Window Media Player11 [FINAL]Released!

[MrBear5587]

Anyone else got horrible white bits in the corners of WMP11 like this, and anyone know how to remove them :(

Btw, if I resize the WMP window both ways, they disappear. However when WMP is closed/opened again they're back.

[Saadu]

Schnitzel is right, im getting that crappy border as well. It wasnt there in beta 1 or beta 2 but final introduced it.

[eNeon]

Ye that's true, and when it's on full window u can't see it all, I'm honestly staying with WMP 10 or 9 lol.

[RadishTM Veteran]

When you open WMP 11, is it meant to default to the Library tab? Because I'd like it to stay on the Now Playing window like WMP 10 did before.

Anyone got ideas on how to do this?, the Options didn't reveal any settings as such.

Radish?

[matthewf01]

this visualization looks slick!!

can't find it though..

Yea I saw that too, and WANT IT!

Is this something that we might see released in a few days, or what? WMP 10 launched with a new visualization :(

Anyone have any idea what this is??

[Ar3s]

thankx for the heads up. will be trying this out.

[MiamiGuy]

Well it definitely looks nicer but I always end up using the Corporate skin anyway.

[+Tantawi Subscriber²]

When you open WMP 11, is it meant to default to the Library tab? Because I'd like it to stay on the Now Playing window like WMP 10 did before.

Anyone got ideas on how to do this?, the Options didn't reveal any settings as such.

Radish?

I spent 30 minutes trying to figure a way and I couldn:pinch:nch:

[Preppy Veteran]

If only it was an MSI ;)

Until MSI supports native installation of System File Protected files, that's not possible. The file copies for 3/4 of the files would have to be done as CustomActions. It's basically impossible at this time to make it fully native MSI, sorry.

am I missing any updates or etc. by bypassing the WGA check?

Yeah, you screw up your device and sharing settings. There is no way to bypass the WGA check using any of the available methods and end up with the same net experience as someone that ran through the WGA check. If you do NOT run through setup_wm.exe, it is not technically possible to get the same WMP install everybody else has.

ok...i get an error at the end of the installation saying it didn't work and i should try after restarting.

The file %windir%\wmsetup.log will contain entries marked "ERROR: " for any setup failures- what are those?

Nice, but what about the visualisations? Why haven't they been updated? What about the visualisation WMP is seen playing in http://www.wmplugins.com/ or is that just pretty photoshop marketing from MS?

This has been confirmed previously to be just a random Photoshop. That visualization does not exist, and wouldn't really make much sense (how would it correlate to the music?) even if it did. :)

I was curious, because it asked if I wanted WMP to be associated with ogg filetype, and then when i tried to add ogg files to the library, they didn't show up. Idiots.

*cough cough* Hope you're using the Napolean Dynamite voice there. We allow people to plug into the library/file types dialogs. The file types addition was done by your OGG filter. If THEY didn't add full library support, that's a problem/limitation of their implementation, not of WMP. :)

When you open WMP 11, is it meant to default to the Library tab? Because I'd like it to stay on the Now Playing window like WMP 10 did before.

Change your WMP shortcut to be "wmplayer.exe /Task:NowPlaying".

[KayMan2K]

The user interface is a nice upgrade. Library also looks nice, but I don't really use it.

There is one behavoir change (bug?) that is really annoying me. In WMP11, if you enable both

the 'Fit Video to Player on Resize' option and 'Fit Player to Video on Start' option, the 'Fit Player to Video on Start' is ignored. The player just uses whatever size it was last using. Anyone else experience this?

[Andy07]

well is it really gonna look different than the previous one :wacko:

[gshapiro]

I spent 30 minutes trying to figure a way and I couldn't :pinch:

add this to your shortcut command line as a parameter:

/Task:NowPlaying

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

hey guys, when advance editing an album or song, does it update the mp3 file?

Because I have no idea where the settings are stored and I was wondering what happen if I format my c drive and reinstall xp. Will I have to

redo all my changes?

For exemple: renaming artist name, adding the cd front cover

[thecableguy]

Yeah, you screw up your device and sharing settings. There is no way to bypass the WGA check using any of the available methods and end up with the same net experience as someone that ran through the WGA check. If you do NOT run through setup_wm.exe, it is not technically possible to get the same WMP install everybody else has.

it shows the new build number in wmp about menu. i only use wmp to stream video and play mp3s, and im not having any problems. i just wanted to know if the setup ran a update or something, but i guess not.

[Preppy Veteran]

it shows the new build number in wmp about menu.

Yep, it certainly will. That's due to a 'file copy' and isn't particularly relevant. Setup does a bunch of work to configure your machine: if you don't run setup_wm, you don't get a full install, end of story.

Respectfully, since I wrote most of what you're talking about, I do know what I'm talking about. You don't have to listen, but you'll never get a more accurate answer than I've already provided. :)

[RadishTM Veteran]

Change your WMP shortcut to be "wmplayer.exe /Task:NowPlaying".

Awesome, thanks a lot mate (Y) :happy:

Radish?

[thecableguy]

Yep, it certainly will. That's due to a 'file copy' and isn't particularly relevant. Setup does a bunch of work to configure your machine: if you don't run setup_wm, you don't get a full install, end of story.

Respectfully, since I wrote most of what you're talking about, I do know what I'm talking about. You don't have to listen, but you'll never get a more accurate answer than I've already provided. :)

thanks for the info.

[iconoclast]

Until MSI supports native installation of System File Protected files, that's not possible. The file copies for 3/4 of the files would have to be done as CustomActions. It's basically impossible at this time to make it fully native MSI, sorry.

Yeah, you screw up your device and sharing settings. There is no way to bypass the WGA check using any of the available methods and end up with the same net experience as someone that ran through the WGA check. If you do NOT run through setup_wm.exe, it is not technically possible to get the same WMP install everybody else has.

The file %windir%\wmsetup.log will contain entries marked "ERROR: " for any setup failures- what are those?

This has been confirmed previously to be just a random Photoshop. That visualization does not exist, and wouldn't really make much sense (how would it correlate to the music?) even if it did. :)

*cough cough* Hope you're using the Napolean Dynamite voice there. We allow people to plug into the library/file types dialogs. The file types addition was done by your OGG filter. If THEY didn't add full library support, that's a problem/limitation of their implementation, not of WMP. :)

Change your WMP shortcut to be "wmplayer.exe /Task:NowPlaying".

So what ogg filter should I use? What one works? I don't even know what I am using. :/

Now gimme your tots!

[CeNoEviL]

Too bad it requires WGA to install! Having to buy windows just so you can install WMP 11 and their other new junk will not be worth it for many people. Time to migrate to OSX or Linux!

If you dont want to do the official road, or you cannot be arsed to pay....why the f**k do you moan....

give it a rest pls......its boring...yawn yawn....if you wanted it so much youwould have found a way of getting it no ???? F**K off to linux or OSX...like its so sexy anyway lol..clueless springs to mind....

CeNo

[i_like_chicken]

Been a keen visitor of Neowin for a while now, but I have been keeping a particularly close eye on this forum since WMP 11 final was released a couple of days ago. Thought it was high time I made my mark. Especially seeing as one feature has me stumped.

I have been a user of WMP 11 since Beta 1, and still havent worked this one out. Has anyone else been using the Pictures features in WMP 11? I have, but can't work how to use it properly. I understand that WMP Monitors folders for all media (inluding pictures), but unfortunately, when it monitors the music folders, its also finding all my album art pics hidden within each album folder. How do I stop it doing this and just make it find proper Pictures/Photos?

Am I missing something obvious? I feel like I've tried everything. There is very little useful info in the Help file and not much on the WMP 11 website either, it all refers to Music and Video.

Is there a WMP 11 resource or discussion page on the web somewhere?

Thanks!

[Suren]

This is the worst windows media player ever! all the features i liked about wmp 9 & 10 are gone!

now i'm going cry :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Elliot B.]

This is the worst windows media player ever! all the features i liked about wmp 9 & 10 are gone!

now i'm going cry :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Such as?

[Suren]

Such as?

here are few examples:

1. in 9 & 10 i was able to select a new song or playlist from miniplayer or nowplaying thru that drop down menu system. now it is gone.

2. wmp 11 does not show how many songs i'm currently playing and their total duration.

3. the top menu system is blue :wacko:

I dont think i can continue using this downgrade!

[L3thal Veteran]

I still want to know how to prevent WMP11 from opening activesync every time I load WMP.

[Preppy Veteran]

suren:

1: yeah, Quick Access Panel didn't work with the library designs for v11. There's been thoughts about how to add this type of thing back in the future, but it was one of the worst-scaling designs in v10 as it was.

2: Select all the entries you care about: the tally will show up in the player's bottom right.

3: Turn off Classic menus if you don't want 'em.

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