Wmp 11 in Windows XP

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Well, I've installed it myself, and I find it's a vast improvement over WMP 10. But I do agree that it does need some cleaning up, for example the vast repition of menus, though there is this one thing that is bothering me, I can no longer drag-and-drop albums to combine them. I miss that from WMP10. :(

u can still combine them. explore the changes slowly.

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Please don't complain over illegaly downloaded software. When the Beta is out you can report comments/bugs.

Agreed, as I've said, I prefer to wait until Microsoft releases the official version ;) . I value my computer too much to risk installing untested software :shifty: .

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see I never gotten the whole album cover thing? really do most people even care?? I certiantly don't and I think it's very annoying!!!

why are they so centric on it when not many people care. No one I know does. And it's just another way to bog down the interface when we really need a faster player that plays movies and music more reliably and can orangize 600 hours of music easy and fast, and not worry about loading some 300+ album images along with a whole drive view.

and new visuals!!! the current set is old now and they need to compete with wimamp on that one!

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see I never gotten the whole album cover thing? really do most people even care?? I certiantly don't and I think it's very annoying!!!

why are they so centric on it when not many people care. No one I know does. And it's just another way to bog down the interface when we really need a faster player that plays movies and music more reliably and can orangize 600 hours of music easy and fast, and not worry about loading some 300+ album images along with a whole drive view.

and new visuals!!! the current set is old now and they need to compete with wimamp on that one!

I like Album Art, if you don't like it then don't use it, it's as simple as that. Your argument states that you don't like WMP 11 so best thing you can do is stay away from it. You'll live longer that way :rolleyes: . As for me and many people on this thread, WMP 11 is more than just a pretty face and album art display, it's a whole restructuring of the search and management system of the library, where the information is displayed differently than iTunes, which is text based. If you don't like it, stick with Winamp or go and send an email to Microsoft about your complaints instead of complaining on this thread.

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has anyone figured out how to add your own album art yet? im either dumb or not seeing it. i mean some of my albums have it done automatically but them some dont.

Yeah, where it says paste album art...do it. Find a cover off the internet, (save it onto your HD if you want), and drag it onto the album.

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Just installed WMP11 Beta on my machine...I was happy with WMP10 and was very sceptical about WMP11 from all the screenshots I've seen...but after playing around with it, damn it rocks :) I find the UI very clean and relatively easy to use and I really like the new way it organises your music :happy: MS have done a good job with it (Y)

EDIT: I noticed you can view your pictures in it too, has WMP always been able todo that or is it new to WMP11?

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Yeah, where it says paste album art...do it. Find a cover off the internet, (save it onto your HD if you want), and drag it onto the album.

yeah im just dumb....lol actually you can drag and drop directly off of the web page. so Amazon is priiime for this.

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WMP 11 looks soooo much better than 10 does, damn.

And now that it's available, it is worth every minute of wait. It is one awsome animal.. Oh it's out there alright but obviously I am not allowed to post any reference to links so just go surfing for soft and enjoy it if you find it.. By the way, I'm referring to the XP version....

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