Media Player 11

Sweenster · November 13, 2006, 23:18:43 PM

Well all i can say is wow!

Noticed it was no longer beta so thought i would have a see what it was like.

This is possibly the best wmp there has been, it seems faster, sleeker, more stylish.

it handles albums well, it can handle some of the more obscure formats (mkv)

i am not normally one for praising ms software but this is such a massive improvement over wmp 10

Leon · November 13, 2006, 23:20:45 PM

Ive been playing with it at work (since thats where the bulk of my mp3 collection is) and i really like it.

Its seem a bit iffy sometimes when loading album information for the 1st time but leave it alone for a minute and it figures itself out... i think im still on the beta version tho

M3ta7h3ad · November 13, 2006, 23:21:41 PM

I like the little touches, the niceities... the resizing album cover image on the now playing window, the swooshyness of the menus

Good stuff.

Sweenster · November 13, 2006, 23:22:47 PM

Also should point out, it looks great if you are using the windows zune theme as mentioned in a post recently

the sleek black look does appeal to me

also love images sorted by date

Sam · November 14, 2006, 10:42:39 AM

But doesnt it use more than 1k of memory than winamp? I notice the many people who defended winamp back when I used to argue with them on irc have now switched over to wmp.

Sweenster · November 14, 2006, 10:45:30 AM

Quote from: SamBut doesnt it use more than 1k of memory than winamp? I notice the many people who defended winamp back when I used to argue with them on irc have now switched over to wmp.

quite a while ago wmp was bloaty and slow, winamp was fast

now winamp is basically dead, needs modernising majorly and wmp has been revamped massively

i dont give a damn about memory usage, tis about how useful the program is to me

Sam · November 14, 2006, 18:27:42 PM

Phoenix Flame used to berate me all the time for using WMP because WMP dared to use half a byte more memory. Really bothered on a 2gig system.

M3ta7h3ad · November 14, 2006, 20:13:11 PM

Quote from: SamPhoenix Flame used to berate me all the time for using WMP because WMP dared to use half a byte more memory. Really bothered on a 2gig system.

Yeah... I remember those days

lol.

Preferred winamp myself back in the day, and still have an old old version of it installed on my laptop.

Once you get used to the hoaryness of WMP (it scanning your drive for files to add to your library, and adding any music you play even if its just a one off) its quite a nicely setup affair

Beaker · November 14, 2006, 20:13:28 PM

*shrug* i like Winamp, i even use the Classic theme because I loath skins. I like things functional and not fussy.

Clock'd 0Ne · November 14, 2006, 20:25:49 PM

Foobar is the daddy for music once its set up. Id use WMP for videos but I never understand why people like it so much, its still bloated and makes me feel like I need to upgrade my machine just to play music.

Its too full of worthless features and intrusive behaviour for my liking.

Sweenster · November 14, 2006, 20:27:45 PM

Quote from: Clockd 0NeFoobar is the daddy for music once its set up. Id use WMP for videos but I never understand why people like it so much, its still bloated and makes me feel like I need to upgrade my machine just to play music. Its too full of worthless features and intrusive behaviour for my liking.

have you tried 11?

with 10 and less i would agree, they seem to have removed alot and made it faster and more compact

Clock'd 0Ne · November 14, 2006, 20:51:25 PM

Ill probaby switch to it as and when. Maybe when I install Vista...

bear · November 14, 2006, 21:03:25 PM

I like foobar2000 it works just fine have not tried wmp 11 though and will probably not until my daughter wants it

My foobar

Leon · November 14, 2006, 21:30:12 PM

That program looks nasty if you had a large collection... all those tabs!!!

bear · November 14, 2006, 22:11:22 PM

Quote from: DoomsThat program looks nasty if you had a large collection... all those tabs!!!

That is just what I listen to currently

otherwise I just go to library and doubleclick, one just really need one or two tabs.

foobar is simple when getting used to it.

foobar use 12744 kb, how much does wmp 11 use ?

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