Supported Formats and Codecs in Windows Media Player for Pocket PC (311886)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Powered Pocket PC 2003
  • Microsoft Windows Powered Pocket PC 2002
This article was previously published under Q311886

SUMMARY

This article lists supported file types, codecs, and protocols in:
  • Windows Media Player 8 for Pocket PC 2002.
  • Windows Media Player 9 for Pocket PC 2003.

MORE INFORMATION

File Formats

For streamed or local playback of audio, or audio and video, files.

Supported Formats

These formats are supported if they are encoded in a supported manner. See the "Supported Encoding" section in this article for details.
  • .wma - Windows Media Audio (playback and stream)
  • .wmp - Windows Media Player (playback and stream)
  • .wmv - Windows Media Video (playback and stream)
  • .asf - Advanced Streaming Format (playback and stream)
  • .mp3 - MPEG Layer 3 (playback, but not streaming)

Unsupported Formats

These file formats are not supported, no matter what they contain:
  • Any RealAudio format
  • Anything that is uncompressed
  • Any multicast-only format
  • Any QuickTime format
  • .mp3 playlists (.m3u, .pl, etc.)
  • .avi
  • .avr
  • MPEG-1
  • MIDI
  • 3DMF
  • .aiff
  • .au
  • DIVX

Codecs

Supported Encoding

  • mp3 - The Fraunhofer IIS-A MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 codec
  • wma - The Microsoft Windows Media Audio codec (the version 2, 7, and 8 codecs). Additionally, Windows Media Player 9 for Pocket PC 2003 supports the version 9 codec.
  • MPEG-4 - The Microsoft MPEG-4 codec (versions 2 and 3) and the ISO MPEG-4 video codec.
  • wmv - The Microsoft Windows Media Video codec (versions 7 and 8). Additionally, Windows Media Player 9 for Pocket PC 2003 supports the version 9 codec.

Unsupported Encoding

  • JPEG motion
  • QuickTime
  • Sorenson video
  • Apple video
  • Any other encoding that is not listed under "Supported Encoding"

Supported Redirect Files

These redirects are supported, but they must point at supported data file formats:
  • .asx - ASF Stream Redirector (script)
  • .wax - Windows Media Audio Redirector (script)
  • .wmx - Windows Media Redirector (script)
  • .wmp - Windows Media Player
  • .wm - Windows Media
  • .wvx - Windows Media Video Redirector (script)

Transport Protocols

Supported Protocols

  • HTT and HTTP proxy - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
  • MMS - Multimedia Server
  • MMST - Multimedia Server - TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)
  • MMSU - Multimedia Server - UDP (Universal Datagram Protocol)

Unsupported Protocols

  • RTP
  • RTSP
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:2/10/2005
Keywords:kbenv kbinfo KB311886
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