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

Earlier it was called Groove Music player for Windows 11 and Windows 10. However, things have changed a lot, and now it is called Music Player. You can play almost any file in this app. No matter ...

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 ...

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 is now rolling out a new media player that matches Windows 11's look and feel as a replacement for the Windows 10 Groove Music and (in the future) the legacy Windows Media Player app. The ...

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 ...

Microsoft has announced that the Windows 11 Notepad and Media Player applications are getting new updates for Windows Insiders. Notepad versions 11.2204 and higher now come with Native ARM64 support, ...

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 ...

The built-in app was good enough for long enough, but now even manually giving it information doesn't seem to work all the time. So I got something better.

Years ago I ripped all of CDs to an .mp3 library to store on my computer. Everything worked well on Windows Media Player up until the Windows 11 version. Now, about half of my album art is missing. I ...

is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft has created a new Media Player app for Windows 11, and it’s ...