Windows Media Player 12

[Zero.Freedom]

Any information on the upcoming Windows Media Player and what file formats will it support? And when will it be release?

[Commodore Max]

Nothing is known about it right now, and I myself doubt Microsoft is putting much effort into it right now. Maybe there will an update in future service packs or patches for Vista, but as of yet, nothing.

[Jelly2003]

I hear that there won't be a new media player for quite a long time.

[Digitalx]

better give it a more cleaner UI WMP11 on XP so doesn't fit into XP's native UI they really need to work on that, WMP10 had it pretty good.

[Unimatrix Xero]

WMP11 isnt that old and works fine, so if it isnt broke then why fix it?

[Guest xiphi]

WMP11 isnt that old and works fine, so if it isnt broke then why fix it?

QFT! :D

[George P Global Moderator]

I'd like to see them add support for other formats, specialy in the library. Why should all my mp4 and mkv files showup under "other" that makes me have to switch from one listing with all the .avi/wmv to another just to see the rest. And i'm getting even more and more mkv files as time passes.

Having to do a registry hack just to get WMP to show them in the first place under "other" is a pain.

[Linkinfamous]

I'd like to see them add support for other formats, specialy in the library. Why should all my mp4 and mkv files showup under "other" that makes me have to switch from one listing with all the .avi/wmv to another just to see the rest. And i'm getting even more and more mkv files as time passes.

Having to do a registry hack just to get WMP to show them in the first place under "other" is a pain.

The DirectShow filter you had to install to get them to play probably should have made that registry entry. I'd blame them.

[Preppy Veteran]

The DirectShow filter you had to install to get them to play probably should have made that registry entry. I'd blame them.

QFT. :)

[Slimy]

They haven't started working on it, yet.

[User6060]

I'm happy with WMP11, however I wish I could fastforward/rewind with the non-native formats.

[Iian K]

Your not going to see or hear about Windows Media for a while, the target right now is Vista, and making it better for customers.

Plus, what's wrong with 11? Need I remind you that WMP 11 came out before Vista was released.

[:: Lyon ::]

Well, we were happy with media player 10 until 11 came out

[Shadrack]

WMP11 still needs some serious polishing! WMP10 was the best and I keep that one at work.

[Rudy]

wmp11 is alright on Vista but looks awkward on XP

[dr.bisho]

wmp11 is alright on Vista but looks awkward on XP

agree to that,.... besides... why do i have to install like 100 codec packages very time i format my computer... just sign a contract with one of them and help us relax MS

[Popcorned1]

just sign a contract with one of them and help us relax MS

If only it was that easy.

[dr.bisho]

Why...is MS lacks money...ohh if you thought i meant some1 signs with MS,... i meant the other way around

[1Frothy]

I don't think much of WMP. I still prefer WinAMP & VLC.

So I guess WMP12 might be a Windows 7 thing then?

[Xerxes]

It will probally come out same time as Windows 7 and be intergrated into it most likely :p However, I'm quite happy with WMP11 honistly, it just works and does what I need :happy:

[Brody McKee]

Do we really need a new one? And yeah, it'll be coming. It's probably sitting in the same box as Internet Explorer 8 - oneday it'll just spring out!

[FATILA]

I'd much rather they updated the 6 year old media encoder tools, and added new features to wmv container.

[Titoist]

I personally like WMP 11, though my favorite of all time is 8! Remeber 8? The one that was on XP for like a month before 9 replaced it! Most people probably never even heard of it, since by the time that the majority went to XP from 2000 or 98, WMP 9 was already everywhere!

[Titoist]

Windows Media Player Evolution - Part 1

Note: I can't find any screens of WMP 1-4

Here is WMP5, 6, 7. These were primarily on Win 95-2000.

[ViperAFK]

I liked wmp 10 alot, and WMP was a massice improvement all around, it's very fast, feature rich and has an awesome GUI.