Windows Media Player 11

[JustGeorge]

NM...

[uniacidz]

Tools > Options > Library Tab > Uncheck the first box.

Man, thats a really bad default setting by Microsoft.

Why on earth have default to delete files from computer when you delete from library.

[JustGeorge]

Man, thats a really bad default setting by Microsoft.

Why on earth have default to delete files from computer when you delete from library.

They do go to the Recycle Bin so its not that bad. Why would you want to delete a song and it not get deleted from the directory is beyond me.

[Carlos11]

Man, thats a really bad default setting by Microsoft.

Why on earth have default to delete files from computer when you delete from library.

I agree 100%. I hope MS changes that. :no:

[ShaneSparky_YYZ]

I belive that leaking Betas are illegal. Check the EULA.

It's on softpedia, so I'm guessing this isn't illegal

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Vi...Player-11.shtml

They do go to the Recycle Bin so its not that bad. Why would you want to delete a song and it not get deleted from the directory is beyond me.

Well that isn't that bad but still :o

[Veedems Veteran]

It's on softpedia, so I'm guessing this isn't illegal

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Vi...Player-11.shtml

Well that isn't that bad but still :o

It is still illegal. Just because a big site like softpedia is hosting it, doesn't mean it's legal. They actually have quite a few downloads which are technically illegal on there.

For those of you bitching about us not allowing links, make sure you understand the history behind our reasoning before getting all high and mighty. Or maybe you guys would prefer MS take Neowin down again. :rolleyes:

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

how do you get WMP11 in your taskbar?

[DreadBoat89]

minimize and right-click taskbar > toolbars > select windows media player

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

hey all, after seeing screenshots, I have 2 questions

1. Can you add Playlists within a folder? Exemple: You have 4 pink floyd albums and I'd like to add those 4 albums to a folder named Pink floyd in wmp without having to add my entire pink floyd folder which contain way more than 4 albums.

2. Is there a place where WMP stock the playlists where you can backup em up in case of windows crash or simply because I like to do backups? :)

[uniacidz]

They do go to the Recycle Bin so its not that bad. Why would you want to delete a song and it not get deleted from the directory is beyond me.

I dunno.

I can only imagine the posts now on Neowin.

'WMP11 deleted my files, HELP'

[Preppy Veteran]

1. Can you add Playlists within a folder? Exemple: You have 4 pink floyd albums and I'd like to add those 4 albums to a folder named Pink floyd in wmp without having to add my entire pink floyd folder which contain way more than 4 albums.

2. Is there a place where WMP stock the playlists where you can backup em up in case of windows crash or simply because I like to do backups? :)

1: I'm not sure what exactly you're meaning, but it's easy enough to drag Animals, Meddle, More, and Ummagumma onto the Now Playing list and just play those... ? Or if you mean only add certain folders to the library, yeah, you can do that too. Or if you want to put Atom Heart Mother on Ignore in the Add to Library dialog... you can do that too. :)

2: Yeah, under %mymusic%\My Playlists. That's been a minor feature since v10. Only v9 and earlier stored the playlists internally (non-regularly accessible on the file system).

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

1: I'm not sure what exactly you're meaning, but it's easy enough to drag Animals, Meddle, More, and Ummagumma onto the Now Playing list and just play those... ? Or if you mean only add certain folders to the library, yeah, you can do that too. Or if you want to put Atom Heart Mother on Ignore in the Add to Library dialog... you can do that too. :)

2: Yeah, under %mymusic%\My Playlists. That's been a minor feature since v10. Only v9 and earlier stored the playlists internally (non-regularly accessible on the file system).

thanks a lot for all the explanations

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

minimize and right-click taskbar > toolbars > select windows media player

oops DUH.. i should of figured that out LOL..

[kierant]

oops DUH.. i should of figured that out LOL..

I wondered the same thing because I can enable the toolbar easily enough but when I actually minimise wmp the toolbar shows up with the wmp10 gui and I am unable to press anything to play/pause/stop the music etc. Anyone have any ideas why this is happening? Put simply, I have WMP11 installed which works fine but the toolbar shows up as WMP10 and does not work:

WMP11 as expected:

WMP10 toolbar, not expected:

[Preppy Veteran]

The "old taskbar" specifically means that the old taskbar is still loaded by the shell. Rebooting should get that back to normal v11 goodness. If not, PM me if you hit this issue once you are running the actual beta.

[Zimmedon]

Odd, currently I'm using build 4826 (the leaked version) and the toolbar is as expected (the WMP11 look). Perhaps you need to uninstall WMP (from Windows components) and reinstall WMP11

Edit: Or what zachdms said.

[McoreD]

Bug for dragging Album Art, in action. :)

http://microsoftuse.temp.powweb.com/mcored...-save-dodgy.wmv

[chicaman]

Everything was working fine with windows media player 11

Here is some screen shot

Ken-heart.blogspot.com

[Island Roots]

It's a shame that WMP11 doesn't support AAC natively/vanilla. It does seem to play AAC files when they're manually added but it doesn't automatically recognize and add them to your library.

This causes a problem as over 1,900 of my 2,200 songs are in AAC format.

Looks like I'm still using iTunes, which is a shame. The interface of WMP11 along with its low use of resources is amazing.

[chicaman]

Well, WMP11 is still in beta version and AAC is not WMP11 native format though...

[joker999]

Bug for dragging Album Art, in action. :)

http://microsoftuse.temp.powweb.com/mcored...-save-dodgy.wmv

mine dont show any jpg for that. well, i just right click on it "Find Album info" and its add itself. :) save my time.

[chicaman]

mine dont show any jpg for that. well, i just right click on it "Find Album info" and its add itself. :) save my time.

Mine will show the album art without any prob.....

[kierant]

The "old taskbar" specifically means that the old taskbar is still loaded by the shell. Rebooting should get that back to normal v11 goodness. If not, PM me if you hit this issue once you are running the actual beta.

Thank you, rebooting worked a treat. Silly of me not to think of that myself, but thanks again.

[Slimy]

How do you change the size of the albumart? Can't find anything...?

Thanks

just drag the album column to the left or to the right :shiftyninja:

[kierant]

just drag the album column to the left or to the right :shiftyninja:

Yep thanks, so simple...me being blind again. ta