Final Version Of Windows Media Player Released

Mike Howes 30 Oct, 2006 at 11:54pm ET Article published in Tech

Microsoft has released the final version of Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP.

The final version sports a redesigned interface and incorporates seamless integration with MTV’s URGE music service, offering an online catalog with over 2 million songs by over 110,000 artists.

Offering a host of improved features, better access to content and new formats for ripping and music playback, the final version of Windows Media Player can be downloaded from Microsoft’s official website.

# Industry-first audio fingerprinting capabilities that recognize and import track information for unidentified or misnamed audio files
# New formats for ripping and music playback, including Windows Media Audio Professional and WAV Lossless

Source: DailyTech

Comments

31 Oct 2006 ~ 7:30pm Karoum Do you know if it is stable and fine to install or is it like most MS upgrades?
31 Oct 2006 ~ 10:46pm Jengo

Karoum wrote:

Do you know if it is stable and fine to install or is it like most MS upgrades?

yeah its stable and fine to install... but it still doesnt beat WMP 9 that one was the best WMP of all time.
1 Nov 2006 ~ 7:58am Thrax WMP 6.5 was. Completely serious.
2 Nov 2006 ~ 1:48am RWB *No clue.
3 Nov 2006 ~ 2:34am jhenry Ugh... It is terrible...

WMP11 runs extremely slow, especially on the online stores... Now by no means is my computer that weak... It's a P4 but it has a little punch left in it... WMP11 sucks it up though, runs terrible. Also, the online music stores are so very slow it is maddening... I've got a 1.5mb dedicated T1 and I'm getting half-loads and other crap.

Microsoft makes me angrier every time they release something so half-baked. Screw you M$. I'm sticking to iTunes. Even iTunes 7, with all of the initial problems, gave me less trouble than WMP11 in any form.
3 Nov 2006 ~ 2:35am Thrax I had absolutely no issues with WMP11 <i>beta</i> on my little old Athlon XP 3200+ with 512 or 1GB of RAM.
3 Nov 2006 ~ 10:35am Winga I'm still running WMP11 beta on my machine and I must say I like it. Hasn't given me any problems. I haven't "upgraded" to the final version though. Very wary of the URGE music service. I Hate unasked for, unwanted invasive services forced onto me. Apparently you can't remove or hide it.
6 Nov 2006 ~ 4:36pm Jengo WMP11 albeit lame runs fine on my Pentium M 1.5ghz with 1.2gb of PC2 4200 lolz
6 Nov 2006 ~ 10:25pm NYCDrew I'm still using WMP 9. Haven't found a good reason to upgrade yet.