The 2 well-known codecs for AVI files are DivX and Xvid. Installing these codecs will enhance the possibility to playback AVI files on Windows Media Player.

List of the types of Media files & File types supported by Windows Media Player. In case a file type is not supported, WMP will download the codec or use exsiting codecs.

Workarounds still work on Windows 10 like VLC player, but free playback programs don't tend to support Blu-ray.

The long awaited release from Microsoft’s Windows Media Group, code named Corona, has finally appeared in a beta version. Now dubbed Windows Media 9 Series, it is the first comprehensive platform ...

If codecs are missing, Microsoft Media Player, or Windows Media Player, may not be able to play stand-alone VOB files that you ripped from a DVD or downloaded from the Internet.

PARIS – Eager to move its proprietary audio/video codec into Europe's steadily growing digital radio market, Microsoft Corp. has gained membership in the World DAB Forum, an industry group developing ...

I need some sort of a video player that runs in windows 2000 that supplies its own video codecs, or one that can have a normal codec installed in its directory instead of having the codec ...