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

http://bink.nu/Article7008.bink

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

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

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

read my post, it need directvobsub

use system restore

now available from MS

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsme...11/default.aspx

different build

Leaked: 11.0.5358.4826
Official: 11.0.5358.4827

other than that, I don't see any significant difference

This post has been edited by fariz: May 17 2006, 05:01 PM

easy to use, looks nice but bloated and limited in functionality

I rather use an MPC/foobar combo

that screenshot is from the leaked version, they're the same thing.. just different build.

to get that, just resize wmp11 (drag the corner)

go to lower right corner, drag it to resize

Moved here for futher discussion

set it like this



the bar will disappear instantly

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsme...stallation.mspx

Q. How do I uninstall the Player?
A. for Windows Media Player 11

1. In Category View of Control Panel, click Add or Remove Programs.
2. Click Remove a program, and then, at the top of the list, select the Show updates check box.
3. In the Windows Updates section, click Windows Media Player 11, and then click Change/Remove.
4. If prompted, restart your computer, and then log on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group.
5. In Control Panel, click Add or Remove Programs.
6. In the Windows Updates section, click Windows Media Format 11 Runtime, and then click Change/Remove.
7. If prompted, restart your computer, and then log on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group.
8. In Control Panel, click Add or Remove Programs, and then click Remove a program.
9. Click Microsoft User-Mode Driver Frameworks Feature Pack 1.0, and then click Change/Remove.

don't talk about it here..