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Will Silverlight support all the codecs that Windows Media Player supports?

April 26, 2017codecs media Player Silverlight support supports Windows

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Will Silverlight support all the codecs that Windows Media Player supports?

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Silverlight supports the most commonly used codecs from the Windows Media format that are also supported in Windows Media Player. This includes WMV and WMA. Since Silverlight is a lightweight, cross-platform technology, it only supports the codecs that are most commonly needed for Web playback. Microsoft has announced native support for MP4 formats (H.264/MPEG AVC video and AAC audio) in a future version of Silverlight and we will continue to gather feedback from customers about additional required format support.