Windows Media Player plays local multimedia files or streamed multimedia content.
Media Player supports almost any type of local and streamed multimedia format, including Real Audio, Real Video, MPEG 1, MPEG 2, MPEG 3 (MP3), WAV, AVI, MIDI, MOV, VOD, AU, and Quicktime. It supports a wide range of bandwidths, from speech-quality audio at 2.4 kbs and full-motion video at 8 Mbps.
Features of the player include: a fully resizeable display, seamless stream switching, intelligent streaming, automatic downloading of new codecs, a favorites menu, and author support for ad banners.