Media Player 12 : how can i change play-speed of windows media player 12

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You can change the speed at which files play in the Player. For example, you can slow down the playback speed if you’re taking notes while watching a training video, or you can speed up the slow sections of a presentation.
1. Play a file, and then switch to Now Playing mode.
If you’re in the Player Library, click the Switch to Now Playing button in the lower-right corner of the Player.
2. Right-click an open space in the Player (such as to the left of the Stop button) , point to Enhancements, and then click Play speed settings.
3. Move the Play Speed slider to the speed at which you want to play the file, or click the Slow, Normal, or Fast links.
To select speeds between the labeled play speeds, in the Play speed settings dialog box, clear the Snap slider to common speeds check box.
4.To hide the settings, click the Close button in the Play speed settings dialog box.
Additional Information: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Change-playback-speed-in-Windows-Media-Player

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How to Change the Playback Speed in Windows Media Player

What To Know

• Open a song, and press Ctrl+M. Go to Enhancement >Play Speed, and pick Slow, Normal, or Fast.
• Reload the track if WMP stops playing following the speed change.

This article explains how to change the playback speed of a song in Windows Media Player. This procedure works for Windows Media Player 12 on Windows 7, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10.

How to Change the Windows Media Player Playback Speed

Open a song. Switch the View mode out of Library or Skin by going to View > Now Playing. If the WMP menu bar doesn’t showing, use the Ctrl+M keyboard shortcut to enable it. You can even use Ctrl+3 to immediately switch the view to Now Playing without using the menu bar.

Right-click the main area of the screen and choose Enhancements > Play speed settings.

In the Play speed settings screen that should now be open, select Slow, Normal, or Fast to adjust the speed at which the audio/video should be played. A value of 1 is for normal playback speed while a lower or higher figure either slows down or speeds up the playback, respectively.

Re-load the track if WMP stops responding after you change the speed several times. The speed-settings tool occasionally stops if WMP cannot re-configure the track for the requested custom speed in enough time to reload the track before you make another speed change.

How to set or change the default Media Player in Windows 10

Like its earlier versions, Windows 10 chooses its default players to run your music and video clips. But, what if you do not like the default media player and instead, want a different program to open your music and video files? You can set your desired program as the default Media Player in Windows 10. Let us see how to do it.

Default Media Player in Windows 10

Windows has a set of programs that it will always use to open certain file types. For instance, when you attempt to play a supported file type, such as Windows Media Audio (.wma) or Windows Media Video (.wmv), the Windows Media Player opens up instantly and automatically begins playing the file. Most of the time this is fine, but you might want a different program to do the job, such as VLC Media Player. So here’s a way how to do it.

Recent versions of WMP include the ability to synchronize digital media with a portable media player, like Microsoft’s Zune or Creative’s Zen and purchase or rent content from online media stores so, you may keep it as your default player. However, other media players like VLC Media Player has many of the most popular codecs already built into the program, so you can watch practically any video file without having to download a codec pack.

Open the Settings app and then click on ‘System’. From the ‘System Settings’ section look for Default Apps option in the left side. Scroll down a bit if you do not find the option.

Here you can select the default app for Music files and Movies & TV. Click on Music Player and you will see a list of apps displayed, that can open these files. Select the one you want and click on it.

Follow the same procedure for Video Player.

After you have done this, you will have successfully set the player of your choice as default media player in Windows 10.

If you wish to reset to the Microsoft recommended defaults, you can click on the Reset button towards the end.

Incidentally, Windows Media Center will not be included in Windows 10, you might be looking for some good alternatives. Take a look at this post Windows Media Center alternatives for Windows 10 – it might interest you.

Windows Media Player 12-how to change the aspect ratio of a video

Windows 7 / Aspect Ration on WPM12

Windows media Player 12 does not give me an option to change the aspecet ratio of a video. I really adore WMP12 more than the VLC player that I use on my windows 7.The sound codes work awsome!. But it is the problem with the aspect ration. If a video is coded at 4:3, there is no option in WMP12 to change it unlike most other player which gives an option to change the aspect ratio. Is there a way to force WMP12 to take the default video aspect ratio?

I thank you for the time taken to answer this question in advance.

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Windows media Player 12 does not give me an option to change the aspecet ratio of a video. I really adore WMP12 more than the VLC player that I use on my windows 7.The sound codes work awsome!. But it is the problem with the aspect ration. If a video is coded at 4:3, there is no option in WMP12 to change it unlike most other player which gives an option to change the aspect ratio. Is there a way to force WMP12 to take the default video aspect ratio?

I thank you for the time taken to answer this question in advance. CHKB

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I do not have a copy of WMP 12 available right now so I cannot
verify that the following info applies but it does work for WMP11.
maybe it would be worth a look:

Windows Media Player has an option to change the Aspect
Ratio but it’s complicated and does not work for DVDs.
though it does work for video clips. wmv, .avi, .mpg, etc.

Open Windows Media Player and go to.
Tools / Options / Devices tab / Display / Properties button.
Drag the slider to a new position / Apply / Yes / OK / OK.

If you try it. let us know if it applies to WMP12.

John Inzer — MS-MVP — Digital Media Experience

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Thank you for the post.. I did not find the time to check that . will try it first thing in the morning and will let you know. But if this is the only option, that will be too much of a task to do for each videos. I think you will have to think of an option to change the aspect ration on the fly( a good example is K-Lite Code’s Player).

Thanks a lot again.

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Hi,
it seems that the media player does not interpret the aspect ration information auf the video file.
If you play 16:9 encoded videos (DVDs work well), the Media Player does not «stretch» it to the correct aspect ration like other players automatically.

I like the media player, but this is a big issue.

The advice from John does not solve the problem the right way.

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Windows media Player 12 does not give me an option to change the aspecet ratio of a video. I really adore WMP12 more than the VLC player that I use on my windows 7.The sound codes work awsome!. But it is the problem with the aspect ration. If a video is coded at 4:3, there is no option in WMP12 to change it unlike most other player which gives an option to change the aspect ratio. Is there a way to force WMP12 to take the default video aspect ratio?

I thank you for the time taken to answer this question in advance. CHKB

=========================================
I do not have a copy of WMP 12 available right now so I cannot
verify that the following info applies but it does work for WMP11.
maybe it would be worth a look:

Windows Media Player has an option to change the Aspect
Ratio but it’s complicated and does not work for DVDs.
though it does work for video clips. wmv, .avi, .mpg, etc.

Open Windows Media Player and go to.
Tools / Options / Devices tab / Display / Properties button.
Drag the slider to a new position / Apply / Yes / OK / OK.

If you try it. let us know if it applies to WMP12.

John Inzer — MS-MVP — Digital Media Experience

I tried this method myself however there is only a horizontal slider , nothing for vertical.
i too would really love to use WMP12 as my default player but since i cannot change the aspect ration im stuck using VLC which doesnt work with my media keyboard.

AxWindowsMediaPlayer.uiMode property

The uiMode property gets or sets a value indicating which controls are shown in the user interface.

Syntax

Property value

A System.String that is one of the following values.

Value	Description	Audio example	Video example
invisible	Windows Media Player is embedded without any visible user interface (controls, video or visualization window).	(Nothing is displayed.)	(Nothing is displayed.)
none	Windows Media Player is embedded without controls, and with only the video or visualization window displayed.
mini	Windows Media Player is embedded with the status window, play/pause, stop, mute, and volume controls shown in addition to the video or visualization window.
full	Default. Windows Media Player is embedded with the status window, seek bar, play/pause, stop, mute, next, previous, fast forward, rewind, and volume controls in addition to the video or visualization window.
custom	Windows Media Player is embedded with a custom user interface. Can only be used in C++ programs.	(Custom user interface is displayed.)	(Custom user interface is displayed.)

Remarks

This property specifies the appearance of the embedded Windows Media Player. When uiMode is set to «none», «mini», or «full», a window is present for the display of video clips and audio visualizations. This window can be hidden in mini or full mode by setting the height attribute of the OBJECT tag to 40, which is measured from the bottom, and leaves the controls portion of the user interface visible. If no embedded interface is desired, set both the width and height attributes to zero.

If uiMode is set to «invisible», no user interface is displayed, but space is still reserved on the page as specified by width and height. This is useful for retaining page layout when uiMode can change. Additionally, the reserved space is transparent, so any elements layered behind the control will be visible.

If uiMode is set to «full» or «mini», Windows Media Player displays transport controls in full-screen mode. If uiMode is set to «none», no controls are displayed in full-screen mode.

If the window is visible and audio content is being played, the visualization displayed will be the one most recently used in Windows Media Player.

If uiMode is set to «custom» in a C++ program that implements IWMPRemoteMediaServices, the skin file indicated by IWMPRemoteMediaServices.GetCustomUIMode is displayed.

During full-screen playback, Windows Media Player hides the mouse cursor when enableContextMenu equals false and uiMode equals «none».