Media Player file extensions

Media Player works with the following file extensions:

Note: You can click on any file extension link from the list below, to view its detailed information. The list of extensions used or otherwise associated with the application may not be complete, because many common file extensions on our website, such as jpg (pictures) or txt (text files), can be opened by a large number of applications, or are too general file format. However most, if not all directly associated file extensions should be listed with its appropriate program. Although its likely, that some file extensions may be missing from the list of associated file extensions with the application, yet they can be opened, be part of, or otherwise be associated with the program.

Media Player default file extension associations

The most common file formats used with the specific file extensions

.3g2 file extension is used for 3GPP2 multimedia data

.3gp file extension is used for Multimedia files for wireless networks

.aac file extension is used for Advanced audio coding stream file

.amr file extension is used for Adaptive Multi-Rate compressed audio

.flac file extension is used for Audio files encoded by Flac - free lossless audio codec

.m4a file extension is used for MPEG-4 compressed audio

.mov file extension is used for Apple QuickTime digital video

.mp3 file extension is used for Compressed audio and music file, mp3 songs or ringtones

.mts file extension is used for AVCHD MPEG-2 transport stream

.ogg file extension is used for Ogg Vorbis audio

.ogv file extension is used for Ogg Vorbis video

.opus file extension is used for Opus audio data

.wav file extension is used for WAVe PCM Sound, standard Windows sound format

.webm file extension is used for Matroska WebM video

.wma file extension is used for Windows Media Audio file

.wmv file extension is used for Windows Media Video

Other file extensions or file formats developed for use with Media Player

.3gp2.3gpp.ac3.adt.adt.adts.mka.oga

Common file extensions used by Media Player

.3g2.3gp.aac.amr.asf.avi.flac.m4a.m4v.mkv.mov.mp3.mp4.mts.ogg.ogv.opus.wav.webm.wma.wmv

Comparison table of actions that Media Player can perform with each of its associated file type ^beta

This table might not contain all possible associated or supported file types or may contain incorrect data.
If you need more information please contact the developers of Media Player (Microsoft Corporation), or check out their product website.