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so, how many of you used the windows media player 11

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uttoransen
uttoransen Original post #1
Aug 3, 2006 at 11:37 AM
win media player 11 is very good, far better then the media player 10, but then i crashed it once, and then my system had no win media player, as system restore was off, i could not install the media player 10, after that i installed the 11 again, and it's now working fine,
nishant_nms
Aug 3, 2006 at 11:51 AM
working fine for me
eagle_y2j
Aug 3, 2006 at 5:15 PM
here i can smell loyts of bugs in WMP11
goobimama
Aug 3, 2006 at 6:24 PM
Its more pretty than anything else to me. I use iTunes for music management so I basically use WMP for VCD/Divx movies... Since it is limited use I guess its one reason I have had no buggy problems...
aditya.shevade
Aug 3, 2006 at 6:40 PM
The media player is good but there are some bugs and some feaures missing (Quick launch drop down menu near now playing, the time displayed on the playlist,etc) It's in beta though, so we can hope for improvement.

It is good looking and really better that WMP10, still they have to do a lot of work on some features that have been disabled.(as the ones mentioned above).

Aditya
Venom
Venom #6
Aug 3, 2006 at 6:47 PM
The media player has no significant improvements really, the library is where I noticed the change, rest all are same as usual. When is its final releasing? Late this month ?
Pathik
Pathik #7
Aug 3, 2006 at 7:17 PM
its working kool....and if u add klite then its deadly.....:))
Ankur Gupta
Aug 3, 2006 at 8:47 PM
doesnt work in 64 bit edition but tried it in vista...works better thn 10 though is a bit slow in loading..
kumarmohit
Aug 3, 2006 at 11:01 PM
Used it its a beta and is therefore Buggy but WMP 10 is better for me for now.
arunks
arunks #10
Aug 3, 2006 at 11:45 PM
good
knight17
knight17 #11
Aug 4, 2006 at 12:18 AM
Windows media player 11 is good IMO.but it will look nice if you have album art and like.I dont have anything like that so my library looks plain..
It looks nice...I dont have any problems with it.
ssdivisiongermany1933
Aug 4, 2006 at 12:31 AM
i use vlc, real , itunes and winamp , not windows media player 11
Venom
Venom #13
Aug 4, 2006 at 12:35 AM
knight17 said:
Windows media player 11 is good IMO.but it will look nice if you have album art and like.I dont have anything like that so my library looks plain..
It looks nice...I dont have any problems with it.
You can get em from google or right click on album > Find album info. :]
anispace
anispace #14
Aug 4, 2006 at 9:15 AM
wmp11 automatically adds album art. Atleast for my properly tagged English mp3 collection. WMP11 is quite good, never crashed on my system and combined with K-lite codec pack it plays everything including quicktime movies.
nagarjun_424
Aug 4, 2006 at 10:37 PM
What should I install, MP11 or MP10?
S
Aug 6, 2006 at 9:57 PM
I am using WMP11 and still didn't have a single issue with it.
coolendra
coolendra #17
Aug 6, 2006 at 10:11 PM
I am using Windows Media Player 11 wth K-Lite mega codec pack.....

throw anything at it nd it plays it like anything....
~Phenom~
~Phenom~ #18
Aug 6, 2006 at 10:13 PM
WMP11 is real cool
Ishan
Ishan #19
Aug 6, 2006 at 11:35 PM
fine for me too! no problem at all!
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robin345 #20
Aug 6, 2006 at 11:56 PM
WMP11 is cool ..I 'm quite happy with it .
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zenblue #21
Aug 7, 2006 at 2:51 PM
How do I uninstall WMP 11...I have tried through Add/Remove programs, but it doesnt get uninstalled..

please suggest what to do?
Thanks..
eggman
eggman #22
Aug 7, 2006 at 3:11 PM
WMP11 works fine for me.
Not a great improvement over WMP10, but still good
Zeeshan Quireshi
Aug 7, 2006 at 8:43 PM
buggy , but i use it ( although i think WMP 10 is still better )
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rahul_becks23 #24
Aug 7, 2006 at 10:09 PM
i use it 4 music
i use VLC 4 vidz
manas
manas #25
Aug 7, 2006 at 10:50 PM
zenblue said:
How do I uninstall WMP 11...I have tried through Add/Remove programs, but it doesnt get uninstalled..

please suggest what to do?
Thanks..

What error does it show?
satyamy
satyamy #26
Aug 7, 2006 at 10:57 PM
no window media palyer 9.0 is fair enough for me afterall voice of both are same
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rahul_becks23 #27
Aug 8, 2006 at 1:08 AM
then why not try WMP 6,the voice is still the same,buddy.
LOL
deathvirus_me
Aug 8, 2006 at 5:31 AM
Not good .. the media player library takes ages to refresh ,,...
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rahul_becks23 #29
Aug 8, 2006 at 6:24 AM
not in my case though
Sparsh007
Sparsh007 #30
Aug 8, 2006 at 8:59 PM
i have windows xp media center edition and its asking for something rollback update...
what to do??
Venom
Venom #31
Aug 8, 2006 at 9:04 PM
deathvirus_me said:
Not good .. the media player library takes ages to refresh ,,...
Yes I guess so too, since I have enabled the picture view it takes some time loading all the album arts (got some 800~ files and 200~ albums/single tracks) But if you disable the visual mode it'd load fast enough.
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rahul_becks23 #32
Aug 9, 2006 at 1:28 AM
i have an Athlon 2400+ and more than 3000 files and still it is fast even in pic mode..........i dont know why u r facing long loading of album arts
thadeus
thadeus #33
Aug 9, 2006 at 8:50 PM
spashy said:
i have windows xp media center edition and its asking for something rollback update...
what to do??

You need the rollback update for MCE if you want to install WMP 11. Use windows update (assuming you have an activated legal edition of MCE). Otherwise, search for the rollback update using google. You might find it hosted somewhere.

I find WMP 11 to be a very good update. I still use Winamp to play my music, but I do like WMP 11. Microsoft seems to be learning nowadays.
zero
zero #34
Aug 10, 2006 at 12:07 AM
Only person who got hit

Hi folks read the whole post Had to put up a lot of struggle to run WMP 11 on my system and finally could make it run but yea lost my quick launch icons in the battle .... system has made them to be displayed as large as my desktop icons. Though results are good... like the black look of it. But yes one more cribble i installed some hundred skins of WMP but don't anything suitable till now alsways i come back to the same old 'COMPACT' one and these days the FULL view cuz it sure looks great. I still wish to find some good skins for it likethose for winamp. You guys can suggest your fav skins to me and if possible source too...if not then i'll google them. I just don't wan't to keep trying all crap skins. Will sure welcome ur suggestions. Right now I am looking forward to restore my icons in quick launch.
killerinstinct2
Aug 10, 2006 at 1:39 AM
no probs to me

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Nemesis #36
Aug 10, 2006 at 2:45 AM
It gave me quite a few issues. It would sometimes freeze at start-up, although that could be due to plugins. It eats up a lot more memory than WMP10 and was for some reason devouring my CPU time so I had to stop using it. The new Library features are terrific and it's nice to see the iTunes-style Search. I went back to WMP10 when I reinstalled XP a couple of days back but I guess I'll get 11 when they release the final version.
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hermit #37
Aug 10, 2006 at 7:16 AM
its good , i liked it but black colour some thing that i dint like
Venom
Venom #38
Aug 10, 2006 at 7:55 AM
hermit said:
its good , i liked it but black colour some thing that i dint like
You can change it easily via the colour theme chooser or manual colour setting.
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sanju #39
Aug 10, 2006 at 8:57 AM
using wmp 10
Venom
Venom #40
Aug 11, 2006 at 10:13 AM
No help on piracy dude, get original windows, google may help you accquire one but. :]
S
Aug 11, 2006 at 12:41 PM
Is there any way I can install WMP 11 without SP2 on my windows
mihirvashist
Aug 11, 2006 at 1:24 PM
i do,it looks really good,however i'm still confused abt its controls
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runeet #43
Aug 12, 2006 at 9:24 AM
dude i know that i should but is there anyother way i just wanna to install and see how it works.
QwertyManiac
Aug 12, 2006 at 10:13 AM
runeet said:
dude i know that i should but is there anyother way i just wanna to install and see how it works.
No help but I can give you one vague clue, Windows hates WinRAR. :]

@mihirvashist - No way, it uses the SP2 files :|
sourav
sourav #45
Aug 12, 2006 at 8:23 PM
whatever it may be. I like it
tinku dhar
Aug 12, 2006 at 9:00 PM
well ya WMP 11 is kool ... ,

i think some BUGs r still there lolz...

regards:)
samrulez
samrulez #47
Aug 12, 2006 at 9:13 PM
Its quite good........lol..
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zenblue #48
Aug 12, 2006 at 10:33 PM
manas said:
What error does it show?

Hi Manas,

when i try to uninstall through add/remove program..it says this will rollback windows media player to previous version...then i click "next"...and it gives me a message that wmp11 uninstalled..so i click OK to come out of there...BUT wmp11 still remains...not uninstalled...

dunno what could be the problem..o btw, i had wmp9 before installing wmp11..

can you help me pls?
QwertyManiac
Aug 12, 2006 at 10:44 PM
Try removing it from Windows Components and using your XP Disc/WMP 10 installer to install it again. Btw, how did you have WMP 9 in SP2 ?
the.kaushik
Aug 12, 2006 at 11:45 PM
yap its cool, but some time gets slow
tinku dhar
Aug 13, 2006 at 7:38 AM
zenblue said:
Hi Manas,

when i try to uninstall through add/remove program..it says this will rollback windows media player to previous version...then i click "next"...and it gives me a message that wmp11 uninstalled..so i click OK to come out of there...BUT wmp11 still remains...not uninstalled...

dunno what could be the problem..o btw, i had wmp9 before installing wmp11..

can you help me pls?

well mate .. ,

do REMOVE the WMP9 than ..... there suld not be any WMP ok ....

than re-install .... WMP11 ok ... u suld also have SP2 remember ...

HOPE it Gonna work :)
djmykey
djmykey #52
Aug 13, 2006 at 8:03 AM
I love the way it looks sleek and black. I dont research into it much so thats all I know.
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paul_007 #53
Aug 14, 2006 at 9:51 AM
its working for me without any problems :)
V
Aug 14, 2006 at 8:12 PM
i really liked wm11, it really looks cool and is much better than any other ver os wm
M
mastery20 #55
Aug 15, 2006 at 11:52 PM
its excellent to watch dvd movies . its very effective
R
Aug 21, 2006 at 3:06 AM
ya wmp11 is excellent...more codecs included. nice graphics. nice multimedia management tool. its again free (beta version) so its gr8 to use it instead of wmp10
william
william #57
Aug 21, 2006 at 5:34 PM
No i am not using it right now would definately like to install that it looks good and as earlier said it is far better that mediaplayer 10.
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draco #58
Aug 21, 2006 at 5:37 PM
yeah, WMP 11 is the best till now. relly has a lot of codecs than WMP 10....
Third Eye
Third Eye #59
Aug 21, 2006 at 5:41 PM
I have windows media player 11 installed but i hate it,winamp rocks !
uttoransen
Aug 21, 2006 at 8:19 PM
11 !!??? i was happy with the 10

i had system restore turn off, now i install the the 11, i played a mp3, the sound was too good, it's was as sweet as the song i was playing, and then after some time it crashed, the system re-booted, then there was no media player, there was nothing in the entertainment-assecories, where the media player was supposed to be. i could not get the media player 10 installed as the message kept saying that a new version was installed, but it was not, as could not see any media player, and also i could not uninstall it, i was cought badly, i thought that a format is inevitable, but then i reinstalled the media player 11 again, and it's ok till now, though i have got one crash with the media player 11, but it's still there, and every thing is ok.
Ashis
Ashis #61
Aug 28, 2006 at 2:43 AM
uttoransen said:
win media player 11 is very good, far better then the media player 10, but then i crashed it once, and then my system had no win media player, as system restore was off, i could not install the media player 10, after that i installed the 11 again, and it's now working fine,

Hey, Really adventurous story.... :D
But Nothing such happened with me. I just installed & its working fine till now!
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sanju #62
Aug 29, 2006 at 7:29 PM
just upgrade now using wmp 11
NikhilVerma
Aug 30, 2006 at 8:13 AM
11 Works fine for me
pradipudhaya
Aug 30, 2006 at 7:11 PM
its kinda slow startin up...
jz2linkinpark
Aug 30, 2006 at 7:23 PM
pradipudhaya said:
its kinda slow startin up...
true,but its worth it when it DOES start,i mean,like its free and its better than most
djmykey
djmykey #66
Aug 30, 2006 at 8:43 PM
jz2linkinpark said:
.........i mean,like its free and its better than most

Did u say free ?? I don't think so coz when u install wmp11 it first goes onto the net and checks wether u got a legimate Win XP. That's not free according to me :D anyways no complaints its working fine for me so I don't complain.
pradipudhaya
Aug 31, 2006 at 5:30 PM
and it also downloads some music catalogue...
alltime.homie
Aug 31, 2006 at 5:43 PM
Not at all slow starting up and very neat. I like the original black-blue it comes in. Very sleek, and great to use.
hanwant
hanwant #69
Sep 1, 2006 at 9:07 AM
No problems dude...WM11 is working fine for me !!!
Sambit_Lucky
Sep 1, 2006 at 11:08 AM
Man Its look good and cool for me.I like that and I dont need to install wmp 10.Because this version is totaly different and good features also.
Sambit(*_*)
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Naveed #71
Sep 3, 2006 at 1:37 PM
Its Really Very Good.but Some Features R Disable Because Of Beta Ver.
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rahul_becks23 #72
Sep 4, 2006 at 3:25 PM
hah..................all u guys r only wastin ur time saying---"its workin 4 me".............ha ha.....
if its working,then just shut-up and enjoi guys
quantum
quantum #73
Sep 5, 2006 at 11:13 PM
its workin great for my computer no troubles found yet
ravi_9793
ravi_9793 #74
Sep 5, 2006 at 11:41 PM
wmp11...this is cool.
pra_2006
pra_2006 #75
Sep 7, 2006 at 2:17 AM
Windows media Player11 is really good , just installed it and working fine