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Windows Media Player 10 Release/Review

34 durable postsStarted 2004-09-03Latest 2004-09-13

#3723Post 1 of 342004-09-03

Review [url=http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/ZDM/microsoft_wmp10_pcmag_040903.html]here[/url]

The most striking change to Microsoft Windows Media Player 10, the much-awaited upgrade to the player/jukebox that ships on most new PCs, is its dramatic cosmetic overhaul.

Windows Media Player (WMP) no longer feels like a freebie utility thrown in with the OS (think Notepad), but is an application you'll actually want to use. By giving you easy access to all of your multimedia files (music, photos, and video) and helping you accomplish the tasks you're likely to want to do with them, WMP 10 at least equals ? and in our estimation surpasses ? the current leader in the field, MusicMatch Jukebox 9.

For starters, Microsoft has moved major function buttons from the left toolbar to the top. The cleaner interface is more pleasing to the eye, and Microsoft also (thankfully) simplified WMP's button language from "Copy from CD" and "Copy to CD or Device" to "Rip," "Burn," and "Sync."

A third window view in the Media Library (which displays the Now Playing list, Burn list, or Sync list) is one of the most significant usability enhancements. In previous versions, you had to toggle between the Media Library and Copy to CD or Device window to burn a CD or send music to a portable player ? a hassle, since you could no longer see your library. Now, you can see the lists in the Library window and burn or copy from there, which is much more intuitive.

[b]theres more to the article, go to the link if interested[/b]

#250961Post 2 of 342004-09-03

So is it finished yet or still beta?

#250963Post 3 of 342004-09-03

cooooooooool. i'd like to be able to change the interfaces/skins too, like winamp. the wmp standard is so............ dry. :P

#250964Post 4 of 342004-09-03

its finished man, available for download at microsoft dot com... im playing around with it right now, seems pretty cool :Bingo:

#250966Post 5 of 342004-09-03

[url=http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/download/download.aspx]download here[/url]

#250973Post 6 of 342004-09-03

ummmmmmm. Interesting. Might check it out. Hopefully they got all the bugs out of it first and it don't screw up my computer.

#250982Post 7 of 342004-09-03

Re:: Windows Media Player 10 Release/Review

It's Microsoft, they never get anything right.

#250994Post 8 of 342004-09-03

[quote=peloquin][url=http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/download/download.aspx]download here[/url][/quote]

thanks peloquin :Bingo:

#251004Post 9 of 342004-09-03

i've been using it for a few days and i like it

#251006Post 10 of 342004-09-03

i certainly prefer the look of this one, havent gotten to play with the audio because i dont have a sound card on my work pc :x gonna have to check it out on my coworkers pc later or at home..

#251020Post 11 of 342004-09-03

this is good, because WMP9 has been fucking up on me.

#251026Post 12 of 342004-09-03

anyone know if this version will allow you to remove the silence/gap between tracks when burning a CD?

#251031Post 13 of 342004-09-03

Looks a bit bloated to me... All i want it for is to play CDs which it does fine at the moment :D

#251068Post 14 of 342004-09-03

here's hoping...v9 was too bloated of a GUI

#251070Post 15 of 342004-09-03

10 is much more aesthetically pleasing IMO :wink:

#251103Post 16 of 342004-09-03

yep :RockOn: even plays partially downloaded MPEG files..sweeet!

#251107Post 17 of 342004-09-03

[quote=FM]yep :RockOn: even plays partially downloaded MPEG files..sweeet![/quote]

Handy when downloading porn clips from Kazaa :RockOn:

#251124Post 18 of 342004-09-03

you read my mind minus the Kazaa bit :CrackUp::CrackUp::CrackUp:

#251128Post 19 of 342004-09-04

playing around with it at home, i actually am suprised by how much i like it...

ive been a dedicated winamp user for years now.. but i played a track in winamp and now in wimp10 and the sound is SO MUCH FUCKING BETTER in wimp im literally in shock :shock:

highly recommend checking this out... i like some of the provided skins too :Bingo:

#251468Post 20 of 342004-09-07

Re: Windows Media Player 10 Release/Review

Downloading now, I've always like Media Player better then MusicMatch.

#251472Post 21 of 342004-09-07

^ i hate musicmatch, and 3 days later, im still diggin wmp10 :Bingo:

#251493Post 22 of 342004-09-07

Re: Windows Media Player 10 Release/Review

yeah definitely much better look than previous versions. i also like it a lot. sounds great. you need to buy a dvd encoder though, to watch movies.

#251507Post 23 of 342004-09-07

this program rocks!!!

#254567Post 24 of 342004-09-10

Re: Windows Media Player 10 Release/Review

I hope my Half-Life 2 skin still works!!!! Seeing how I use WMP for next to nothing I probably won't even bother updating.

Then again, I [b]MUST[/b] have the newest version of any apps I use sooooo....who knows.

I hear the change was more to add a digital music buying service like iTunes. The early reviews have been promising, but until they offer full albums in FLAC format I'll pass.

#254788Post 25 of 342004-09-11

Re: Windows Media Player 10 Release/Review

Downloading as I type this... even though I found WMP9 too bloated as well (had to reduced it to the Classic skin, since I don't need all the fancy features and sorting/database that come with it).

But let's see what version 10 has in store for us...

#255104Post 26 of 342004-09-12

not bad. it seems to work. lol.

#255111Post 27 of 342004-09-12

^ go microsoft. im sure it has some kind of hole we are all missing that allows anyone into our computer, but oh well :lol:

#255113Post 28 of 342004-09-12

^^^ yeah it sounds very nice.

#255124Post 29 of 342004-09-12

I only use it to see videos 'cause it's a real crap for heard music.

#255127Post 30 of 342004-09-12

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Thanks the link!!!! But i saw the new Media Player pfotos,and thas was beautiful!!! :lol:

#255228Post 31 of 342004-09-12

Re: Windows Media Player 10 Release/Review

they really botched windowsupdate.com, how do i know if i installed all the vulnerability updates now after a fresh format reinstall?

thx for the link, I hate fishing through the microshit site.

#255243Post 32 of 342004-09-13

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:roll: cant beleive people are just barely finding out that win media player isnt all the bad!!

#255251Post 33 of 342004-09-13

Re: Windows Media Player 10 Release/Review

ugh. for some reason when i click on the Windows Media Player 10 link i only get the 9 series version. i don't get it. what am i doing wrong here? :?:

#255351Post 34 of 342004-09-13

Re: Windows Media Player 10 Release/Review

I had the same problem. For me, it was a problem with my regional settings. They were set to PERU, so all the content appeared in Spanish and only the WMP9 was available for that language i guess.

Dont know if that applies to you but..anyway, try this: [url]http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=34505[/url]