neowin.net wrote:
Windows enthusiast and journalist Paul Thurrott has just posted some new information concerning Windows Media Player 11. Microsoft intends to release WMP11 (Codename: Polaris) as an XP compatible version of the Windows Longhorn media player.
Microsoft's original plans for Windows Media Player (WMP) 11-- formerly code-named Aurora--were fairly low-key, with just a few minor new features. That's all changed: Microsoft has canceled Aurora, and the company is moving the Longhorn media player to XP. Now code-named Polaris, WMP 11 will be a major release. There's just one problem: Instead of shipping in November, as per the original plan, WMP 11 will now ship in a public beta during that month, coinciding with Longhorn Beta 2. The final release is roughly scheduled for early 2006.
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footballism
Another Paradigm Shift!
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Loadsgood
What is your answer?
That is sweet. I don't mind it being released later since it's all about the extra features, right?
I hope it has some features like ad removal (well they aren't much for ads but those litle icons linking to places where I can buy music) I can't think of any good features right now, but I hope they remove the ability of WMAs to be coded to permenatly change the language of WMP.
I vote 10 out of 10 to Microsoft for this.
Loadsgood.
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Hopfully they will release wma/v 10 or 11 codec with WMP11.
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PaoloM
Hypermediocrity
footballism wrote:MPEG-4 namely DVD playback-This is what I expect from the upcoming WMP11.
DVD playback is MPEG2
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footballism
Another Paradigm Shift!
MPEG-2 namely DVD playback-This is what I expect from the upcoming WMP11.
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footballism
Another Paradigm Shift!
PaoloM wrote:
footballism wrote: MPEG-4 namely DVD playback-This is what I expect from the upcoming WMP11.
DVD playback is MPEG2
I'm an error-prone geek:) -
'hope they fix the large library problem Windows Media Center uses wmp for its music library and it's very slow on large "bays Ian
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Tom Servo
W-hat?
Unlikely, because DVD software player companies would go ape(I need to watch my language) over that, and more lawsuits against MS would happen.footballism wrote:MPEG-2 namely DVD playback-This is what I expect from the upcoming WMP11. -
ZippyV
Fired Up
I hope we will get a WMP that is completely removable from a Windows Server system.
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Jaz
From the depths of Wales I come
Tom Servo wrote:
Unlikely, because DVD software player companies would go ape(I need to watch my language) over that, and more lawsuits against MS would happen.footballism wrote: MPEG-2 namely DVD playback-This is what I expect from the upcoming WMP11.
MS would have to pay a license fee to phillips or panasonic, i forget who, to include native DVD decoding. -
ZippyV
Fired Up
So what? They do the same for MP3 encoding.Jaz wrote:MS would have to pay a license fee to phillips or panasonic, i forget who, to include native DVD decoding. -
Jaz
From the depths of Wales I come
mp3 encoding probably costs less
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ZippyV
Fired Up
Microsoft isn't going to lose money by including it.
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Jaz
From the depths of Wales I come
of course it will.
if the market doesn't require it, and it costs microsoft $20 per WMP then they're losing money -
ZippyV
Fired Up
The market does require it.
I doubt that it's going to cost 20$ per WMP. Don't forget that WMP is included with Windows, is MS losing money on Windows? -
W3bbo
Work hard; increase production; prevent accidents, and be happy.
Jaz wrote:mp3 encoding probably costs less
WMP10 already includes an MP3 Ripping codec, but it is horrid. I use the Intervideo system instead, plus I also get DVD playback to boot.
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Jaz
From the depths of Wales I come
MS own WMP so they're not losing money, they're kinda making money in a sense, but not really.
http://www.dvdreview.com/faq/dvdfaq.shtml#6.1 -
Tom Servo
W-hat?
Jaz wrote:MS would have to pay a license fee to phillips or panasonic, i forget who, to include native DVD decoding.
Doesn't matter. People will start this antitrust crap again, because Cyberlink, Intervideo and whoever else is left, will make losses because their sales are impacted by this.
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