Windows Media Player 10 released

[lsgworldl]

I have windows 2003 and windows 98

[keithwalton]

it is quite abit better than the previous generations esp loading times now that it doesnt require going to a website first on bootup, as i recomended it in a thread the other day for this :-)
good to see it go final, no majour bugs i've seen and i've been using the beta since it was released, occasional skin glitches is all i've seen

[Paul K]

Originally Posted by kronas

before i even attempt to install this (im bored) is it really that good ? the review boasts about the pay content links, no point in installing it if thats a major point...

It seems faster, looks better, functions more stabily and by the look of the interface it will be a lot easier to use. The paid for contents are there but are not too obtrusive and all the usual radio etc links are still there

[sherer]

am just about to install this now.

I've got an MCE machine as well. Has anyone installed it on MCE yet. As media centre is the heart of that OS I don't want to break that

Originally Posted by Wayne A

Im just downloading it now.

Eh? Why?

And iPod users will simply ignore WMP 10 as they have previous versions.

[iadom]

Had Win Media Player 10 running for a few weeks without problems, however I decided to download and pay for a music CD direct from MSN Music via Media Player, and before anyone laughs at me for paying for downloads, I am a good boy

After I had downloaded the full CD, I was able to use Win Med Plyer 10 to burn one copy to a CD ( excellent quality BTW ) and have managed to do another copy from that CD for the car by using the shift key.

The one thing that annoyed me is that something that was part of the download process has shunted all my desktop icons to the left, I normally have them spread around the sides in groups of similar programmes or links.

This was on Friday, I have just logged on again and it has done it again

[bopdude]

Originally Posted by scuzz

Thanks Frank.
It seems very smooth.
I wanted/half expected to see something there to convert WMA to MP3, though. Perhaps I need to explore it further.

You can convert tracks using the super pack $30.00 find it here

[iadom]

Originally Posted by bopdude

You can convert tracks using the super pack $30.00 find it here

Thanks for that gentle reminder bopdude, I have had the plus pack onboard for quite sometime but never got round to checking out all its features, that one in particular.

[Gareth]

Bah, have WMP10 but can't get that viz - gives me a 404

[Richard M]

Originally Posted by iadom

Had Win Media Player 10 running for a few weeks without problems, however I decided to download and pay for a music CD direct from MSN Music via Media Player, and before anyone laughs at me for paying for downloads, I am a good boy

After I had downloaded the full CD, I was able to use Win Med Plyer 10 to burn one copy to a CD ( excellent quality BTW ) and have managed to do another copy from that CD for the car by using the shift key.

The one thing that annoyed me is that something that was part of the download process has shunted all my desktop icons to the left, I normally have them spread around the sides in groups of similar programmes or links.

This was on Friday, I have just logged on again and it has done it again

Have you tried right clicking on the desktop and unticking "auto arrange"?

[iadom]

Originally Posted by Richard M

Have you tried right clicking on the desktop and unticking "auto arrange"?

It is already unticked, something I have to allow for access to the MSN Music store is resetting my desktop.
I will have to see if I can isolate which component causes this the next time I go to MSN Music. My firewall asks for a couple of access permission requests, a process of elimination should identify the culprit.
The firewall logs show a "Download Engine" connecting to port 1290 and Microsoft Media Corp connecting to ports 53 & 80.