The
following describes Microsoft® Windows Media™ Player
system requirements for:
Windows Media Player 7 System Requirements for
Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows 2000, and Windows
Millennium Edition
Minimum
- Microsoft Windows® 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows
2000, or Windows Millennium Edition
- Pentium 166 megahertz (MHz) processor
- 32 MB RAM
- 28.8-kilobits per second (Kbps) modem
- 16-bit sound card
- 256-color video card
Recommended
- Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows 2000, or Windows
Millennium Edition
- Pentium or AMD Athlon K6 266 MHz processor or faster
- 64 MB RAM
- 56-Kbps modem
- 24-bit true color video card
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Windows Media Player 6.4 for Windows 98 System Requirements
Recommended
- Pentium or AMD Athlon 266 MHz processor or faster
- 64 MB RAM
- 16-bit sound card
- 24-bit true color video card
- 56-Kbps modem (optional for local playback)
- ActiveSync 3.0 (required only if you are using a portable
device)
- Operating system for Pocket PCs and Palm-size PCs: Windows
CE 2.11
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Windows Media Player 6.4 for 95 and Windows NT 4 (x86) System Requirements
Minimum
- Pentium 90 MHz processor
- 16 MB RAM
- 16-color display card
- 16-bit sound card
- 28.8-Kbps modem (optional for local playback)
- Windows 95 (audio, illustrated audio, and some video)
Recommended
- Pentium 120 MHz processor or faster
- 32 MB or more of RAM
- 256-color display card or better
- 28.8-Kbps or faster modem or Ethernet card
- Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT® Server or Workstation
4.0 with Service Pack 3 (audio, illustrated audio, and video)
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Windows Media Player 6.3 for Solaris System Requirements
Minimum
- Solaris 2.5.1 or later (English or Western European character
sets and operating systems only)
- Sun4m 110 MHz processor or faster
- 32 MB RAM
- 8-bit display or higher (24-bit or higher recommended)
- Sound card and speakers or headphones
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 or later, or Netscape Navigator
4.04 or later
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Windows Media Player for Mac OSX
Minimum
- Apple Mac OS version 10.1
- Any computer supported by Mac OSX version 10.1 with a processor
that is 233 MHz or higher
- 128 megabytes (MB) or higher
- 10 MB of free hard disk space
- Monitor color depth of 256 colors (Millions of colors recommended)
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1 for Mac, or America Online
Mac OSX
Windows Media Player 7 for Mac System 8.1
and later System Requirements
Minimum
- Apple Mac OS 8.1 or later (Mac OS 8.6 or later recommended)
- PowerPC 603e 180 MHz or higher processor
- 32 megabytes (MB) or higher of RAM
- Virtual Memory turned on
- 10 MB of free hard disk space
- Monitor color depth of 256 colors (Millions of colors recommended)
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.1 or later (Internet Explorer
5 or later recommended), Netscape Navigator 4.x (PowerPC version),
Netscape Communicator 4.0 or later (PowerPC version), or America
Online for Macintosh 4.0 or 5.0
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Windows Media Player 6.3 for Mac System
8 and earlier System Requirements
Minimum
- System 7.6.1 or later
- PowerPC Macintosh 601 processor or faster
- Open Transport 1.1.2 or later
- QuickTime 3.0.2 or later
- 32 MB or more of RAM with 10 MB free for Windows Media Player
- 15 MB of free hard disk space
- 256-color display card or better
Note: The minimum requirements are for playing audio and video with
a low frame rate (less than four frames per second). To play video
files with a higher frame rate, please use the recommended system
requirements.
Recommended
- Mac OS 8 or later
- PowerPC Macintosh 180 MHz 603e processor or faster
- 16-bit color display
Note Microsoft strongly recommends upgrading to Mac OS 8
or later due to improvements in Open Transport. Microsoft also strongly
recommends upgrading to Internet Explorer 5.
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