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5 obscure media player apps for Windows to try this weekend

MPV is available for Windows, Linux, macOS, and OpenBSD, among others. The source code is also available on GitHub, so if you ...
Digital Trends

I gave the Windows Media Player another shot. Here’s what surprised me

Microsoft has had a strange relationship with local video playback for the past several years. It’s one of those features that was caught in the purgatory that was created with the start of Windows 10 ...
PC Gamer

Masters of timing, Microsoft: Just one day from Windows 10 EOL and apparently the official Media Creation Tool isn't working

It's approximately *checks watch* one day until Windows 10 ostensibly gets the chop, so it's a good job the Media Creation Tool is available for people to use to install Windows 11 and- oh, it's not ...
TweakTown

Microsoft messes up Windows 11's Media Creation Tool just as Windows 10 support ends

TL;DR: Microsoft has now officially ended Windows 10 support, but if you were hoping to upgrade to Windows 11 using the Media Creation Tool, you can't - as the latest version is bugged and broken.
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft: Windows 11 Media Creation Tool broken on Windows 10 PCs

Microsoft says the latest version of the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool (MCT) no longer works correctly on Windows 10 22H2 computers. The Windows 11 MCT is a free utility that downloads the latest ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft fixes Media Creation Tool broken on some Windows PCs

Microsoft has confirmed that the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool (MCT) is working again on Windows 10 22H2 and Windows 11 25H2 systems. MCT is a free tool that helps download the latest version of ...