Comments on: Windows Media Player 11 Reviews (Available for Beta Full Download)

By: Xen

Xen — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:09:30 +0000

^^^ dated article but FYI on the formal release … the so called WMP V11 x64 version is NOT 64 bit (at least for XP). Open Task Manager and look at the Processes tab … you’ll see *32 by wmplayer.exe. It does install and runs well under XP SP2 x64 however.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Fri, 04 May 2007 05:22:07 +0000

Well personally it’s already given me a headache. WE do stage show productions and we have LOTS of sound effects we have made ourselves. They were fine in WMP10 but now none of them will burn because they are “Protected” What a CROCK! I made the damn files myself and we have a show tonight! WTG Microsoft….I would say more but I have to go recorded everything and put it on another machine because this one is of NO USE at all! (Oh and their help is great! When you say “How do I remove it” they say Oh you can’t! All because there is NO media signed certificate on it… they need to fix that..IMMEDIATELY

By: Switch, Change or Set 64-Bit Windows Media Player 11 (WMP11) in Windows Vista x64 as Default » My Digital Life

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:25:51 +0000

[...] In Windows Vista x64 (64bit version), the 32-bit edition of Windows Media Player 11 (WMP 11) is set as the default Windows Media Player. This is done to avoid and reduce any compatibility issues or problems that may arise with codecs or other DirectShow related plug-ins or add-ons that majority of them still built for 32-bit operating system. However, if you decide to use the 64-bit version of WMP11 with your 64bit version of Windows Vista, especially now that more and more codecs support 64-bit computing platform, and a x64 FFDShow codec which can decode virtually any audio or video media files has been released, you can use a few easy method to launch 64 bit WMP11 or simply switch, change or swap the system default media player to x64 Windows Media Player, and revert back to x86 version when you need to. By default, the 32-bit WMP 11 x86 is located at path of “%Programfiles(x86)%Windows Media Player”, and 64-bit WMP11 x64 is located at folder of “%Programfiles%Windows Media Player”. So the first method to use 64-bit Windows Media Player is by launching WMP from its x64 location. [...]

By: smepsi

smepsi — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 15:10:42 +0000

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