JW Player for Silverlight - Supported files

Most of this page is simply a summary of the Supported Media Formats and Protocols in Silverlight page from MSDN. Please check there for more info.


Supported Formats

  • WMV1: Windows Media Video 7
  • WMV2: Windows Media Video 8
  • WMV3: Windows Media Video 9
  • WMVA: Windows Media Video Advanced Profile, non-VC-1
  • WMVC1: Windows Media Video Advanced Profile, VC-1
  • WMA 7: Windows Media Audio 7
  • WMA 8: Windows Media Audio 8
  • WMA 9: Windows Media Audio 9
  • MP3: ISO/MPEG Layer-3

Supported Playlists

Note that the JW Player for Silverlight does NOT support playlists yet, besides Silverlight's limited built-in ASX support. Although the file name extension of ASX files does not matter, these files typically have a .asx, .wax, .wvx, .wmx, or .wpl extension. For more information about these file types, see Windows Media Metafiles.

Through javascript, you can easily set up a playlist too. Take a look at the excellent playlist examples from Lars Andersen and download his Periboea library.


Supported captions

Note that the JW Player for Silverlight doesn NOT support any captioning format yet.