Possibly a solution to Windows Media Player (version 12) eating ram, and eventually crashing.


My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro Beta, 11 Dev, W11 Canary
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Alienware M15 Ryzen Edition R6
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900HX
    Memory
    32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3070 8GB GDDR6
    Hard Drives
    1 x Samsung 980 Pro 1TB
    1 x Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB
Ah ok. I usually install VLC for both - found that Windows installed "Films and TV" doesn't play all videos well. I believe VLC does cross fading.

Or this? AIMP Seems popular. But as you say maybe Windows 11 new media player will be the solution.

 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion 14-ce3514sa
    CPU
    Core i5
    Memory
    16gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 970 evo plus 2TB
    Cooling
    Could be better
    Internet Speed
    200mbps Starlink
    Browser
    Firefox
    Other Info
    Originally installed with a 500gb H10 Optane ssd
So. I might have solved it. I disabled the "additional data from the internet" setting, then selecting "apply media information changes" or whatever that setting is called, under the button in the upper-left. Then I set to download metadata from the web again, and so far it seems to work fine.

I seen a pattern here. It basically "loops" the downloading of certain metadata every time I run Windows Media Player. The same albums/songs gets their metadata downloaded all over again. It consumes up to over a gig of memory. But now it seems to be solved.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Browser
    DuckDuckGo

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