Windows Media Player v9.0 Build 2903
Posted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 09 October 2002 - 15:33 · 58 comments & 636 views
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The updated Windows Media Player 9 Series Beta (build 2903) is now available to our Windows Media Player Corona Technical Preview participants. We have fixed numerous bugs since the last beta refresh (build 2800). We encourage everyone --all web developers, ISV's, ICP's, etc...-to install and provide feedback as we work towards our final release of Windows Media Player 9 Series.
Details of fixes included in our previous Windows Media Player 9 Series Beta Update (build 2800): Beta testers of Windows Media Player 9 Series have been actively reporting their experiences via the microsoft.public.windowsmedia.beta newsgroup and the Windows Online Crash Analysis tool. Microsoft analyzed these reports and found two common issues related to personal firewalls and surround sound speaker settings that were hampering the beta testing process for many users. We addressed these two issues in build 2800 to allow our beta testers to continue testing the product and providing us with feedback.
Update: Thanks Fileconnect for the download link, Read more for a screenie of the new skin and some more info/screens.
New Skin
In addition to the corona skin being the new default WMP9 skin (called 9seriesdefault) they have included a smart new skin called Quicksilver (screenie below) look for it in the Skin Browser. Corona is now resizeable and many visual bugs have been fixed
Known Issues
Personal Firewall issue: If you have a personal firewall product installed on your computer, in some cases Windows Media Player fails to receive content over a network and in other cases the Player may crash when trying to receive streaming content. The problem is related to the firewall software that is not yet able to handle new Windows XP and Windows .NET Server networking APIs. Windows Media Player 9 Series Beta Refresh (build 2800) addresses this issue.
Surround Sound Speaker Setting issue: If Windows Media Player starts to play audio but there is no sound, check to see if your speaker settings are set to Surround Audio. There is a known issue in Windows Media Player 9 Series Beta where the Player may crash when you play regular stereo or mono WMA content while your speaker settings are set to Surround. Even if the Player does not crash, you still won't hear any audio. Windows Media Player 9 Series Beta Refresh (build 2800) addresses this issue.