After the announcement in November last year, Microsoft launched the media player of windows 11 to the public at the beginning of this year. After receiving an update for testers last month, Microsoft today opened the feature to everyone through the Microsoft Store of windows 11.
The latest version number is 11.2203.30.0. At present, there are two significant changes: the introduction of music library and the provision of video enhancement options. As you can see in the screenshot above, you can now quickly switch between different views of the artist page when browsing your collection.
If you don't see any media files in the library, it may be because you haven't linked the folder containing songs to the media player. The default view shows albums in the grid view, and another view shows all songs, grouped by album.
You can also perform quick actions when you hover over albums, artists, videos and playlists. These actions include quick selection and playback options.
Another major change is to support the video enhancement Options dialog box. When you play a video in the media player, it will appear. If you right-click anywhere on the playback screen, you can access it.
Right clicking obviously opens a right-click menu where you can view new files without navigating to another page. It also makes it possible to access album pages and artist pages. A new option "video enhancement" allows you to adjust the brightness and contrast of your video.
Microsoft said it is also committed to improving the performance of media players, especially for devices with a very large music library.