8.3 Use Windows Media Player
You can use Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 Mobile for Pocket PC to play digital
audio and video files stored on your device or on a network, such as on a Web site. These
are the following file formats that are supported by this version of Windows Media Player.
File Formats Supported
File Extensions
Video
• Windows Media Video
*.wmv, *.asf
• MPEG4 Simple Profile
*.mp4
• H.263
*.3gp
• Motion JPEG
*.avi
• 3GPP2
*.3g2
Audio
• Windows Media Audio
*.wma
• MP3
*.mp3
• MIDI
*.mid, *.midi, *.rmi
• AMR Narrow Band
*.amr
• AMR Wide Band
*.awb
• AAC
*.m4a
• 3GPP2
*.gcp
About the controls
The following are available controls on the Windows Media Player.
This control
Does this
This control
Does this
Play a file.
Increase the volume level.
Pause a file.
Decrease the volume level.
This control
Does this
This control
Does this
Skip to the beginning
of the current file or
to the previous file.
Turns the sound on or off.
Skip to the next file.
Play a video full screen.
Adjust the progress
of a playing file.
Display a Web site where
you can find music and
videos to play.
Note
If your device hardware supports it, you can rewind and fast-forward files
by pressing and holding the Left/Right controls.
About the screens and menus
Windows Media Player has three primary screens:
Playback screen
. The default screen that displays the playback controls
(such as Play, Pause, Next, Previous, and Volume), the album art window,
and the video window. You can change the appearance of this screen by
choosing a different skin.
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