- Portable Media Center
Portable Media Center (PMC) is a defunct hard drive-based
portable media player (PMP) platform developed byMicrosoft . Codenamed "Media2Go", it was announced at the 2003Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and later rebranded as "Windows Mobile software for Portable Media Centers". [cite press release|url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/jan03/01-09m2glaunchpr.mspx|title=Microsoft Unveils "Media2Go" Portable Media Player Platform|accessdate=2007-04-08|publisher=Microsoft] It runs on a specialized version ofWindows Mobile , built with TinyCLR, a .NET framework. In 2007, Microsoft had discontinued licensing of the platform. [cite web|url=http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/archive/2007/05/07/894101.aspx|title=Portable Media Center's Officially Dead (No Kidding)|author=|publisher=]PMCs were introduced at the 2004
Consumer Electronics Show , with the announcement of Creative's Zen Portable Media Center.All PMCs are able to play audio files in
MP3 and display images inJPEG . Also, they support Microsoft's proprietary formats:Windows Media Audio (WMA) andWindows Media Video (WMV). Other video formats will either be supported by each individual PMC, or transcoded thoughWindows Media Player .Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) is used for transferring data.All players use a
graphical user interface (GUI) modeled after Media Center, a software portal bundled withWindows XP Media Center Edition.Manufacturers include Creative,
Philips ,iriver ,Samsung , andToshiba .Microsoft 'sZune also uses a modified version of Portable Media Center.ee also
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Portable media player
*Windows Media Center
*Windows Mobile References
External links
* [http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=210&subcategory=211&product=9882 Creative Zen Portable Media Center]
* [http://www.iriveramerica.com/prod/multi/pmc_120.aspx iriver PMC-120]
* [http://www.playsforsure.com/ItemDetail.aspx?id=21 Samsung Yepp Portable Media Center]
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