Function

• According to Microsoft.com, WMP allows you to, "play digital media files, organize your digital media collection, burn CDs of your favorite music, rip music from CDs, sync digital media files to a portable music player and shop for digital media content from online stores."
  
  

Features

• Similar to a DVD player, WMP has playback controls, which include play, pause, rewind, fast-forward, previous, next, repeat, eject and shuffle.
  
  

Types

• Microsoft offers WMP versions for Windows, Windows Mobile and Mac operating systems. As of July 2010, Windows Media 12 is the latest version, which is available for all editions of the Windows 7 operating system.