WMP 9 released.

fluffyfluffy
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
Seems to work OK with the files I've tried.



http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...macintosh/osx/
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  • Reply 1 of 42
    stevesteve Posts: 523member
    You have no idea how long I've been waiting for this. Thank you, Fluffy.
  • Reply 2 of 42
    inactionmaninactionman Posts: 618member
    I hope this means I can finally view all the WM crud on NHL.com. I'll have to wait a while to find, damned WM Installer just froze. Bleh.
  • Reply 3 of 42
    vandewaalsvandewaals Posts: 450member
    Hmm...doesn't seem very different...



    I only dl'd it to listen to streams that don't use QT.....from what i can tell it looks exactly like the old version. I feel...uninspired.
  • Reply 4 of 42
    kennethkenneth Posts: 832member
    still coppy and always buffering here...no problem with QT or Real.



    DP 1.25 FW800 Panther.
  • Reply 5 of 42
    agent302agent302 Posts: 974member
    Explain to me why it needs my password to install? It's a media player, not a kernel extension.
  • Reply 6 of 42
    fluffyfluffy Posts: 361member
    The only reason I care about it is that I have a folder full of vids that VLC and mplayer won't play. They all work great with WMP9. I think the new brushed metal look is too dull (what's wrong with just using the system appearance?) but other than that it works fine for me.
  • Reply 7 of 42
    leonisleonis Posts: 3,427member
    Now my brother can just shut his mouth up and watch his porn collection
  • Reply 8 of 42
    kecksykecksy Posts: 1,002member
    I installed it merely for compatibility. I wish websites would just stop using WMP and standardize around Quicktime.
  • Reply 9 of 42
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    Eeep! Some codec didn't install. Sound doesn't work on one of my files anymore. Bummer.
  • Reply 10 of 42
    ryaxnbryaxnb Posts: 583member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by InactionMan

    I hope this means I can finally view all the WM crud on NHL.com. I'll have to wait a while to find, damned WM Installer just froze. Bleh.



    It just petends to freeze let it go and it will install.
  • Reply 11 of 42
    inactionmaninactionman Posts: 618member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ryaxnb

    It just petends to freeze let it go and it will install.



    Indeed. I was fooled by the Application Not Responding message when I clicked on the icon in the Dock. It installed just fine. But I still can't access any video on nhl.com. Damn You Windows Media Player! Damn You!
  • Reply 12 of 42
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    Hm, one video worked fine for me at NHL.com, others didn't.



    This one did:



    Best Play



    This one didn't:



    Cool shots



    And this one didn't work either:



    Creative Plays of the Week



    Here's web page that comes up from those two links in Safari anyway:



    http://windowsmedia.com/wmrm/wmrm.asp



    Leave it to MS to turn a simple movie clip into something approaching rocket science.
  • Reply 13 of 42
    neilybneilyb Posts: 128member
    i can't even install the thing.



    installer says it has 510 items remaining and says it's searching my hard drive... been doing so for 20 min. i've force quit and re-tried a few times. no dice.



    12" PB 867

    640mb RAM / OSX 10.3





    NeilyB
  • Reply 14 of 42
    neilybneilyb Posts: 128member
    update: i let it continue "searching" for about 35 min and suddenly it said the install was sucessful, and indeed it was. Weird.



    NeilyB
  • Reply 15 of 42
    kecksykecksy Posts: 1,002member
    Well the player is somewhat useful, I guess. I just used it to watch the Sriek 2 trailer. Pretty lame otherwise, though.
  • Reply 16 of 42
    bungebunge Posts: 7,329member
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  • Reply 17 of 42
    kelibkelib Posts: 740member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by NeilyB

    update: i let it continue "searching" for about 35 min and suddenly it said the install was sucessful, and indeed it was. Weird.



    NeilyB



    2nd time lucky for me. Try delete the installer prefs. One welcome bug fix, it now minimizes to the dock when 2x clicking the app title bar.
  • Reply 18 of 42
    philipmacclarkphilipmacclark Posts: 11member
    Glad to see WMP9 finally for mac and it seems to be okay. One problem though is when site use streaming video stuff. the page now loads with WMP (which it didnt before) but it now come up with a message saying 'cannot open the file. Verify the path and filename are correct and try again'. This happend both in safari and explorer. Back to the P.C. to use these sites. Doesn't happen on all site though, just the ones which seem to open WMP built into the web page and not open WMP in its own window.



    Hope this makes sense.

    Philip
  • Reply 19 of 42
    ipodandimacipodandimac Posts: 3,273member
    let's boycott it! i HATE microsoft
  • Reply 20 of 42
    leonisleonis Posts: 3,427member
    My brother told me that one Japanese porn site doesn't work
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