Microsoft® Windows® XP Inside Out, 2nd Edition

Chapter 19. Using and Customizing Windows Media Player

• What's New in Windows Media Player

• Controlling File Type Associations

• Customizing Audio and Video Playback

• Customizing the Player's Appearance

• Extending the Player's Capabilities

• Playing Audio CDs

• Security and Privacy Issues

• Watching DVD Movies

• Understanding and Protecting Your Digital Rights

Windows Media Player has been a part of Microsoft Windows for more than a decade. In its earliest incarnation, the Media Player program was a bare-bones 16-bit utility that performed only one trick: playing uncompressed (WAV) audio files. Through the years, Microsoft has steadily improved the capabilities of Windows Media Player and tightened its links to Windows. In fact, you practically need a scorecard to keep ...