Posted on Friday, April 05, 2013 at 1:37 pm CDT
As anyone who has ever downloaded a media file from the Internet knows; there are a huge number of file formats out there. It seems like every software company that has ever existed has created some kind of file format for music and video. This can create a confusing and difficult situation for the user, as there are very few media players that can handle all these files. It’s not unusual to spend a long time downloading a video file from the Internet, only to spend an equally long time hunting down software to play it.
Source: Media Player Classic