Talk:Windows Media Player

message: Back in Windows 98, there was a Media Player and Windows Media Player.
In Media Player, there were 2 synthesizer, RipTide, and Yamaha. Changing synthesizers in Media Player was easy. But, I couldn't find a way to change the synthesizer in Windows Media Player. Whatever synthesizer I changed to in Media Player, would be the default for Windows Media Player.
Then, in Windows 2000 and XP, there was no Media Player, only Windows Media Player. And now I can't find a way to change the synthesizers. Then, a new laptop for XP I believe only has 1 synthesizer. Where can I download RipTide and Yamaha again... Neal 00:22, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Media Player

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message: What happened to the 'new' media player icon which had three panes of glass and a play symbol? Someone has changed it to this 'new' icon which looks like a glassed up version of the old icon. Is this correct or should the old one be put back.--Shaliron (talk) 03:31, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Windows Media Player icon

message: I have come to see how Media Player compares with Real Player in performance but nowhere can I find any data.
I am not concerned with appearence, just performance and quality of rendition.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.21.103.171 (talk) 20:21, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You had come to the wrong article. Wikipedia articles deal with the subject themselves and do not compare them with alternates. There are special comparison articles, if that is what you are interested in. For your needs, see Comparison of media players. --soum talk 05:34, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Comparisons with Real Player

message: Hi Guys, haf you infos about WMP 12 ?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.72.14.226 (talk) 11:10, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No official info or any info from any reliable source is available yet. Keep an eye on the article, it will be updated as soon as any canon info is made public. And the "betas" are fake, mostly malware-laden. Stay away from them. --soum talk 17:45, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Windows Media Player 12?

message: I'm removing the Zune software section because it's not relevant anymore. It can be condensed to a single line and merged somewhere. The new software is the future. All that info on decoders is now useless and obsolete. And Microsoft's decoders anyways never implement full support for any video/audio standard.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 221.128.181.112 (talk) 05:49, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Zune software section

message: The section on Windows Media Player for Mac OS X is all filled with criticism and maybe we should keep a little of it but not that much, since it's not a criticism section, but a section that describes the features of a particular version. So, I don't think we should add how badly Microsoft failed to provide good-quality software for Apple, but instead we should say what features are part of the ninth version of WMP for Mac, and let the users decide if it was good or bad.--96.239.4.18 (talk) 21:26, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Macintosh version

message: The article says WMP12 is compatible onlz to Win7. I believe this is caused by the library. So, does anyone know wether Microsoft does any efforts to develope a solution matching to WinXP/Vista? --Oli W 93 (talk) 13:55, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: OS

message: There is a link from the Synchronized_Multimedia_Integration_Language (SMIL) page to here but this page tells nothing about SMIL? Does the MSWindows media player support SMIL? --HJH
:It supports SMIL in playlists, other than that I am not sure. --soum talk 03:38, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: What about SMIL?

message: I noticed that WMP 11 no longer (at least i'm unable to find or activate it) contains an internet radio tab / option.  I looked for a plug-in but was unable to find one.  Seems like a strange feature to leave off after having been in the WMP 9 & 10 versions.  Might be helpful to add a note of what features changed or are missing.  Unable to find a complete listing of features for each version on Micrsofts WMP pages so i came here.  But unfortunately didn't find a thorough enough article to decipher between the versions.
:I don't have a list of changed features from each release for you. However, I can tell you that the Windows Media page (currently) links to the Radio tuner page. I believe that I once found the radio tuner in my WMP 11 client by accident, but I may be mistaken. This looks to be the official way of tuning stations now. I would add this link to the article, but I don't see a relevant place for it, and it would look out of place in the External Links section with no rationale for its presence. -- Lewellyn talk 21:49, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Differences between versions missing or changed features

message: There has long been speculation that WMP makes internet connections, including some that apparently can't be disabled. So far all I'm digging up are forum threads which aren't citable material. Certainly, you can see the activity yourself with a sufficient firewall (ie. NOT the windows one, which takes the liberty of letting MS stuff through without question), though I'm thinking a lot of that will be retrieving file information as instructed in the options.
One particular forum thread from a long time ago (XP & WMP10 days) I remember listed 4 IPs, 2 of which were Microsoft but the other 2 were owned by something like yahoo and one other corporate one, neither of which have any discernible business with that info. I'll see if I can dig it up.
It just seems that it's fairly well known online, that if you want to use that program you need to take pains to block it at the firewall level, yet there's no mention here. The more controversial WGA phoning home gets a mention I see.
81.101.248.235 (talk) 02:33, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Forums aren't reliable sources, and speculation is discouraged on Wikipeida.Jasper Deng (talk) 04:50, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Phoning home

message: There was a Wikipage for this free, open source WMP 6.4 looking video player, but no the search query redirects to this page. WTF happened?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.225.52.60 (talk) 08:52, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You're referring to Media Player Classic which has its own page.  You didn't mention which term you searched for - that might be relevant/interesting. --Preppy (talk) 16:44, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Media Player Classic

message: I would still advise against going ahead with the merger on the current article - its too fundamentally messed up to gain a good structure post-merge. I had fundamentally rewrote the article in-place once in the past but it has degraded beyond recognition. I would still suggest that a new article be developed offline (in a separate subpage) as a monolithic article which talks about the current released version throughout and specific versions be given their own section, without any constraint on how much space they take. If any section becomes too large, it can be split out and replaced with a summary in the parent article. We can reuse any text from the current article as necessary, but starting with a blank slate allows us to escape the pitfall most rewrites-to-fix-an-article fall into - the new information is moulded to fit into the structure already defined; not much thought is given into how to improve the basic structure, layout and navigational flow of the article.
I would have done it myself but I don't have the time to undertake such an undertaking. But if someone else takes the initiative, I can chip in time to time. Just my two cents. But if the person actually performing the rewrite feels he can better serve the goals by taking a different approach, who am I too disagree? --soumtalk 19:26, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow! Thanks for your comments, experienced one! Actually, that was the plan. I'm going to initate the merger within a few hours (when I set my affairs right). I'll be setting up a draft subpage in my user page and I'll send notification. However, I'll not be keeping the draft in there until it reaches God-like perfection. Rome is not built overnight and certainly not inside a sand box. Fleet Command (talk) 09:58, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You don't have to. Once it becomes complete enough, it should be moved to the mainspace. The feedback gained after an article "goes live" is the most important piece in its endeavor to gain quality status. I am sure you already knew that :) Good luck with the rewrite. --soumtalk 14:39, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I'm nearly overburdened. I need help finding sources. I've set up a draft. You'll find it here but don't be suprised if you see little progress: User:FleetCommand/Draft. We can have a discussion there too. Fleet Command (talk) 21:49, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Post tally discussion

message: Hi, everyone.
Please help! I'm overburdened. It is three month now that I am working on this draft article and I HARDLY FIND ANY SOURCE! Please help me find verifiable sources!
Right now, there is virtually no verifiable source that explicitly says: Windows Media Player functionality and media support can be expanded via codecs! I have been all over the MSDN and Wikipedia and searched a lot but I find nothing. Some sources speak of a certain codec (or certain codecs) that can expand the functionality of Windows Media Player but none say that it can be expanded in general. There is no verifiable evidence that for example I can create a "FleetCommand Video Codec" and make Windows Media Player support a new, for example, "Fleet Command Video Format". Some sources on the other hand, speak about expanding media support of Windows and DirectShow filter but there is no evidence that these are connected to Windows Media Player. I also run into an article which described exactly what I needed about Windows Media Player 10, but lacked credibility because it has posted a screenshot of Windows Media Player 9. (Wikipedia Administrators will shoot it down on sight!)
This section of the article is not my only problem. The rest of the article also needs sources. It is as if 
Common, Wikipedians. Please help finish this merger. All we need is sources. I'm sure a group of people which work together can finish, in no time at all, what a single person alone couldn't in three month.
Thanks in advance.
Badly in need of assistance, Fleet Command (talk) 08:02, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  REQUESTING ASSISTANCE! PLEASE! HELP ME FIND SOURCES! 

message: ...was this article written by Microsoft?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.114.116.114 (talk) 05:02, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia is written by a collaborative community of volunteer editors. Microsoft making this article on it's own would be a conflict of interest.Jasper Deng (talk) 03:54, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: So...

message: Hi. Windows Media Player shows a dark screen containing seemingly random lines and patterns containing colours that respond to the sounds of the recording. Should the article mention this? An image would also be helpful to illustrate if possible. Thanks. ~AH1 (discuss!) 20:20, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Imagery 

message: Mplayer2 is a fork of mplayer http://www.mplayer2.org/. This is already mentions on the MPlayer page. (24.150.41.31 (talk) 00:08, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Jasper Deng (talk) 00:26, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mplayer2 redirects here, probably shouldn't 

message: My experience is that after version 9 it has been going downhill.
I never used Winamp to rip until this month. Now I am because wmp12 that came with Windows7 was unable to name the tracks for 2 recently purchased cds while Winamp was.
Why is microsoft deleting so many useful features?1archie99 (talk) 17:59, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Are there any sources to note that wmp is being made less useful? 

message: I added a new section to the "features" portion. I need help with this: are the "Ambience" and "Musical Colors" visualizations supported for WMP11 & WMP12. I upgraded by WMP from WMP10 to WMP11 and I still have Ambience and Musical colors and I downloaded the new Dungeon Siege visualization from the Microsoft visualization gallery. This is said by those people who work at Microsoft that Wmp11 and Wmp12 both refrain from having the Ambience, Particle, Plenoptic, Spikes and Musical Colors. Album Art, Alchemy, Bars and Waves, Battery, and Dungeon Siege are the 5 current visualizations that would be supported in my WMP. However my WMP11 visualzation menu has this:
*Album Art
*Alchemy
*Ambience
*Bars and Waves
*Battery
*Dungeon Siege
*Musical Colors
Somehow, I am lucky I still have Ambience and Musical Colors and that I added a new subsection to the "Features" section on the WMP page.
ImhotepBallZ (talk) 18:39, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Visualizations "lost" on WMP11 & WMP12? 

message: I heard that Windows Media Player 11 can work for Windows 7. Windows Media PLayer 11 is origianlly included with 2008 Server, XP, and Vista, according to the "VERSIONS" table. I have a Windows 7 laptop and recently upgraded to Windows 7. Should I add Windows 7 to list of versions that WMP11 is included with? Please respond.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by ImhotepBallZ (talk • contribs) 18:43, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Windows Media Player 11 

message: Windows 8 is the first version in a long time in which the Media Player remained unchanged. The version of WMP is 12.0, the same on found in Windows 7. The only two notable thing that changed with WMP is the about box and lack of ability to play DVD movies out of the box. In the about box, the copyright has been updated to 2012 (in the Developer Preview of Windows 8, the copyright was still 2009).
===No Metro Version===
Windows Media Player does not have a Metro Style version. Metro style apps are apps in Windows 8 that uses the new Windows Runtime (WinRT). There are separate metro style music and video app, but those are labeled as version 1.0.
I would like to note, however, that the Metro Style mail, calender, people, and photos app are a future versions of Windows Live Essentials software. This is because the version number of Windows Live Essentials 2011 is 15. The metro style versions of these apps are labeled to be version 16.
In conclusion, there is no Windows Media Player metro version, but there are metro versions of Windows Live Essentials Apps
--Part of a bigger project to better the world! (talk) 03:29, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Windows Media Player in Windows 8 

message: Windows Media Player does not have a Metro Style version. Metro style apps are apps in Windows 8 that uses the new Windows Runtime (WinRT). There are separate metro style music and video app, but those are labeled as version 1.0.
I would like to note, however, that the Metro Style mail, calender, people, and photos app are a future versions of Windows Live Essentials software. This is because the version number of Windows Live Essentials 2011 is 15. The metro style versions of these apps are labeled to be version 16.
In conclusion, there is no Windows Media Player metro version, but there are metro versions of Windows Live Essentials Apps
--Part of a bigger project to better the world! (talk) 03:29, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: No Metro Version

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thread_title: File:Windows Media Player 10 in Windows XP.png Nominated for speedy Deletion

message: The screenshots currently posted on this page do not illustrate the history of the software product as well as they could. The user interface should be typical to the time when the application was released or used most frequently (while possibly showing modern videos of topics unrelated to Microsoft).
The topic of the article is not the removal of, re-introduction of, or enabling of Windows Media Player, where an illustration of the software being fuctional in a foreign environemt would be fitting (such as in the article about Internet Explorer).
The unintended contrast between graphic elements following different styles, such as rounded and rectangular, makes the overall UI design look uglier than it really was. Such screenshots are as good as providing an album artwork cover with a year of its reissue prominently stamped across the center of it as the sole illustration for music article, cofusing readers unfamiliar with the history around that product. It is quite difficult already to put the different "versions" of the player on a timeline.
-- J7n (talk) 19:26, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Historic screenshots with recent interface themes 

message: Shouldn't the Windows DVD Player of Windows 10 be in it's own article?
I personally think that it's confusing to have both the historic dvdplay.exe, and the new Modern UI app.
The icons are also from the old Windows 2000 program and maybe if not a new article, it's own infobox will reduce confusion. 
Matan2001 (talk) 11:02, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: @User:Matan2001: I don't think either version is notable enough to have an article of its own. You should feel free, though, to split the article into two sections, add two infoboxes, etc. Mdrnpndr (talk) 12:30, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

text: @Mdrnpndr OK, I created a seperate infobox and split the article into 2. :) Matan2001 (talk) 15:38, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Windows 10's DVD Player 

message: I don't know why the talk page of DVD Player is redirected to WMP's talk page, but it's not my point.
My point is that I've managed to actually run and successfully play a DVD using Windows 98SE DVD player in Vista (SP2 x86).
Simply done this steps:
* extract dvdplay from Windows 98 installation CAB
* set compatibility with Windows 98/Me
* run with "elevated" permissions (Run as Administrator).
Note: I have not tested it with Windows 7 or newer but I think it also should work.
62.152.151.253 (talk) 00:15, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  it's possible to run old DVD Player in newer Windows 

message: I have added Windows 2000 to the list of supported platforms for Windows Media Player 10. I know it is not officially supported by Microsoft however it has been successfully ported to Windows 2000 and thus I feel it should be mentioned here on the page. 
71.13.16.249 (talk) 02:44, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Windows Media Player 10 on Windows 2000 

message: I currently run version 12.0.22504.1000, which is superior to the latest dev version on the wiki's page. However there is no information online about this version. I run Windows 11 22504, so this version of WMP could be a preview. If anyone has information about this version, please update the page. Win8x (talk) 03:15, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  New version available 

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thread_title:  A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for speedy deletion 

message: The page for Pacific Microsonics (of HDCD fame) redirects here, but this article makes no mention of them. 
Is that a mistake? The only pages that link to Pacific Microsonics are the HDCD article and a talk page. Does there need to be a page for Pacific Microsonics at all? DDFoster96 (talk) 16:27, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pacific Microsonics 

message: This is the new name of the old player.
"Windows Media Player (2022)" should also be moved to "Media Player (Windows)", as that is the name of the new program. 2607:FB91:2292:CB7D:536:9096:E688:18E3 (talk) 12:35, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move to "Windows Media Player Legacy" 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: not moved. (non-admin closure) Wikiexplorationandhelping (talk) 17:53, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 14 April 2024