The playlist (.pls) file format is without doubt one of the most popular formats when it comes to Internet radio stations. All it takes to tune into a radio station is to open the .pls file in a compatible player. Whenever I try to load a playlist file on my system Windows makes the suggestion [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic

Microsoft has released a new Fix It solution to repair several Windows Media Player solutions. A Fix It solution is a script that runs like any other executable. It will directly repair problems in the Windows operating system or programs running on it without further user interaction. The Windows Media Player Fix It repairs several [...]

Categories: troubleshooting, Windows

There is still some confusion surrounding HTML5 video formats and which browser supports which. Mozilla Firefox for instance does not support the H.264 video format which means that users who encounter videos encoded in the format will not be able to view them in the browser, unless the site that is offering them is offering [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

Windows Media Player Plus is a third party plugin for Microsoft’s Windows Media Player. It adds a series of features to the media player, more precisely to Windows Media Player 12 and 11. The plugin adds several useful features to Windows Media Player including a more comfortable tag editor that can be accessed by right-clicking [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

I just noticed on my new computer system that two Windows Media Player related processes where running on it even though Windows Media Player was not running at all. The two processes were WMPSideShowGadget.exe and wmplayer.exe both running on a Windows 7 Professional 64-bit system. A quick search on the Internet revealed that the WMPSideShowGadget.exe [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

Windows Media Player is a build in media player for the Windows operating system. It has been improved by Microsoft in their latest operating system Windows 7 and is used by millions of users. It can happen that problems occur that cannot be fixed that easily by the user as the media player is tightly [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Microsoft’s Windows Media Player does not support global hotkeys by default. It comes with a full set of hotkeys that work when the window of the media player is active but these shortcuts stop working once the player’s window is minimized or in the background of the computer desktop. Some keyboard drivers enable media key [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Windows Media Player and Winamp are two of the most popular media players that come with a large feature set that include playing various video and audio formats or media management capabilities. Users who want to transfer their multimedia collection from Windows Media Player to Winamp now have the possibility to automate the process with [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Microsoft Fix It is a relative new way of solving problems that occur in the Windows operating system. These fix it solutions are basically one-click solutions for fixing problems. The Fix It logo will signal to the user that an automated solution is available. It usually consists of a file that has to be downloaded [...]

Categories: Windows