File types supported by Windows Media Center You can make Windows Media Center the default player for a number of file types . Additional file formats might be supported if you install new codecs .
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Show all Hide all Music file types The following table lists the music file types that are supported in Windows Media Center.
Audio CDs
.cda
Windows Media Audio file
.asx, .wm, .wma, and .wmx
Windows audio file
.wav
MP3 audio file
.mp3 and .m3u
Video file types The following table lists the video file types that are supported in Windows Media Center.
Windows Media file
.wm and .asf
Windows Media Video file
.wmv
Windows video file
.avi
Microsoft Recorded TV Show file
.dvr-ms
Movie file
.mpeg, .mpg, .mpe, .m1v, .mp2, and .mpv2
Picture file types The following table lists the picture file types that are supported in Windows Media Center.
Joint Photographic Experts Group
.jpg and .jpeg
Tagged Image File Format
.tif and .tiff
Graphics Interchange Format
.gif
Bitmap
.bmp
Windows Metafile
.wmf
Portable Network Graphics
.png
Codec
An abbreviation for compressor/decompressor. Software or hardware used to compress and decompress digital media.
File type
The format of a file, commonly indicated by its file name extension. The file type indicates which program the file was created in and can be opened with.
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