Updating Windows Media Player on Windows 98. Version history
427 years have passed since the release of Windows 98. Today we will go through the history of Windows Media Player and install the latest version that can be installed on Windows 98.
By standard, Windows 98 SE has version 6 of the player installed. Let's refresh our memory and see what version 7 of the player looks like. We launch the installer, wait for the installation to complete and reboot the system. Remember this icon on the left side of the screen? Let's try to launch several videos. Well, as expected, not a single video played, because the codecs were not updated.
You will skip the eighth version and install Windows Media Player 9 right away.
Let's install video codecs so that we can still try to run the video. Installing the latest version of k-lite codec for Windows 98 requires DirectX installed. DirectX 9.0c is the maximum that can be installed on Windows 98. We agree to reboot the computer. Installing codecs.
We are trying to launch video clips. Well that's much better. Many have started.
Let's sum it up. Today you noticed that the latest version of Windows Media Player released for Windows 98 was version 9. DirectX 9.0c and k-lite codec 3.4.5 are the latest versions of these programs for Windows 98 SE. Subscribe to our channel and join the Necrenie community
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