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Windows video players used to just be green screens, which is why you could trick MS Paint into becoming a little theater

If you opened up the ol' Windows Media player back in the 95, 98 or XP days, brace yourself for a mild shock: it was lying to you. And by lying, well, what I really mean is rendering video somewhere ...
PC Gamer

Windows used to secretly use green screens to render videos, which is how you could trick MS Paint into becoming a video player

Video playback on old computers was a whole lot of smoke and mirrors. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Add us as a preferred ...
Ars Technica

Video Acceleration settings in Windows media player- overlays vs high quality

I was poking around in the player options and in 'performance' I came across a button for advanced settings. Under video acceleration were two options, 'use overlays' and 'use high quality mode'.