Media Player 9

[Guest]

A while ago Microsoft encouraged me to upgrade to the new
Media Player 9. I now find that this new enhanced version
of Media Player does not contain the codec necessary to
view the Technical Update Training CD's from my company.

Apparently Microsoft removed support for older codec to
force audio creators to upgrade to the newest WMP 9
encoder. This means that at a stroke Microsoft has
nullifed over two years of valuable archived data, going
back to December 2001.

Since I am running Windows 2000 the answer is to remove
Windows Media Player 9. Windows tells me that it is
restoring the original Media Player version. Lo and Behold
the disks become readable. On the other hand it means I
have to forgo the new features of MP9.

However this does not appear to be a solution for XP users
where MP9 is the default.

What a crazy situation. As the MediaPlayer is bundled in,
there is no option to have more than one level loaded at
the same time, the MS monopoly!

 

[Kelly]

I hear what you are saying; however, have you really searched for the
workarounds? If not, they won't be found in this group! <w>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;wmp

 

[Guest]

agreed. mp9 sucks, and not only that, it's flawed. when i
go to burn a cd, it doesn't load the track time of the
1st track, and it fails to properly calculate how much
time is left on the cd, and often fails to even recognize
the cd's format. i didn't have all these problems with
the older version.

sorry i can't help you with your problem.

 

[luminos]

The problems with the cavalier attitude of Microsoft regarding this
component and codecs have cost me hundreds of hours. This is one area that
they should admit a real failure...a true failure, and complete and total
disregard for the developer and customer.

 

[Kelly]

Windows Media Player 6.4 is installed, too.
It's at C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\mplayer2.exe.

 

[luminos]

Windows Media Player 6.4 is installed, too.
It's at C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\mplayer2.exe.

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All the Best,
Kelly

Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP

What a wonderful solution (sneer). What about programs that were wired into
the original specs for the multimedia API, and developed over a decade? The
most disgusting abandonment of Visual Basic? Now that MS disregards in the
most unconcerned fashion the hundreds of thousands of single software
developers of non-commerical programs in this environment, can they wonder
why such people are cheering at the MS legal loses and moving to Linux
(which I happen to deplore)?