Media Player: New ways to do familiar tasks

Article
07/02/2012

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Media Player: New ways to do familiar tasks

The following table lists common tasks for playing audio, video, and mixed-media files.

Note

There are no significant user interface differences between Windows 2000, Windows XP, and the Windows Server 2003 family for this component.

If you want to	In Windows NT 4.0 use	In this version of Windows use
Play audio CDs	CDPlayer	Windows Media Player For more information, see Using Windows Media Player.
Listen to audio clips	Media Player	Windows Media Player For more information, see Using Windows Media Player.
View a movie	Media Player	Windows Media Player For more information, see Using Windows Media Player.

Note

Windows Media Player is not included with the 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition or the 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition.