Overview

Player Classic is the original Player software written specifically for the Windows operating system. It no longer receives new Composer or Share & Deploy features but will continue to receive bug fixes for the foreseeable future. (An end-of-life announcement will be sent to all users many months in advance.)

Users are free to install and use Player Classic, as long as they are aware of its limited life span and locked feature set.

See our FAQ for information about the introduction of new Player technology on Windows and its coexistence with Player Classic.

Installing Player Classic

The installer for Player Classic can be found on our Installers page.

Using Composer’s Play Mode

Composer has two Play Modes – one for the modern Player technology used on all supported operating systems ("Simulate Player") and a second specific to Player Classic on Windows ("Simulate Player Classic (Windows-only)".

If you will be deploying experiences to Player Classic on Windows PCs in the field, be sure to select the Player Classic option when testing an experience using Composer's Play Mode.

Features excluded from Player Classic

The following features are unavailable with Player Classic.:

• TypeScript-based interface assets
  Only the older JavaScript and .NET-based interface assets - unsupported by Player - can be used
• Kiosk Mode
  However, you can use a manual approach that involves manipulating the Windows OS directly.
• All Composer major feature additions introduced after Composer Version 7.5.6, released 4-December-2024
• All Share and Deploy enhancements introduced after December 2024.

Features unique to Player Classic

Although failing to match the scalability of our modern Player’s technology, Player Classic does retain a superset of features not yet available in Player.

NOTE: These unsupported features may be added to Player in the future. The list below will be updated over time.

The following list contains features fully unsupported by Player. An additional subset of properties, triggers, and actions for supported features is also currently unavailable. This subset is not listed here but is indicated with a "Player Classic" label in Composer. For example:

Expressive features

• Drawing tools
• Transparent background

Triggers and Actions

• Launch application
• Remote actions (use Web Triggers instead)
• Local network triggers

Interface Assets

• Any out-of-the-box Interface Assets written using JavaScript
  • Face Detection with OpenVINO
  • Google Geocoding
  • Linear Converter
  • Philips hue
  • Phidgets RFID
  • Share via Email – Configurable
  • Share via Filesystem
  • Share via USB
  • Shopping List
  • Speech Recognition
  • Text to Speech
  • Scheduler
• Any custom Interface Assets written using JavaScript (use TypeScript)

Design Accelerators

• Scratch Card
• Item Picker

Licensing

• Offline licensing
• Hands-free licensing

Other

• Custom splash screen
• Embedding a folder in an experience

Limitations

• Direct 3D VLC window might appear on top of the experience if running on Windows11 patch 24h2 when using VLC for the Video style.
• Transparent video might lose transparency when rendered on Windows11 patch 24h2