Playing files

Windows Media Player includes a number of controls that you can use to play files.

This section covers:

• To play files
• To play content at variable speeds
• To play video one frame at a time
• To play an item at a specific point
• To play marked sections in a file
• To play files in a random order
• To pause a file
• To stop a file
• To fast-forward a file
• To rewind a file
• To skip to the next file
• To skip to the previous file
• To turn on captions or subtitles
• To change the caption or subtitle language
• To change the soundtrack language
• To turn off screen saver during playback
• To change the file types the Player plays automatically
• To change the buffering time
• To switch to other programs

Related topics

• Using general playback controls