Windows Media Player (Groove)

Name: Windows Media Player (Groove)
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Windows Media Player (now called Groove Music) is a free media player developed by Microsoft for playing audio, video and viewing images. It supports various media formats including MP3, WMA, WMV, and more. Groove allows users to manage and play media libraries, create playlists,

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Windows Media Player (now called Groove Music)

A free media player developed by Microsoft for playing audio, video and viewing images, supporting various formats including MP3, WMA, WMV and more.

What is Windows Media Player (Groove)?

Windows Media Player (now rebranded as Groove Music) is a media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing audio, video and viewing images on the Windows operating system. It is free software included with Windows since Windows 98.

Media Player supports a wide variety of audio and video file formats, including MP3, Windows Media Audio (WMA), Windows Media Video (WMV), MIDI, ASF, WAV, MPEG, and more. It allows users to play and organize songs and albums into playlists, rip CDs to add tracks to the library, burn custom CDs, synchronize content with mobile devices, and stream music from OneDrive.

Key features of Groove Music include:

Playing local and network media libraries
Managing and tagging media info and album art
Building playlists and setting repeat/shuffle options
Ripping CDs and transferring to devices
Radio tuning with preset capabilities
Video playback and streaming support
Customizable user interface themes and skins
Syncing playlists and libraries across devices
Format support for MP3, WMA, WMV, AVI and more

Originally called Windows Media Player, it was renamed to Groove Music in Windows 10. It replaced the Xbox Music branding. Groove integrates with OneDrive to enable users to access their music in the cloud. The latest versions provide an accessible media playback experience with support for media server discovery and web browser audio tagging.