Borimol Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Though many previously bundled applets now will ship separately to Windows 7, Windows Media Player remains part of the core OS. Windows 7 will ship with Windows Media Player 12, which includes some surprising new features. Related Stories * Microsoft releases Windows Media Player 11 * Microsoft delays final release of Windows Media Player 11 * Windows Media Player add-on for Firefox released The UI itself is brighter and lighter than WMP11. Some buttons and toolbar items have been moved around, but the experience should be pretty familiar to users of version 11. What does represent a big change is the removal of the Now Playing button, which in WMP11 switches to a view showing the current playlist. This is because WMP12 completely separates library management from what's currently playing, with two distinct player modes; Now Playing view, and Library view. Library view contains all the library manipulation features that should be familiar from WMP11. Now Playing view contains the current playlist, visualizations, and videos. Library view Video playback controls Now Playing playlist Now playing visualizations There's also a new taskbar miniviewer that works with the new Windows 7 taskbar, and WMP12 includes support for Jump Lists. Taskbar Mini viewer The Play To controller for a network device Via: http://arstechnica.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portauthority Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 no WMP12 for Vista or XP? :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mystic MVC Posted November 1, 2008 MVC Share Posted November 1, 2008 Looks fun, can't wait to play around with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ci7 Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 no WMP12 for Vista or XP? :( i bet MS will release them for prvious windows , just like IE8 vista at least since it is new in town lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹ Posted November 2, 2008 Subscriber¹ Share Posted November 2, 2008 I've always liked having the library tied-in to the now playing stuff. I'm sceptical as whether or not I'll like this change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 I've always thought windows media player is a very underrated player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted November 2, 2008 Veteran Share Posted November 2, 2008 no WMP12 for Vista or XP? :( Vista will probably get a release seeing as its still quite new, XP who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smigit Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 I've always thought windows media player is a very underrated player. To be honest it's my favorite player. ITunes I find pretty poor on Windows and I absolutely hate Winamps media library. Other ones I've tried I'm not nuts on too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ci7 Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Vista will probably get a release seeing as its still quite new, XP who knows. XP wont get it , if they release WMP12 after April ,2009 (there will be no component update from here after only security updates ) +i believe + Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesVault Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 no WMP12 for XP? :( XP is dead :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarLion Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 XP is dead :yes: Sorry to burst your bubble, but Microsoft just cut the last remaining bits of support for Windows 3.11 the beginning of this year...XP will have some form of support for a while to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewind. Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Sorry to burst your bubble, but Microsoft just cut the last remaining bits of support for Windows 3.11 the beginning of this year...XP will have some form of support for a while to come. Say it ain't so! No more support for 3.1?? I must upgrade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹ Posted November 2, 2008 Subscriber¹ Share Posted November 2, 2008 Say it ain't so! No more support for 3.1?? I must upgrade! Windows 95 is nothing but bloat. Has no improvements over 3.11 that I would use. M$ are stupid for putting out that buggy POS. [/satire] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ci7 Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Sorry to burst your bubble, but Microsoft just cut the last remaining bits of support for Windows 3.11 the beginning of this year...XP will have some form of support for a while to come. if they release it after 4/14/2009 when Xp mainsteam support end dream to have WMP12 or any other windows component/app updates ! http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN...=13&p1=3223 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpgeek Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Looks cool. Nifty new features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qdave Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 nice new features. doesnt matter much about the look since i use classic skin on it :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted November 2, 2008 Veteran Share Posted November 2, 2008 Say it ain't so! No more support for 3.1?? I must upgrade! I hear Windows ME is good (Y) lawl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Cool new features but still not convincing enough for me. I'll stick to Winamp & Itunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linkinfamous Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Itunes. As someone who just spent 30 seconds waiting for iTunes to load so I can sync my iPod (Load to the point where I can actually click on anything, I mean), I have to ask: Whhyyyyyy? I'm debating downgrading my iPod touch to the old firmware just so I don't have to put up with it anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreqFace Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Would have to be very good to pull me away from iTunes. I just find it so simple to use and it just works. I'll admit iTunes is a bit slow to open sometimes, but it's never really more than 10 seconds and I do have over 20gb of music in my library, so it doesn't bother me. Once it is open, it's very responsive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹ Posted November 4, 2008 Subscriber¹ Share Posted November 4, 2008 iTunes is slow and sloppy on Windows. I wish I didn't have to use it but I have an iPod and an iPhone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smigit Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 iTunes is slow and sloppy on Windows. I wish I didn't have to use it but I have an iPod and an iPhone. Well just use it for syncing and be done with it. I never need it open for more than a minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown_97784568745 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 iTunes is slow and sloppy on Windows. I wish I didn't have to use it but I have an iPod and an iPhone. Aren't there plugins that make it possible to use them with different audioplayers? I know of foo_pod for foobar2000 and there must be something for winamp too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹ Posted November 4, 2008 Subscriber¹ Share Posted November 4, 2008 Well just use it for syncing and be done with it. I never need it open for more than a minute. That's all I do but I need to set aside 15 mins to do it because it's so slow =\ Aren't there plugins that make it possible to use them with different audioplayers?I know of foo_pod for foobar2000 and there must be something for winamp too. I use the calendar/contact syncing too, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BajiRav Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 iTunes is slow and sloppy on Windows. I wish I didn't have to use it but I have an iPod and an iPhone. I am in the same boat. :/ I mainly use WMP for managing my library, playlists etc. I then use MusicBridge to sync iTunes with WMP and then sync iPhone with iTunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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