Resources

Windows Media Platform

Microsoft’s Windows Media site is at www.microsoft.com/windowsmedia.

Windows Media codecs are described at www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/codecs.aspx.

Licensing information for the Windows Media Platform is arranged by the type of licensee at www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/licensing/. License fees and royalties are outlined at www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/licensing/licensing.aspx.

A list of Windows Media SDKs, including detailed information about their function and intended audience and links to technical documentation, is at www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/sdk.aspx.

Additional tools for Windows Media content creators can be downloaded from www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/utilities.aspx.

For device manufacturers, a list of royalty-free components that support the Windows Media platform is at wmlicense.smdisp.net/ic_approved.

Information about porting Windows Media technologies to chip sets or other hardware platforms is at www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/licensing/chipsoroperatingsystems.aspx.