WINDOWS MEDIA

'Windows Media' is a multimedia framework for media creation and distribution for Microsoft Windows. It consists of a software development kit with several application programming interfaces and a number of prebuilt technologies. The following are part of Windows Media:

Contents

Applications

Formats

Other

External links

See also

Applications

★ Windows Media Encoder

★ Windows Media Player

★ Windows Media Services - streaming media server

Formats

★ Advanced Systems Format (ASF)

★ Windows Media Audio (WMA)

★ Windows Media Video (WMV)

★ HD Photo (HDP) (formerly Windows Media Photo (WDP)

Other

★ Microsoft Media Services (MMS), the streaming transport protocol

★ Windows Media DRM, an implementation of digital rights management

★ WMV HD, Windows Media Video High Definition

★ Windows XP Media Center Edition, versions of Windows XP or later with built-in Media Center software.

★ 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