Windows 11’s modern media player is somehow worse than the version from 17 years ago

Microsoft’s modern Media Player for Windows 11 has received an Insider Preview update, but tests suggest it still uses more ...
Neowin

Microsoft removes AC-3 Dolby Digital codec from Windows 11 24H20 0

Microsoft published a new support page with details about codec support in the Windows Media Player app. As it turns out, the company is removing AC-3 Dolby Digital support in Windows 11 version 24H2.
ExtremeTech

Windows 11's New Media Player Uses 3.5x More RAM, Charges for Popular Video Codecs

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Ars Technica

Windows Media Player Codec Woes

*Hoping this is the right forum*<BR><BR>So yesterday I had my laptop at a friends house. He wanted to watch a video but my laptop couldn't play it w/o some codec updates. He had me install K-Lite ...