A lightweight modern player that keeps VLC's codec power while adding a polished Windows native interface and touch support.

João has been covering the tech world for over 7 years, with a heavy focus on laptops and the Windows ecosystem. I also love all things tech and videogames, especially Nintendo, which he's always ...

Windows Media Player couldn't rip my Richard Thompson CD. So I found 3 excellent open-source alternatives.

If there’s one thing Windows 11 has been good for, it has been the renewed attention and useful updates to the built-in apps that ship with Windows. Sometimes this means new features for ...

I can’t remember the last time I played music on a spinning compact disc. It’s been the better part of 20 years since I spent countless hours ripping CDs into a bloated MP3 collection, trying to call ...

To install MPV Player on Windows 11, download a portable build (Zhongfly or Shinchiro) from mpv.io, unzip it, and run the install batch file as admin. Configure it via mpv.conf. Windows 11 has a ...

Microsoft has updated the Windows 11 Media Player with a new helpful feature that will now allow users to browse through their library of video files. It is not public though, yet. Microsoft today ...

Yesterday, Microsoft rolled out a new Windows 11 build for Insiders in the Dev Channel and two new versions of the popular Camera and Media Player apps. The main new feature introduced into Media ...

Microsoft has announced it is killing off Windows legacy DRM support on Windows 8, Windows 7, Silverlight, and legacy Windows Media Player. Recently, Microsoft gave the first official on-record ...