New Win 11 Media Player

Edwin · May 22, 2022

Edwin said:
I like features, though!

Still like Sleipnir Browser for it's features...

FrancoDT · May 22, 2022

jimbo45 said:
Main reason I like firefox is the fact I can still have a menu and it's not "Ad driven" or full of features I don't need. -- or are easily "switched off"

That's one one of the reasons I liked Firefox also and Vivaldi also as it doesn't allow ads and has no tracking.

imanlien2020 · Jun 23, 2022

The-Hive said:
The new version of media player is coming soon see this to get the download link

Windows 11's modern Media Player is now available for more users

Microsoft recently announced a new Media Player for Windows 11, which replaces Groove Music and is supposed to be the successor to the famous Windows Media Player. The Media Player has been rolling out to testers running Windows 11 Dev Channel, but users reports suggest that the new app is now...

www.windowslatest.com

I thought the audio sounded better than the old WMP and Groove Music

i suppose like everything else using THEIR(Microsofts) player is better than using say Gom player or any other? or does it really not make any difference. I only say this cause you know in their windows code they are trying to block out as many third party things as they can.
Oh and BTW this thread has gone from windows media player to discussion of browsers. Irrelevant.

Edwin · Jun 23, 2022

imanlien2020 said:
i suppose like everything else using THEIR(Microsofts) player is better than using say Gom player or any other?

No! It's slow and crap!

jvickers · Jun 23, 2022

Edwin said:
No! It's slow and crap!

I used it this morning by mistake to play a video. What I experienced wasn't half bad... Just saying.

Edwin · Jun 23, 2022

jvickers said:
I used it this morning by mistake to play a video. What I experienced wasn't half bad... Just saying.

It does what it's designed to do, which isn't much and doesn't do it well!
May as well use the legacy player for more functionality!

Dru2 · Jun 23, 2022

jvickers said:
I used it this morning by mistake to play a video. What I experienced wasn't half bad... Just saying.

I suppose it's all relevant to what you're playing and what you want/expect. Pretty much all media players do a good of playing media, it just comes down to features, layout, and file support. Example I loved iTunes until I found it didn't support flac files.

jvickers · Jun 23, 2022

Dru2 said:
I suppose it's all relevant to what you're playing and what you want/expect. Pretty much all media players do a good of playing media, it just comes down to features, layout, and file support. Example I loved iTunes until I found it didn't support flac files.

I was just playing a 30-minute video over a Zoom meeting. The spacebar paused and resumed play, and that's all I needed once I launched it into full screen mode. I usually use VLC or PowerDVD for video - PowerDVD exclusively for DVDs.

Edwin · Jun 23, 2022

The new Media Player has basic functionality, which is fine if that's all you need, but...,
it still won't play URL's, won't rip any discs and it's library sorting is a mess!

jvickers · Jun 23, 2022

Edwin said:
The new Media Player has basic functionality, which is fine if that's all you need, but...,
it still won't play URL's, won't rip any discs and it's library sorting is a mess!

Given these limitations, I can see not using it. Like I said, I didn't mean to use it, but it worked in a pinch. It's not going to be any go-to software of mine, I can tell you that.

dbartenstein · Jun 23, 2022

Edwin said:
The new Media Player has basic functionality, which is fine if that's all you need, but...,
it still won't play URL's, won't rip any discs and it's library sorting is a mess!

Can't see media on network shares either, which is where all mine lives

Dru2 · Jun 23, 2022

Edwin said:
and it's library sorting is a mess!

"a hot mess" just describes an opinion others may not see. That said, I do have to admit I've not tried the new player so....

For me, JRiver Media Center is what I use for my music files and it's not given me a reason to replace it :)

Graulges · Jun 27, 2022

I have just been trying Media Player and it's fine as is media sorting. It's playing videos and music from my network storage without any problems. Where there are tracks mis-located it's on compilation albums and seems to be when the meta data hasn't been altered to account for the track being on a compilation and not the original.
More functionality would be good but what it does it seems to do at least as well as other players I have tried.

Fabler2 · Jul 13, 2022

CD ripping introduced at last.

Camera App refresh, Media Player and Movies & TV update for Windows 11 Insiders

Hello Windows Insiders, we are rolling out updates for Camera and Media Player to Windows Insiders on Windows 11 starting with the Dev Channel. Camera (version 2022.2206.2.0) The Camera app has been updated to match the beautiful new look and feel of Windows 11. In addition to the existing...

www.elevenforum.com

Dru2 · Jul 13, 2022

Fabler2 said:
CD ripping introduced at last.

It's cool they included lossless formats like FLAC and ALAC. This will probably make me want to give it a go once it moves to the RTM version of Windows 11.