Windows Media Player 11]]（Windows XP）
WMP11-Vista.png|Windows Media Player 11（Windows Vista）
WMP12.png|[[Windows Media Player 12]]
</gallery>

==版本==
*[[Windows Media Player 5.2|5.2]] 
*[[Windows Media Player 6.1|6.1]]
*[[Windows Media Player 6.4|6.4]]
*[[Windows Media Player 7.0|7.0]]
*[[Windows Media Player 7.1|7.1]]
*[[Windows Media Player 8|8.0]]
*[[Windows Media Player 9 系列|9.0]]
*[[Windows Media Player 10|10.0]]
*[[Windows Media Player 11|11.0]]
*[[Windows Media Player 12|12.0]]

== 兼容性 ==
{{Media Player version table}}

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