Editing Windows Media Player (section)

==Other versions==
Microsoft has also released versions of Windows Media Player for other platforms including [[Windows Mobile]], [[classic Mac OS]], [[Mac OS X]], [[Palm-size PC]], [[Handheld PC]], and [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]]. These versions are no longer supported by Microsoft. Version 1 of the [[Zune]] software was also based on Windows Media Player; later versions are not.

===Windows Mobile===
[[File:Windows Media Player Mobile 10.3, on Windows Mobile 6.5.png|thumb|Windows Media Player 10.3 Mobile on a Windows Mobile 6.5.3 Professional device|260x260px]]
Windows Media Player for Pocket PC was first announced on January 6, 2000, and has been revised on a schedule roughly similar to that of the Windows version.<ref name="pocketpcpr">{{cite web
|url=http://news.microsoft.com/2000/01/06/microsoft-unveils-windows-media-player-for-palm-size-and-pocket-pcs/
|title=Microsoft Unveils Windows Media Player for Palm-Size and Pocket PCs
|date=January 6, 2000
|access-date=January 31, 2017
|work=News Center
|publisher=[[Microsoft]]
|archive-date=August 6, 2020
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806104748/https://news.microsoft.com/2000/01/06/microsoft-unveils-windows-media-player-for-palm-size-and-pocket-pcs/
|url-status=live
}}</ref> Currently known as "Media Player 10 Mobile", this edition (released in October 2004) closely resembles the capabilities of the Windows version of WMP 10, including playlist capabilities, a media library, album art, WMA Lossless playback, support for DRM-protected media, video playback at 640×480 with stereo sound, and the same [[Energy Blue]] interface aesthetics also seen in [[Windows XP]] Media Center Edition 2005. It also supports synchronization with the desktop version of WMP 10, and additionally supports synchronizing and transcoding of recorded television shows from Media Center. Media Player 10 Mobile is not available as a download from Microsoft, distribution is done solely through OEM partners, and is typically included on devices based on Windows Mobile.

Windows Mobile 6 includes a copy of Windows Media Player 10 Mobile, but with a similar (but not quite identical) theme as Windows Media Player 11.

===Mac OS X===
Version 9 was the final version of Windows Media Player to be released for [[Mac OS X]] before development was canceled by Microsoft. It was developed by the Windows Media team at Microsoft instead of the [[Macintosh Business Unit]] and released in 2003. On release the application lacked many basic features that were found in other media players such as Apple's [[iTunes]] and [[QuickTime]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Mark |date=2007-04-17 |title=Where are the WVP2 codecs for QuickTime on a Mac? |url=https://www.markwilson.co.uk/blog/2007/04/where-are-the-wvp2-codecs-for-quicktime-on-a-mac.htm |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=markwilson.it |language=en-GB}}</ref> It also lacked support for many media formats that version 9 of the Windows counterpart supported on release 10 months earlier.

The Mac version supported only [[Windows Media]] encoded media (up to version 9) enclosed in the [[Advanced Systems Format|ASF]] format, lacking support for all other formats such as [[MP4]], [[Moving Picture Experts Group|MPEG]], and Microsoft's own [[Audio Video Interleave|AVI]] format. On the user interface front, it did not prevent [[screensaver]]s from running during playback, it did not support file drag-and-drop, nor did it support playlists. While Windows Media Player 9 had added support for some files that use the [[Windows Media Video|WMV9]] codec (also known as the WMV3 codec by the [[FourCC]]), in other aspects it was seen as having degraded in features from previous versions.

On January 12, 2006, Microsoft announced it had ceased development of Windows Media Player for Mac. Microsoft now distributes a third-party [[Plug-in (computing)|plugin]] called WMV Player (produced and maintained by [[Flip4Mac]]) which allows some forms of [[Windows Media]] to be played within [[Apple Computer|Apple's]] [[QuickTime]] Player and other QuickTime-aware applications.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/flip4mac.mspx | title=Windows Media Components for QuickTime | publisher=[[Microsoft]] | access-date=March 30, 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060112005045/http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/flip4mac.mspx|archive-date=January 12, 2006}}</ref>