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Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Mirosoft Delays final release of Windows Media Player 11

Microsoft had initially said that the release version of their latest incarnation of Media Player, version 11, would be available for Windows XP SP2 users to download on Tuesday. But yesterday, the company admitted that the media player still had some bugs to work out and the final release would be set back for "a few additional days."

The player, which is available as a separate download for Windows XP SP2 and is bundled with Windows Vista, has many new features such as the integration with the MTV URGE music download service. Beta versions were first made available to the public back in May.

Personally, I think it's better to wait a bit longer before releasing WMP 11. The version I tried that came with Windows Vista RC1 had some annoying bugs, such as a hilarious glitch that for a time turned 90 percent of my albums into Pat Benatar discs.

source arstechnica

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Microsoft, recently (Today) sent me an upgrade for Windows Media Player11.
It scrambled all of my audio files and playlists, it is extremely difficult to use, and it converted my MP3 files to WPL files. I do not appreciate this.
I wish to organize things the way I want to and not the way you want to.
And this, so called, Urge, is something that I do not want. Furthermore, I do not have the option of removing this "Urge". What do you intend to do about this? This new version of "media player" seems to be compelling me to do things I do not wish to do. I am your customer, not your robot.
What do you intend to do about this? Needless to say I AM NOT HAPPY!
Please reply SOON!