Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player (WMP) la ung dung thu vien va trinh phat da phuong tien dau tien duoc Microsoft phat trien de phat am thanh va video tren may tinh ca nhan. No la mot thanh phan cua he dieu hanh Windows, bao gom Windows 9x, Windows NT, Pocket PC va Windows Mobile. Microsoft cung da phat hanh cac phien ban Windows Media Player cho Mac OS co dien, Mac OS X va Solaris, nhung sau do da ngung cung cap chung. Ke tu nam 2022, no da duoc gan nhan hau to Legacy de phan biet voi Media Player dua tren UWP moi duoc gioi thieu trong Windows 10 va Windows 11.

Ngoai vai tro la mot trinh phat da phuong tien, phan mem con co kha nang trich xuat tep am thanh tu va sao chep sang dia CD, ghi dia ghi o dinh dang Audio CD hoac duoi dang dia du lieu voi danh sach phat nhu MP3 CD, dong bo hoa noi dung voi trinh phat am thanh ky thuat so (may nghe nhac MP3) hoac cac thiet bi di dong khac, phat va truyen phat phuong tien qua mang cuc bo, dong thoi cho phep nguoi dung mua hoac thue nhac tu mot so cua hang am nhac truc tuyen. Cac dinh dang tep mac dinh la Windows Media Video (WMV), Windows Media Audio (WMA) va Advanced Systems Format (ASF), va dinh dang danh sach phat dua tren XML cua rieng no duoc goi la Windows Playlist (WPL). Trinh phat cung co the su dung dich vu quan ly quyen ky thuat so duoi dang Windows Media DRM .

Windows Media Player la mot thanh phan doc dao, trong do ke tu nam 1999, moi phien ban Windows deu co hai hoac nhieu phien ban song song. Vi du: Media Player phien ban 5.1, 6.4 va 8 deu co trong Windows XP. Cac phien ban Windows nay cung bao gom mot so ung dung phat lai phuong tien khac, cu the la ActiveMovie Control, CD Player, DVD Player, Windows Media Center va Microsoft Movies & TV.

Phien ban dau tien cua Windows Media Player duoc phat hanh vao nam 1991, khi Windows 3.0 voi Multimedia Extensions duoc phat hanh.^[1] Ban dau duoc goi la Media Player, thanh phan nay duoc bao gom trong cac thiet bi tuong thich voi "Multimedia PC" nhung khong co san de ban le. No co kha nang phat tap tin co dinh dang .mmm, va co the duoc mo rong de ho tro cac dinh dang khac,^[2] su dung MCI de xu ly tap tin phuong tien. La mot thanh phan cua Windows, Media Player hien thi cung phien ban voi so phien ban cua phien ban Windows.

Microsoft lien tuc san xuat cac chuong trinh moi de phat cac tap tin phuong tien. Vao thang 11 nam sau, Video cho Windows duoc gioi thieu voi kha nang phat cac tap tin video ky thuat so o dinh dang AVI,^[3] voi ho tro codec cho RLE va Video1 va ho tro phat cac tap tin chua nen. Indeo 3.2 da duoc them vao trong mot ban phat hanh sau do. Video cho Windows lan dau tien co san duoi dang phan mo rong bo sung cho Windows 3.1 va sau do duoc tich hop vao Windows 95 va Windows NT 4.0. Nam 1995, Microsoft phat hanh ActiveMovie voi DirectX Media SDK. ActiveMovie ket hop mot cach moi de xu ly cac tap tin phuong tien va them ho tro cho phuong tien truc tuyen (ma Media Player ban dau khong the xu ly). Nam 1996, ActiveMovie duoc doi ten thanh DirectShow.^[4] Tuy vay, ten goi Media Player tiep tuc duoc su dung cho den khi Windows XP duoc phat hanh, va duoc doi ten thanh Windows Media Player v5.1.^[5][b]

Vao nam 1999, phien ban cua Windows Media Player da tach ra khoi phien ban cua Windows. Windows Media Player 6.4 xuat hien duoi dang ban cap nhat khong gioi han cho Windows 95-98 va Windows NT 4.0 cung ton tai voi Media Player va tro thanh mot thanh phan tich hop san cua Windows 2000, Windows ME va Windows XP voi mplayer2.exe thay vi cac phien ban moi hon.^[6] Windows Media Player 7.0 va cac phien ban ke nhiem cua no cung xuat hien theo cung mot kieu, thay the nhau nhung giu nguyen Media Player va Windows Media Player 6.4. Windows XP la he dieu hanh duy nhat co ba phien ban Windows Media Player khac nhau (phien ban 5.1, 6.4 va 8). Tat ca cac phien ban co thuong hieu Windows Media Player (thay vi chi la Media Player) deu ho tro codec DirectShow. Windows Media Player 7 la mot ban cai tien lon, voi giao dien nguoi dung moi, hinh anh hoa va chuc nang duoc cai tien. Tuy nhien, Windows Vista da loai bo cac phien ban Windows Media Player cu hon de thay the cho phien ban 11, bao gom viec loai bo Windows Media Source Filter (DirectShow codec).

Nam 2004, Microsoft phat hanh kho nhac ky thuat so MSN Music cho Windows Media Player 10 moi de canh tranh voi Apple iTunes.^[7][8] Tuy nhien, MSN Music da ngung phat trien vao nam 2006 voi su ra mat cua may nghe nhac Zune.^[9]

Ke tu Windows Vista, Windows Media Player ho tro Media Foundation framework ben canh DirectShow; phat mot so loai phuong tien nhat dinh bang Media Foundation cung nhu mot so loai phuong tien su dung DirectShow.^[10] Windows Media Player 12 duoc phat hanh cung voi Windows 7. No bao gom ho tro cho nhieu dinh dang phuong tien va them cac tinh nang moi. Tuy nhien, tren Windows 8, phan mem khong con nhan duoc ban nang cap.

Vao ngay 16 thang 4 nam 2012, Microsoft thong bao rang Windows Media Player se khong duoc dua vao Windows RT, dong Windows duoc thiet ke de chay tren cac thiet bi co bo xu ly ARM.^[11]

Tu ngay 15 thang 2 nam 2022, Microsoft da phat hanh ung dung moi co ten la Media Player de ke thua ung dung Groove Music (truoc day la Xbox Music) va Windows Media Player tren Windows 11, sau do tren Windows 10 vao thang 1 nam 2023.

• Phat am thanh, video, hinh anh voi kha nang nhay toi, lui chon thoi diem, xem nhanh hay cham.
• Ho tro choi cac tap tin tren may, truc tuyen cung nhu tai ve.

• Co the chuyen qua Mini mode. Mini mode duoc dat o taskbar cua may va co nhung nut can thiet nhat de dung WMP
• Ho tro bat cu phuong tien codec nao va noi dung dinh dang su dung nhung bo loc dac biet DirctX.
• Co cac tinh nang quan ly phuong tien voi thu vien phuong tien duoc tich hop, lap danh muc, sap xep theo album, nghe si, the loai, ngay phat hanh,...
• Video Smoothing su dung phep noi suy, tu dong them cac khung hinh tao hieu ung khien viec choi video tro nen muot ma hon doi voi nhung tap tin co ty le cung nhu toc do khung hinh thap.
• Ket hop bo can bang am thanh do hoa 10 dai bang va SRS WOW. Windows Media Player cung co the gan cac plug-in ho tro qua trinh phat am thanh va hinh anh.1

Windows Media Player 11 duoc phat hanh tren Windows XP va Windows Vista. Phien ban nay da co rat nhieu su thay doi so voi phien ban cu. Media Library khong con duoc xep theo thu tu tu tren xuong duoi (tree-based listing). Nhung the loai hay nhung playlist khong con de o ben trai ma o ben phai. Nhung icons rat sinh dong va thumbnails co hinh cua album hay la hinh khac do nguoi su dung tu chon. Neu nhu ma bai hat khong co ten album, ca si, nhac si, nam phat hanh, hoac la hinh cua album thi Windows Media Player co the tu dong them vao neu co san trong may hay la no co the tu tim. Windows Media Player 11 co them Windows Media Format 11.

Nhung chuc nang khac:

• Stacking - stacking co nhung su mieu ta song dong ve tong so album o trong mot the loai hoac folder. Cang nhieu files thi cai stack se lon hon.
• Word Wheel - khi di tim bat cu thu gi trong WMP, ban khong can doi de nhan Enter key de thay duoc ke qua. Ket qua se tu dong hien ra phia duoi khi ban nhan bat cu chu gi.
• CD Burning - khi burn, so luong MB se tu dong hien ra.
• URGE - la cua hang ban nhac moi cua Microsoft va MTV duoc di cung voi Windows Media Player.
• Co the rip audio CDs qua WAV.
• Co the noi ket voi la nhung cua hang ban nhac online.
• Dics Spanning se cat burn list ra lam hai neu dia khong con cho de chua.

Microsoft phat hanh beta cua Windows Media Player 11 cho Windows XP vao ngay 17/5/2006 va ban beta thu hai ngay 31/8/2006. Ban chinh thuc cua Windows Media Player 11 ra ngay 30/10/2006 va Windows Vista moi se co san WMP 11. Microsoft phai phat hanh rieng mot phien ban cua Windows Vista ma khong co Windows Media Player cho chau Au vi luat khong tin vao Microsoft cua ho. Phien ban nay ten la "Windows Vista N".

Phat hanh thang 10 nam 2008 Trong Hoi nghi phat trien chuyen mon (Professional Developers Conference) la mot phan di kem trong Windows 7. Khong duoc tai ve va su dung trong cac phien ban truoc.
Windows Media Player 12 ho tro them cho H.264 va dinh dang video MPEG 4 Part-2, audio AAC va 3GP, dinh dang container MP4 va MOV. Microsoft da cong nhan AVCHD la mot trong nhung trien khai pho bien cac chuong trinh ma hoa H.264, co phan duoi la m2ts va mts truoc khi dang ky trong he thong. Windows Media Player 12 co the chi muc noi dung cua tap tin nay, trong khi Windows Explorer co kha nang tao hinh thu nho cho moi clip.
Giao dien cua Windows Media Player 12 duoc thiet ke lai dang ke.

Advanced Tag Editor cho phep nguoi dung sieu chinh sua cac thong tin cua tap tin.
Kha nang hien thi loi bai hat tinh.
Menu ngu canh Tim trong thu vien da loai bo. Thay vao do, no duoc tich hop vao thu vien nhac trong Windows 7.

Windows Media Player cho Pocket PC duoc cong bo lan dau tien vao ngay 6 thang 1 nam 2000 va da duoc sua doi theo lich trinh gan giong voi lich trinh cua phien ban Windows. Hien duoc goi la "Media Player 10 Mobile", phien ban nay (phat hanh vao thang 10 nam 2004) gan giong voi cac chuc nang cua phien ban Windows cua WMP 10, bao gom kha nang danh sach phat, thu vien phuong tien, anh bia album, phat lai WMA Lossless, ho tro DRM, phat lai video o do phan giai 640x480 voi am thanh noi va tinh tham my cua giao dien Energy Blue tuong tu nhu trong Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. No cung ho tro dong bo hoa voi phien ban may tinh de ban cua WMP 10 va ho tro them dong bo hoa va chuyen ma cua cac chuong trinh truyen hinh duoc ghi lai tu Media Center. Media Player 10 Mobile khong co san duoi dang ban tai xuong tu Microsoft, viec phan phoi chi duoc thuc hien thong qua cac doi tac OEM va thuong duoc dua vao cac thiet bi dua tren Windows Mobile.

Windows Mobile 6 bao gom mot ban sao cua Windows Media Player 10 Mobile nhung co chu de tuong tu (nhung khong hoan toan giong) nhu Windows Media Player 11.

Windows Media Player 9 la phien ban cuoi cung cua media player ma Microsoft phat hanh cho Mac OS X vi co rat nhieu nguoi su dung cua Mac OS X noi la phien ban cho Mac OS X khong co ho tro nhieu dinh dang (format), thieu on dinh va thieu tinh nang. Phien ban cung khong co nhung tinh nang can ban ma Windows Media Player 9 cho Windows co. Microsoft da tuyen bo ngung phat trien ke tu ngay ngay 12 thang 1 nam 2006. Thay vao do, Microsoft se cung cap mot plugin (goi la WMV Player) cho phep trinh QuickTime cua Apple co the choi duoc mot so dinh dang cua Windows Media. Nhung nguoi su dung Mac cung co the dung VLC Media Player. VLC Media Player ho tro WMV-3 / WMV-9 / VC-1 Windows Media files.

• 25 thang 6 Windows Media Player 6.1

• 17 thang 7 Windows Media Player 6.3 cho Mac OS
• 17 thang 7 Windows Media Player 6.3 cho Solaris
• 17 thang 7 Windows Media Player 7 cho Windows 98 va Windows 2000
• 14 thang 9 Windows Media Player 7.0 cho Windows Me goi san voi he dieu hanh
• 12 thang 12 Windows Media Player 7 cho Pocket PC

• 24 thang 7 Windows Media Player 7.0.1 cho Mac OS
• 25 thang 10 Windows Media Player 8 cho Windows XP goi san voi he dieu hanh khi phat hanh

• 8 thang 1 Windows Media Player 7.1 cho Mac OS

• 27 thang 1 Windows Media Player 9 cho Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Me, va Windows 2000 va ban rieng le cho Windows XP
• 23 thang 6 Windows Media Player 9 cho Pocket PC
• 7 thang 11 Windows Media Player 9 cho Mac OS X

• 10 thang 8 Windows Media Player 9 cho Windows XP Service Pack 2 goi san voi he dieu hanh khi phat hanh
• Thang 10 Windows Media Player 10 cho Windows XP goi san voi Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, khi phat hanh vao 10/12/2004. Windows Media Player 10 Mobile cho Pocket PC va SmartPhone. Bao gom trong Windows Mobile 5.0

• 17 thang 5 Windows Media Player 11 cong bo ban thu nghiem cho Windows XP

Windows Media Player version 7.0 (va cu hon) cho Windows bao gom phien ban 6.4 nhu mot ung dung rieng le, co the truy xuat bang cach goi tap tin mplayer2.exe trong thu muc cai dat.

• 29 thang 10 Windows Media Player 12 da ra mat trong Windows 7. Duoc coi nhu la mot tinh nang co trong Windows 7 va khong duoc tai ve cho cac phien ban Windows truoc.

1. ^ Ngoai tru phien ban "N", "KN" va Windows RT
2. ^ "v5.1" la so phien ban cua Windows XP

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