Windows Media Player 12

3/21/2011

This package is a Feature Pack in the category Graphics and Multimedia. The name of the package as it appears on disk and for use with some command-line tools is WinEmb-MediaPlayer.

This package contains Windows Media Player 12.

Settings

Name	Description
InitialOEMServiceProvider	Sets the default online store for Windows Media Player

Services

No services provided.

Dependencies

Package Dependencies

This package depends upon features provided by the following packages:

• Audio and Video Engines and Media Foundation
• Common Diagnostic Tools
• DirectX and Windows Device Experience
• Graphics Platform
• Power Management
• Quality of Service

Group Dependencies

No group dependencies.

Optional Supporting Packages

You can select any number of packages from the following list:

• Active Directory Rights Management
• COM+ Application Support
• Device Framework
• Driver Frameworks
• Image Mastering API V2
• Internet Explorer 8 Browser
• Microsoft AC3 Encoder
• Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder (MPEG-2, AAC) (license required)
• Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder (MPEG-2, H.264) (license required)
• MPEG-2 Audio and Video Encoder (license required)
• MPEG-4 Decoders (license required)
• MPEG Layer-3 Audio Codecs (MP3) (license required)
• TrueType Fonts
• Windows Explorer Shell Resources
• Windows Media Video Codecs (VC-1) (license required)
• WPD File System Driver

You can use the optional packages to enable the following functions:

To do this	Use these packages
Enable USB flash disk sync operation.	Driver Frameworks
Enable Closed Captioning.	TrueType Fonts
Burn CDs.	Image Mastering API V2
Access the portable device file system.	WPD File System Driver
Play DRM files	Active Directory Rights Management
Enable playback of MPEG2 content	MPEG-2 Audio and Video Encoder (license required) Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder (MPEG-2, H.264) (license required) Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder (MPEG-2, AAC) (license required) (for AAC)
Enable playback of MPEG3/MP3 content	MPEG Layer-3 Audio Codecs (MP3) (license required)
Enable playback of MPEG3/MP3 content	MPEG-4 Decoders (license required)
Enable playback of WMV content	Windows Media Video Codecs (VC-1) (license required)

Common Uses

Notes

The Windows Media Player 12 feature set package does not include codecs. In order to play audio or video content, you must include one or more of the packages in the Premium Codecs category in your image.

Windows Media Player may not have AutoPlay function available for certain DVDs, unless Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder (MPEG-2, ACC), and Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder (MPEG-2, H.264) are included. In addition, audio sections of some media may not play unless Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder (MPEG-2, ACC) is included.

You must include the Windows Explorer Shell package in your image and use it as your shell for the Open File Location feature to work when right-clicking a file in the Windows Media Player library.

You must include the BITS package in your image in order for Windows Media Player to access the eMusic online store.

Windows Media Player can burn CDs if you include the Image Mastering API V2 package in your image.