WMV – play your tune
Windows Media Video or WMV is a format developed by Microsoft Corporation, to watch videos on a PC or laptop. This type of video format can be in any of the players like Windows Media Player, Real Player, VLC Media Player, KM Player, WinAmp, and are open in Power DVD. A codec is a small program that can read a file, video and audio formats to be created from the data.
WMV when playing on the PC
You need some basic steps to play these files on your PC.
First if your computer already has Windows Media Player, WMP, then update the latest version, so you can play video files properly. It can be downloaded from the website of Microsoft Windows Media Player do. But, if you will not be able to display on your system, Windows can talk to you an error message that WMV files can be opened.
Second Now open the Windows Media Player on your PC and select the video file to play.
Third You can select multiple files to be played in WMP.
Fourth If you do not want to use WMP, then you can use other players that support this format such as Win Amp, Power DVD, VLC, etc.
When playing WMV on Linux
Windows Media Video can be played on Linux using a compatible media player. Linux is compatible with Video Lan Client or VLC player, which plays all your files. VLC player supports WMV format files directly. Some of the players most often used in common Boxee Linx, Real Player, MPlayer and Helix Player.
When playing WMV Macintosh
You can also convert your video files on Mac OS with the Mac version of Windows Media Player. Compatible with Apple Computer Apple QuickTime Media Player, which can also play WMV files. It is a free program that can be downloaded from the Microsoft website.
WMV files can not be played on Vista as an operating system.
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