me101 Veteran Posted July 19, 2001 Veteran Share Posted July 19, 2001 Today Microsoft? launched the Windows Media? Player for Mac OS X and demonstrated a prerelease version of the player at the Macworld Conference & Expo in New York. The new player is being designed and "Carbonized" for OS X and will feature the new Aqua interface. Windows Media Player for Mac OS X will be available as a free download this fall, providing users of Mac with the best Windows Media experience on the new OS X operating system. The new media player is being developed to meet demand for Windows Media content on the Mac OS X platform with an easy-to-use player for both audio and video. It will support Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM) and the latest industry-leading Windows Media audio and video technology. This will enable users of Mac to enjoy audio and video content with Windows Media and ensure that content providers can encode their content once to reach the broadest possible audience. "Windows Media Player for Mac OS X brings together the excitement of the new Aqua interface with the high quality of Windows Media," said Dave Fester, general manager of the Windows Digital Media Division at Microsoft. "This new player demonstrates Microsoft?s commitment to providing the highest-quality digital media playback for users of Mac." Because Windows Media Player for Mac OS X is being built on Apple?s new Carbon APIs, it will run natively in the OS X environment and will take advantage of Mac OS X features like multiprocessing and the Aqua interface, which provides a look consistent with other new Mac applications. The player will come with two additional skins, including a miniplayer skin for simple audio playback. Read more @ Microsoft Press Release Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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