Windows Media Player is the media management and playback application that comes with Windows.
Questions tagged [windows-media-player]
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How to delete music as it's being played
I have huge old collections of music that I'd like to whittle down by listening through and deleting those I don't want to keep. Currently, my process for doing so is this:
Open the folder containing my music files and play one
Listen to it in a…
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how to disable Play with Windows Media Player contextual menu?
in Windows (Vista), when viewing a folder, when right clicking on a item, there's the menu “Play with Windows Media Player”.
How to set it so such submenu does not show?
(not sure I want to uninstall Windows Media Player though)
I have no problem if…
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How to disable media sharing in Windows Media Player 12
I have disabled the service for the player but why is it enabled in the first place and how do I get rid of it? (Do not want to play media sharing at work)
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Run Multiple Instances of Windows Media Player
I want to use WMP to listen to music, but at the same time I'm sorting out some videos etc that I want to quickly preview in WMP. Is it possible to open another 'instance' of WMP without cutting off my music?
More details: Using Windows 7 and WMP 12
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How can I permanently delete My Folders in Windows 7?
How can I permanently delete the My Music, My Pictures, My Videos, etc. folders in Windows 7?
When I delete these folders manually, Windows Media Player 12 recreates all of them again, again and again! It's a nightmare. Does anyone knows a registry…
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Make media button on keyboard open Winamp instead of WMP
For the longest time the Media button on my keyboard used to launch Winamp. I don't remember having to do anything to set that up. But suddenly now the button launches stupid Windows Media Player when I press it. I have tried everything I can think…
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What is the difference between Groove Music and Windows media player in Windows 10?
In Windows 10 there are two applications Groove and the Windows Media Player. By default .MP3 files play in Groove which is the latest edition to Windows 10. However, there is also the older Windows Media Player.
When I choose Open With only then…
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How to send VLC Player audio to headphones rather than PC speaker?
Similar to this question, except I'm on Windows 7. That question also has no accepted answer, and the answer doesn't work for me.
I've tried all the different "Output Module" settings in the Audio section of the preferences in VLC Player, and still…
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How do you add new folders to be shared from Windows Media Player 12 via DLNA?
I'm using Windows Media Player 12 as a DLNA server in Windows 7. When I add new files to my %USERPROFILE%\Videos directory, they show up on my DLNA clients just fine.
However, I've tried adding new folders to the Videos Library by clicking on the…
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Choose an output audio device different from the default on WMP 11
I like to play my music through a Hi-Fi audio equipment and everything else (like windows sounds, web videos and such) through my default PC speakers.
On WIndows XP I had WMP 9 and I could do that with no problems since I can choose what audio…
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Windows Media Player Changes not reflected in File Explorer
Basically When I update song info such as artist, title etc in windows media player, the changes are not made to the mp3 file itself.
I have just spent hours ensuring the songs have the correct info only to realize that the changes aren't being made…
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Windows Media Player: How to start playing a video at a particular time offset?
I'm using Windows Media Player 12 (bundled with Windows 7 RC). I'd like to start it and play a portion of a WMV file at a particular time offset - say 3 minutes into the movie.
This is for demonstration purposes - I'd like to play a segment of the…
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Is there any way to play Netflix (stream) in Windows Media Player 11?
Googling for a solution yields a ridiculous page on eHow that instructs to insert a DVD from Netflix.
But I am not interested in the DVD option. I am only interested in streaming and unfortunately none of my browsers (IE, FF, Chrome) uses the…
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How to remove album art from a file in Windows Media Player 12
Windows Media Player 12 (Windows 7) has added some very wrong album art files on some of my files. How can I remove the album art without having to replace them?
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Loop video without stuttering
When VLC 2.1.3 loops a short video of about 600 ms (animation, uncompressed, 100 MB), there's a big delay of ~200 ms when it loops from the end back to the start. Windows Media Player can't even play it properly at 60 FPS. I remember that there used…
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