List of supported formats for Windows Media Player 9 Series for Pocket PC (839084)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Powered Pocket PC 2003

SUMMARY

Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 Series for Pocket PC supports certain formats for the following:
  • File formats
  • Encoding methods
  • Redirects
  • Transport protocols
This article lists the formats that are supported and that are not supported.

MORE INFORMATION

File formats

File formats that are supported

  • Advanced Streaming Format (.asf) - playback and streaming
  • MPEG-1 Layer 3 (.mp3) - playback only
  • Microsoft Windows Media Audio (.wma) - playback and streaming
  • Microsoft Windows Media Player (.wmp) - playback and streaming
  • Microsoft Windows Media Video (.wmv) - playback and streaming

File formats that are not supported

  • Audio (.au)
  • Audio Interchange File Format (.aiff )
  • Audio Video Interleaved (.avi)
  • Automatic Voice Recognition (.avr)
  • Digital Video Express (.divx)
  • Musical Instrument Digital Interface (.midi)
  • MPEG-1 (.mpg) by Moving Picture Expert Group
  • MPEG-1 Layer 3 (.mp3) playlists - .m3u, .pl, and others by Moving Picture Expert Group
  • Multicast-only
  • QuickDraw 3-D (.3dmf) by Apple
  • QuickTime (.mov or .qt) by Apple
  • RealAudio (.ram) by Real
  • Uncompressed formats
  • Any format that is not listed under "File formats that are supported"

Encoding methods

Encoding methods that are supported

  • The Fraunhofer IIS-A MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 (.mp3) codec
  • The International Standards Organization (ISO) MPEG-4 video codec
  • The Microsoft MPEG-4 codec - versions 2 and 3
  • The Microsoft Windows Media Audio (WMA) codec - version 2, version 7, and version 8
    (Windows Media Player 9 for Pocket PC 2003 supports the version 9 codec)
  • The Microsoft Windows Media Video (WMV) codec - versions 7 and 8
    (Windows Media Player 9 Series for Pocket PC supports the version 9 codec)

Encoding methods that are not supported

  • Apple video
  • JPEG motion
  • QuickTime
  • Sorenson video
  • Any encoding methods that is not listed in "Encoding methods that are supported"

Redirects that are supported

Although the following redirects are supported, they must point at supported data file formats:
  • Active Streaming Format (ASF) Stream Redirector (.asx) - script
  • Windows Media Audio Redirector (.wax) - script
  • Windows Media (.wm)
  • Windows Media Player (.wmp)
  • Windows Media Redirector (.wmx) - script
  • Windows Media Video Redirector (.wvx) - script

Transport protocols

Transport protocols that are supported

  • Hypertext Transfer Protocol(HTTP) and HTTP proxy
  • Multimedia Server (MMS)
  • Multimedia Server - Transmission Control Protocol (MMST)
  • Multimedia Server - Universal Datagram Protocol (MMSU)

Transport protocols that are not supported

  • Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP)
  • Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
  • Any protocol that is not listed in "Transport protocols that are supported"

REFERENCES

For additional information about multimedia file formats for various other operating systems, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

311886 Supported formats and codecs in Windows Media Player for Pocket PC 2002

316992 Windows Media Player multimedia file formats



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Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/20/2005
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