Microsoft is planning a Public Preview Beta of Windows Media Player 11 for XP on Wednesday, May 17th. Users will be able to download the beta here (anyone will be able to get it): http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/default.mspx

The final RTM release is scheduled for late June 06 (I will try this week to get a date).

Here is a list of features that will and will not be in the XP version:

Features in WMP 11 for XP (June 06):

* New UI
* Support for better synchronization for portable devices
* Album "stacks" of album art
* Indexed libraries with search-as-you-type features
* User controlled downgrade of quality for DRM content to allow for smaller files
* DRM content will contain metadata that shows what the user is allowed to do with the file
* Includes Microsoft and MTV's Urge music store

Features in WMP 11 for Vista (Early 07):

* Everything that is in the WMP 11 for XP
* Playing content (including DRM) on your PC from another PC or device
* Viewing content from the Vista Media library on other PCs or digital devices, such as Tivo
* Playback of High Value video content
* Shell integration with Windows Media Player
* Content Indexer change notification to sync My Music and WMP library
* DVD Fullscreen playback enhancements
* DRM Transcode
* High quality video streaming over home networks
* Media foundation for playback

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Will be awaiting this. Hope it isn't as resource hungry lik the previous media players and is more format friendly

softpedia provided a download link.. hmmm.. don't know how long this will stay, will MS asked them to pull down? Looks legit to me.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Vi...Player-11.shtml

The installer has WGA. Extracted from the RAR is an installer package, similar to all popular MS installer packages. After running that EXE, files are extracted, and the installer is run.

First screen: License Agreement
Second screen: WGA

Screenshots:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v301/ace...1/wmp11/001.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v301/ace...1/wmp11/002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v301/ace...1/wmp11/003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v301/ace...1/wmp11/004.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v301/ace...1/wmp11/005.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v301/ace...1/wmp11/006.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v301/ace...1/wmp11/007.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v301/ace...1/wmp11/008.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v301/ace...1/wmp11/009.jpg






This post has been edited by fariz: May 13 2006, 06:42 PM

hmm d/l and installed! the ui is good; and playlist management seems better! will test further and see!

hi fariz,

thanks for your information

best regards

will only works for genuine windows...

Finally the beta is going to be out.... WMP 11 fans duneed to use those skin anymore to mod their WMP 10

memory used around 25000K. UI not bad, give the feel that you actually operate on Windows Vista.

loved the UI but it won't be my main media player..

Installing just for fun.

I had install it...

Cool...

WMP has been my main player for MP3 since version 9

But I guess I'll only download it once the release is final, it's not too long I guess

It will be cool if WMP can use WMP Classic features such as viewing subtitles etc.
since it's just beta I'll givit a try tho...
but consider it will not be main application to view movie and mp3.. except it's really COOL

subtitles works, either using srt file or idx, sub file

edit: spoke too soon, I did have directvobsub installed, that's why it works

This post has been edited by fariz: May 15 2006, 05:25 PM

so, it's a new features in WMP11 yea?
can't find WMP11 download page from Microsoft site but managed to download from softpedia links u provide
thanks

fariz: i've downloaded and installed WMP11 but seems cannot find howto view .srt /.sub subtitle option
is it need 3rd party plugins for that
thanks for helping

hey guys got a question
if i sintall wmp11.. can it be uninstall n revert back to wmp9?

since tis is jst a beta? incase anything.. can be revert back?

read my post, it need directvobsub

use system restore

moon: yes
u can uninstall then use add/remove program in Control Panel to install windows component imho

thanks... sound like need plugins to view them