Windows Media Player 10 Released Today

To Admins
Please Correct the formating............it has killed my post........

Am I the only one that thinks this new version is far too glossy, shinny and blue? I actually really like the look of WMP XP and 9 and am disappointed with the direction they took with it visually. Thank goodness for skins, right?

That being said, being the techno junkie I am I will inevitably update tonight and give it a go. However, as WMP 9 used to be my favorite jukebox, it has been supplanted by foobar2000, so I may not even have it open that much. Thanks for the heads up!

From seeing the screenshots in the past it looked really bad but actually running it is real nice compared to the WMP9 style.

I see they fixed the bug when hiding the menubar no longer flashes at you on mouseover. Rips to MP3 now which is handy. The Energy Bliss Visualization is rather cool really love that.

oi Black Xero, you made right screw up with the links, im sure people would love to read about it first before downloading. As you have directed them to the actual installer more or less.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/

Well, if you run it on dual monitors post back and say if it drags on your system when you pull it from your main to secondary monitor. It gives me really choppy performance when moved. I'll probably be sticking with Winamp for the most part after trying this out.

Black Xero: For future references use standard HTML tags when formatting your text, not phpBB tags......

its... a cleaner version of 9

I downloaded, installed and really like it
I agree with vf about the Energy Bliss Visualization too

The GUI has been tweaked since beta and looks way cleaner.

Just simply Love It!

Well, since I have downloaded it my opinion has improved somewhat. Still some weird issues here and there, but a solid player nonetheless. Not sure that it is any better than 9, but solid still.

I like it

i think it ownz

To Snowman....
I thought it supports PHP tags.....so I used them.......next time I will be careful......thanks

MBXL summed it up perfectly....IT OWNZ!
and it fits right in with my Royale theme

I disagree, it does look nice but it is mearly a vehicle for MS to push more Pay Features at the hapless Consumer. Prime example is the Internet Radio Feature. That is the one and only thing, I use Windows Media Player for. Open it up to radio and you are promptly prompted to get MSN Radio PLus. That is crap. I think Shoutcast has it in spades over MSN.
And yah open the damn thing up and it automatically contacts MSN online Music Store. WTF?You have to right click, and get it to show it's menu bar to get at the options menu. That is hiding it if you ask me. Clueless folks are never going to find that, without being shown. Major No..No.. in my book, I deselected all media types on install, and guess what check options and it has still grabbed 50% of the extensions, specifically the ones I unchecked beforehand. The only plus I see is that MS upped the bitrate on the mp3 ripping capability.

i can only find alink for media player 9, has it been removed?

foobar200 h'uh?? Heard about it so I guess I will give it a try.

anyway, back to wmp10:
I will give it a look see, although I am sort of hesitant in downloading an update for it. I sort of like WinAMP.

One question though, does it now except acc music files?

Saw it, downloaded it, updated, had a look at it, still saw the crap that made me drop WMP and went back to QCD Player.

"Originally posted by by CygnusXII
That is the one and only thing, I use Windows Media Player for. Open it up to radio and you are promptly prompted to get MSN Radio PLus. That is crap. I think Shoutcast has it in spades over MSN."

Im sure its crap to you but this is just your opinion, some people might find it usefull.

"Originally posted by by CygnusXII
And yah open the damn thing up and it automatically contacts MSN online Music Store."

Very good. It never contacted the MSN Online store for me perhaps because its not available in the UK yet...

"Originally posted by by CygnusXII
WTF?You have to right click, and get it to show it's menu bar to get at the options menu.
Clueless folks are never going to find that, without being shown."

Yeah I can see your catching on. See that small arrow next to the minimize click that and see what happens.

"Originally posted by by CygnusXII
Major No..No.. in my book, I deselected all media types on install, and guess what check options and it has still grabbed 50% of the extensions, specifically the ones I unchecked beforehand."

Most likely its the default player now...

"Originally posted by joetheblow
One question though, does it now except acc music files?"

No, don't you mean AAC. IIRC you'll need http://www.3ivx.com/download/index.html

The 3ivx decoder plays back most MPEG-4 files (including MP4, M4A, 3GP and MOV files) with MPEG-4 AAC Audio and MPEG-4 Video (such as DivX 3, 4 and 5, Apple MPEG-4, Philips MPEG-4 and XviD) using Windows Media Player or other compatible players.

By the way, It is for XP only, at least so far. Are they going to do a "lite" version for older OS'es?

i like it a lot, espiaclly with the nice mp3 encoder. i think winamp just lost to winmedia on my machine

vf- Your right that is my Opinion, and I'll tell you this much, it's sad you cannot see Media Player for the Dark Horse it really is. Why should it (Media Player) ask me to choose the extension I wish to associate it with, and then totally ignore that input? why do I have to chase it down and deselect it a second time? Why does it have to connect to anything upon initially running? It's a Media Player not a Media Internet Connector Player.
I understand that it has enhanced features, but why assume which features to activate for me, initially? Also why Hide the Applications Menus'? That is another layer of obfuscation, there's alot of room on that control panel for the menus', menu button or something other than a tiny arrowed drop down. Also Why assume that I want it to be the Default, I have established that Winamp is my player of prefference, that is established in the registry, via context menu "open with" and also selecting in winamps Preffs. why does MS assume it can grab my file associations and redirect them, and obfuscate the process with misdirection, via the extension choice on install. So in all you sir defend nothing, despite your BOLD'ing quotes of Mine, and stating the obvious. I know it is opinion, so does everyone else on this board, that's what the purpose for which comments serve. It is also fact in what Media Player did, and reported by myself, after install. It's not like I needed to manufacture these points I am making. I am just lucky I was actually present when the parent of the Media PLayer Platform was being developed, or I might not know to look for these issues. I know of the disdain that the MS Support staff has for the Average Joe User, and the the Plan of attack that was developed to handle Media PLayers Issues. So while you blithely deconstruct my assesment of Media Players Install, and Initial run, please try to show some of your own actual opinion, or insight into your experience with this Version of Media Player.

WOW CygnusXII
you really take your media players seriously......maybe a bit too seriously. I'm sure you have legit reasons for hating WMP 10 based on what you require of it. I can't speak for others but it rips and burns my tunes just fine, plays my mp3's, DVD's, and transfers to my portable with ease, organizes my media quite nicely and has a new slick look......and I love the Energy Bliss visual. One thing that really ticks me off about it though - it failed to balance my checkbook dammit! Just kidding

All in all I woould think tune jockey would be pretty pleased with this if they weren't already biased to another player. JMHO