New Win 11 Media Player

jesseinsf · Sep 2, 2023

JohnnyFire said:
you just a a product of full of glitches and bugs, try to ask for help or tell something that is wrong on their forums and you can see the full love of the ceo and the rest, ah and i forget...they block you and they delete yours post if you do that...enjoy your freedom...! rediculus.

Sounds like you come from the land of hatred. I use JRiver Media Center, and their community is always eager to help. What is beautiful is that both owners are extremely active in their forums, and they give it their all when helping the people who use their products or people who don't use their product. That isn't ridiculous.

Edwin · Sep 2, 2023

jesseinsf said:
I like to focus equally on the following:

visual appearance

great sound quality

Functionality.

• Simple, clean and uncluttered visual appearance
• Optimal sound quality from optimal sound files, (a DAC is a must!)
• Highly configurable for functionality, but, only that which is needed or desired

hdmi · Sep 2, 2023

jesseinsf said:
Look, if the room that I listen to music in looks trashy or looks retro then I wouldn't mind apps looking like they were from 1995. So, yes, visual appearance will always conquer over quality and functionality. I like to focus equally on the following:

visual appearance

great sound quality

Functionality.

You can make your own skin for foobar2000. Here is a nice example I found:

From:

https://www.reddit.com/r/foobar2000/comments/tpbv3b/_/i2ema8e

JohnnyFire · Sep 3, 2023

jesseinsf said:
Sounds like you come from the land of hatred. I use JRiver Media Center, and their community is always eager to help. What is beautiful is that both owners are extremely active in their forums, and they give it their all when helping the people who use their products or people who don't use their product. That isn't ridiculous.

i came from the land of the truth, if you like your buy just to support your buy its ok, but dont ignore the truth.

jesseinsf · Sep 6, 2023

JohnnyFire said:
i came from the land of the truth, if you like your buy just to support your buy its ok, but dont ignore the truth.

So, you are saying from your previous post that JRiver Media Center is full of bugs and glitches? I don't have that problem on all my PCs as I don't use the beta version that one would get in the forums. Now if you live in the land of truth then please give me concrete and clear evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that I am wrong.

JohnnyFire · Sep 6, 2023

jesseinsf said:
So, you are saying from your previous post that JRiver Media Center is full of bugs and glitches? I don't have that problem on all my PCs as I don't use the beta version that one would get in the forums. Now if you live in the land of truth then please give me concrete and clear evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that I am wrong.

open your eyed. then upgrade your ability to find bugs and then we can talk mate!

Dru2 · Sep 7, 2023

JohnnyFire said:
open your eyed. then upgrade your ability to find bugs and then we can talk mate!

Perhaps you should provide some specific facts on specific bugs instead of insulting people?

I use and have been using JRiver Media Center for years, and I'm at a loss of what "full of bugs" you're talking about?

And yes, I'm registered on their forums and have posted there over the years.

asturias7 · Oct 11, 2023

johnlgalt said:
@Wynona:

Do this.

Open this link. Microsoft Store - Generation Project (v1.2.3) [by @rgadguard & mkuba50]

Copy this and paste it there in the search bar on that link: https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/windows-media-player/9WZDNCRFJ3PT?hl=en-us&gl=us
Do not try to open this as a web link / URL - you just need to copy it here and paste it there.

At the far right (just before the check mark), change RP to Fast

Click the check mark at the far right.

Use your browser scroll to find 11.2211.36.0:
View attachment 48827

You want to find the msixbundle for the version that you're looking for. The BlockMap file is useless, and you can see it is a tiny file, not gonna install anything. Verify for size at the right too.

Click that link for the correct version, download, then run it (sideloading it onto your system).

This method always works, you just have to find the most current version in the list. The search term in step 2 is not version dependent, only application dependent. So that search term will always find the versions of the Media player.

So, when the next version comes out, when someone reports it here, you do all of this again only looking for that new version.

HTH

Version 11.2309.6.0 via the above method.
So far I haven't noticed any changes from previous versions.

asturias7 · Nov 16, 2023

My Media Player was just updated via MS Store to Version 11.2310.8.0.

Stigg · Nov 16, 2023

I gave up on having Media Player set as default.
When playing a video, the audio would start immediately, but the video wouldn't display until after about 3 seconds. VLC doesn't suffer from this problem.

Flashorn · Nov 16, 2023

I haven't used Media Player since XP. Tried the new version but, not enough options.

My regular player for all is:

Global Potplayer

potplayer.daum.net

It's from South Korea , Free and updates . Been using this since 7.

Forgot about this one :

MediaMonkey » Free Media Jukebox, Music Manager, CD Ripper & Converter

MediaMonkey is the award-winning media organizer and player for serious collectors. It cleans the mess in your music and video libraries, and lets you share and enjoy them across all your devices.

www.mediamonkey.com

manu198075 · Nov 16, 2023

Flashorn said:
I haven't used Media Player since XP. Tried the new version but, not enough options.

My regular player for all is:

Global Potplayer

potplayer.daum.net

It's from South Korea , Free and updates . Been using this since 7.

Forgot about this one :

MediaMonkey » Free Media Jukebox, Music Manager, CD Ripper & Converter

MediaMonkey is the award-winning media organizer and player for serious collectors. It cleans the mess in your music and video libraries, and lets you share and enjoy them across all your devices.

www.mediamonkey.com

Yes one of the best player. Using this for a long time.

hdmi · Nov 17, 2023

Flashorn said:
I haven't used Media Player since XP. Tried the new version but, not enough options.

My regular player for all is:

Global Potplayer

potplayer.daum.net

It's from South Korea , Free and updates . Been using this since 7.

Forgot about this one :

MediaMonkey » Free Media Jukebox, Music Manager, CD Ripper & Converter

MediaMonkey is the award-winning media organizer and player for serious collectors. It cleans the mess in your music and video libraries, and lets you share and enjoy them across all your devices.

www.mediamonkey.com

Those are useless IMO. For video, I still prefer K-Lite Codec Pack Full (MPC-HC with madVR). When playing 4k Blu-ray remuxes with HDR and TrueHD/Atmos, the playback stutters and/or the cooling fan spins up if I try to use another player. I know that people who are into anime might still prefer to use MPC-BE instead, as they very often tend to be pretty obsessed with subtitle rendering quality. But AFAIK the issue of MPC-HC having poorer subtitle rendering was fixed a very long time ago. The only other reason I can think of that was urging people to use MPC-BE was if they still had an old AVR with AC3 audio input and no HDMI input, but I can imagine most people don't need that anymore now. Either way, MPC-BE uses poor coding pratices unlike MPC-HC so, MPC-HC has always been a bit of a no brainer to me, and it still is. Also, using madVR as the renderer is compulsory IMO, not just because of its upscaling capabilities, but simply because it eliminates stutter and fan noise on low powered hardware (HTPC).

For music, foobar2000 with WASAPI still has my preference. Some don't like the GUI that looks outdated, but you can use or make your own custom skins. If I want to see more info about what exactly it is that I'm listening to, I'll go on Discogs and read it there.

asturias7 · Jan 11, 2024

Version 11.2312.70 is now available via the method below.

johnlgalt said:
@Wynona:

Do this.

Open this link. Microsoft Store - Generation Project (v1.2.3) [by @rgadguard & mkuba50]

Copy this and paste it there in the search bar on that link: https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/windows-media-player/9WZDNCRFJ3PT?hl=en-us&gl=us
Do not try to open this as a web link / URL - you just need to copy it here and paste it there.

At the far right (just before the check mark), change RP to Fast

Click the check mark at the far right.

Use your browser scroll to find 11.2211.36.0:
View attachment 48827

You want to find the msixbundle for the version that you're looking for. The BlockMap file is useless, and you can see it is a tiny file, not gonna install anything. Verify for size at the right too.

Click that link for the correct version, download, then run it (sideloading it onto your system).

This method always works, you just have to find the most current version in the list. The search term in step 2 is not version dependent, only application dependent. So that search term will always find the versions of the Media player.

So, when the next version comes out, when someone reports it here, you do all of this again only looking for that new version.

HTH

asturias7 · Feb 13, 2024

My Media Player just updated to Version 11.2401.2.0 via MS Store.

Edwin · Feb 13, 2024

asturias7 said:
My Media Player just updated to Version 11.2401.2.0.

I'll pass this time!
The Player itself is okay, but, the Library and other functionality sucks!

asturias7 · Mar 7, 2024

johnlgalt said:
@Wynona:

Do this.

Open this link. Microsoft Store - Generation Project (v1.2.3) [by @rgadguard & mkuba50]

Copy this and paste it there in the search bar on that link: https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/windows-media-player/9WZDNCRFJ3PT?hl=en-us&gl=us
Do not try to open this as a web link / URL - you just need to copy it here and paste it there.

At the far right (just before the check mark), change RP to Fast

Click the check mark at the far right.

Use your browser scroll to find 11.2211.36.0:
View attachment 48827

You want to find the msixbundle for the version that you're looking for. The BlockMap file is useless, and you can see it is a tiny file, not gonna install anything. Verify for size at the right too.

Click that link for the correct version, download, then run it (sideloading it onto your system).

This method always works, you just have to find the most current version in the list. The search term in step 2 is not version dependent, only application dependent. So that search term will always find the versions of the Media player.

So, when the next version comes out, when someone reports it here, you do all of this again only looking for that new version.

HTH