In Windows Media Player 12, library management is completely seperated from what’s currently playing with there being Playing view and Library view player modes. While library view contains all the library manipulation features, playing view contains the current playlist, videos and visualizations. This version also makes available an automatic 15 second preview of any song on hovering the mouse over it.
A notable feature of Windows Media Player 12 (WMP12) is its support for H.264 video, AAC audio, and both Xvid and DivX video, in addition to all the formats supported by WMP11 in windows Vista (MPEG2, WMV, MP3, etc.). With the support for these new codecs, the popular media player for windows should now play the majority of videos found on the web, out of the box.
WMP12 will also support iTunes libraries apart from its own libraries. Thus it will support most iTunes media except for DRM-protected iTunes Store songs and music.
WMP12 also makes it easier to play back audio or video on remote devices. This feature is called “Play To”. Moreover Windows Media Player 12 can stream media to other computers in your HomeGroup, so, for example, you can browse your library on your laptop but actually play back on the HTPC connected to your sound system.
Thus windows media player 12 is not only interoperable but a complete player with support for most video and audio formats!!! Eagerly awaiting the exciting new media player for windows.
