Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - Windows Media Player 11 Out Now http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - Windows Media Player 11 Out Now http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums en Sun, 19 May 2013 21:52:49 GMT Sun, 19 May 2013 21:52:49 GMT Rev9 29 -29 -1 Coffeehouse - Windows Media Player 11 Out Now Just noticed it on the Microsoft website and downloading it now...

Congratulations Windows Media team. Does this mean we will get a Channel9 video from them too?

Peter

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/245888#245888 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:01:33 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/245888#245888 PeterF 29 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows Media Player 11 Out Now btw, does it mean we can also use Vista sound card drivers on XP? (saw install of User Mode Driver Framework bits)

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/1cd424f226844699bc9f9dec002a3608#1cd424f226844699bc9f9dec002a3608 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:05:59 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/1cd424f226844699bc9f9dec002a3608#1cd424f226844699bc9f9dec002a3608 PeterF 29 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows Media Player 11 Out Now Link for the lazy.

It would be nice if my school's proxy didn't have some strange aversion to files named wmp11-windowsxp-enu.exe...  looks like I'll have to wait until I get to a different internet connection.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/2226f69058724a3b85739dec002a3640#2226f69058724a3b85739dec002a3640 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:19:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/2226f69058724a3b85739dec002a3640#2226f69058724a3b85739dec002a3640 JonathonW 29 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/CannotResolveSymbol/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows Media Player 11 Out Now The usermode driver framework, or at least an earlier incarnation of it, also shipped with Media Player 10, it is used to support user mode drivers for MTP portable media players, not for soundcards themselves.

Aren't Vista audio drivers still kernel mode anyway? It's just the operating audio processing stack thats now user mode.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/6e349ef813f64fd6b2599dec002a3679#6e349ef813f64fd6b2599dec002a3679 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:42:26 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/6e349ef813f64fd6b2599dec002a3679#6e349ef813f64fd6b2599dec002a3679 eddwo 29 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/eddwo/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows Media Player 11 Out Now For some reason my mp10 visualization window stopped opening when in toolbar mode... mp11 put it back, yeah.

Auto uninstall of mp10 without pestering is nice too.

If it could only be trained to destroy any attempt of Real Media to take over my machine... (and play that content itself)...

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eddwo wrote:
The usermode driver framework, or at least an earlier incarnation of it, also shipped with Media Player 10, it is used to support user mode drivers for MTP portable media players, not for soundcards themselves.

Aren't Vista audio drivers still kernel mode anyway? It's just the operating audio processing stack thats now user mode.


Find out.

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rjdohnert wrote:
Whens it coming out for Windows Server 2003?
My understanding is that they aren't planning to release Media Player 11 for Server 2003. I guess the reasoning was that only a small population of people use Windows Server as a desktop, so it wasn't worth the broader test matrix or something like that.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/9adf8009eade4df083d89dec002a3758#9adf8009eade4df083d89dec002a3758 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:29:56 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/9adf8009eade4df083d89dec002a3758#9adf8009eade4df083d89dec002a3758 BryanF 29 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/BryanF/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows Media Player 11 Out Now So I guess the old addage is true, if you want something done do it yourself

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/98cdd415a0744de997c99dec002a3790#98cdd415a0744de997c99dec002a3790 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 03:01:59 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/98cdd415a0744de997c99dec002a3790#98cdd415a0744de997c99dec002a3790 rjdohnert 29 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/rjdohnert/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows Media Player 11 Out Now Yay! I've been running WMP11 Betas for ages, nice to get the full product.

Does this mean that Urge will be available in the UK soon then? (or already... rushes off to check the Urge site.)

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/247af556f5114bc087979dec002a37ff#247af556f5114bc087979dec002a37ff Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:05:18 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/247af556f5114bc087979dec002a37ff#247af556f5114bc087979dec002a37ff Ion Todirel 29 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Ion Todirel/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows Media Player 11 Out Now
Ion Todirel wrote:
hey jamie, can you make a WMP 11 ideas thread? please?


Surely 12?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/1bc0a170c41b43c4adf39dec002a3837#1bc0a170c41b43c4adf39dec002a3837 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:09:56 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/1bc0a170c41b43c4adf39dec002a3837#1bc0a170c41b43c4adf39dec002a3837 Massif 29 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Massif/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows Media Player 11 Out Now I'm suprised that nobody mentioned the completely NEW look of WMP11 here. I just finalized my instal and I am absolutely blown away by how cool WMP11 looks - a completely new GUI...neat!

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rjdohnert wrote:
So I guess the old addage is true, if you want something done do it yourself

I thought you were a diehard Windows 2000 guy?  When did you switch to Windows Server 2003?

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jsampsonPC wrote:
I'm suprised that nobody mentioned the completely NEW look of WMP11 here. I just finalized my instal and I am absolutely blown away by how cool WMP11 looks - a completely new GUI...neat!


That's what I thought until I downloaded Winamp.

At first I thought WMP11 had a great, shiny little interface, but the more I used it the more frustrated I became at how inefficient and awkward it was to use. There's so much wasted space, it's confusing to use and only the "outside" areas are polished up.

I don't like WMP11 one bit. Sad

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It has foisted some vista look and feel on me. I'm, not using vista. I'm using XP.

The menu system is as random and awful as ever.

I dont want my list grouped into albums with all these pictures! But unlike, say, explorer, can I right click and change view? nooo.. I have to hunt around for the right icon on the none-standard toolbar

How can something so simple as a media player be made so complicated? If Winamp can be simple, why not media player?

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/c2c6a973a1c54267b8189dec002a3950#c2c6a973a1c54267b8189dec002a3950 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:58:14 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/c2c6a973a1c54267b8189dec002a3950#c2c6a973a1c54267b8189dec002a3950 JChung2006 29 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/JChung2006/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows Media Player 11 Out Now I have been running 11.0.5358.4826 for some time.  Is that still beta?  BTW - why can't MS add "Beta 1", "Beta 2" to the About box in all their betas so we can tell quickly and not have dig around to see what a build number means?  tia

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/a7ccf62c066b419a9cb99dec002a3988#a7ccf62c066b419a9cb99dec002a3988 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 02:20:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/a7ccf62c066b419a9cb99dec002a3988#a7ccf62c066b419a9cb99dec002a3988 William Stacey 29 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/staceyw/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows Media Player 11 Out Now It's funny that supposed "tech-savvy" folks can't even figure out how to use a simple media player.  I (can almost) guarantee that MS used usability tests and picked an interface that would be easy to use by the masses.  Me thinks that those that struggle to use WMP don't want to use it in the first place for whatever reason, and so are predisposed to find it "diffiult" to use.

BTW, Winamp sucks, and has for years; talk about a cluttered mess.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/c8dc068492344a7182959dec002a39c3#c8dc068492344a7182959dec002a39c3 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 03:48:29 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/c8dc068492344a7182959dec002a39c3#c8dc068492344a7182959dec002a39c3 Escamillo 29 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Escamillo/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows Media Player 11 Out Now I like the new WMP. I've been using the beta for a while, and noticed some bugs in the UI. But those are apparently all gone. One of my biggest complaints about the beta (you can find my complaints in an older C9 thread) was that you couldn't navigate the UI with the keyboard. And they fixed that. You can easily tab through the entire UI (even the minimize, maximize and close buttons).

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Escamillo wrote:
It's.  Me thinks that those that struggle to use WMP don't want to use it in the first place for whatever reason, and so are predisposed to find it "diffiult" to use.


Yeah. I'm one of this forums famous anti-ms zealots. Perplexed
 
Thats a poor argument and simply a way of dismissing criticism. I dont purposefully find it difficult to use - I just find it difficult to use. It is un-intuitive, and while I know it will do everything I want I sometimes have to fish about in menus till I find what I want and its just *frustrating*. I wouldnt care if it were once or twice but it seems every time I go to use it I again have to fish around in menus looking for stuff.

I dont want to have to invest the amount of time to learn how to use it that I seem to have to. Its a media player - it should just work. Its possible because others do it.

And why Vista look and feel? I dont object to vista as such bu I do object to a tiny bit of vista in xp. it looks and behaves differently to everything else. When I use media player I nwo have to mentally switch a "its like vista" switch to use it - and I shouldnt have to.

And no right click on the list to change view. Come on. Please tell me thats not standard in vista.

At least making playlists seems easier than it used to.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/dbadb5be360e4e72b25d9dec002a3a3a#dbadb5be360e4e72b25d9dec002a3a3a Wed, 01 Nov 2006 09:58:03 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/dbadb5be360e4e72b25d9dec002a3a3a#dbadb5be360e4e72b25d9dec002a3a3a Tensor 29 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Tensor/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows Media Player 11 Out Now I love the new WMP.  I think it is much more polished than previous versions.  It took a whole two minutes to find everything I was looking for.  Software like this finally make it easy for my non-techie wife to be able to use it.  That is why it makes me chuckle when programmers and techies say it is hard to use.

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http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=250739

It looks really sharp.

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JeremyJ wrote:
If you use the Royal Noir theme from this thread:
http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=250739

It looks really sharp.


Woah. Nifty!

Shame all the XP buttons weren't skinned.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/2318d5384be84a85b9ff9dec002a3b19#2318d5384be84a85b9ff9dec002a3b19 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:13:12 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/245888-Windows-Media-Player-11-Out-Now/2318d5384be84a85b9ff9dec002a3b19#2318d5384be84a85b9ff9dec002a3b19 blowdart 29 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/blowdart/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows Media Player 11 Out Now I like WMP11 far better than previous versions.  It finally got me to use WMP as my main player because of its much more useful interface.  I used to always like Winamp, but just never liked opening more than one window to do everything I want.  With WMP 11 its all in one place.

It didn't really take that long to get used to it and if you don't like seeing the Album pictures change the view.  Sure it would be nice if the right click worked for that, but the icon to do it isn't all that far away.

And for those complaining about the skin, its far more useful and nicer to use than the old ones.  And if you don't like it, then use another one as it still supports changing the skin like previous versions.

I do wish some of the better features were available in the web window versions.  Well I mean you can't adjust things like equalizer and cross-fade from that window.  I have an IRC program that can play mp3's and uses the web interface of WMP but there is no connection between it and WMP itself.  If I hit stop on WMP, it doesn't stop the playing if the web interface is playing.  Don't know if I explained that, but there should be a connection (could be perhaps poor coding in the IRC plug-in I suppose).

Anyway WMP11 is a real winner in my book.  Its my main player now.

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I think the best feature over itunes is the ability to get info about your tracks. The copy and paste album art is nice as well as finding the info about an untitled track and then finding all of the related "untitleds". I read that the synchronization with external drives is very good but I will have to wait and see.

I have never been a WMP fan at all but the latest release looks really good. It is finally catching up to itunes.

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My first post here and it's a bit of a rant on a old thread...

WMP 11 arrives and all that gets mentioned is the GUI???

It's got no new features over WMP10 to call anything.
It still can't do the most basic things I would expect from a media player.

Where is:

Aspect ratio adjustment?
Audio stream selection?
DirectX Codec managerment?
The equivalent of WMPTSE?
Hardware DD5.1 decoder support?
VOB support?
RIFF tags in AVIs?
Replaygain?
Winamp like Smart Views
Tree view of Genre, Actors, etc in the Navigation Pane to allow drag and drop tagging?

Compared to the sheer range of functionality that Winamp has, WMP11 isn't even in the race.
The only thing WMP wins on IS the GUI as Winamp's multiple windows are a pain.

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OffColour1972 wrote:

Where is:

Aspect ratio adjustment?


Here

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