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"*Sees picture* ohhh memories"
Version: Windows Media Player 11
Pros
Starts up fast and plays most music files. And videos... even Quicktime MOV!
Cons
Not very many. Except the hidden menus and that live streaming is disabled by default. Not a fan of the Library idea either.
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"Can't play what it can't find"
Version: Windows Media Player 11
Pros
It's stupid simple
Cons
Stupid... it's that simple
Summary
There are at least fifteen songs on my computer, (yes, they're in my "Music Library" with all my other songs) that WMP can't see on it's own. If I double-click the song from Windoes Explorer, WMP plays it just fine. But if I open WMP and try to find the song, the player comes back with nothing.
You can't add a song to a playlist if the program can't see it on it's own. -
"don't think it worked!!"
Version: Windows Media Player 11
Pros
quick dwnload
Cons
i don't if it worked...i really wanted it to replace whatever was already on there. i'm just not too sure
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"Great Visual Interface, Horrible on Processing Speed"
Version: Windows Media Player 11
Pros
Visual presentation
Organization of Menu
Improved sound controls
Optimized user interfaceCons
Greatly slows down the processor for other tasks running on windows simulataneously
Causes many programs running simultaneously to go unresponsive
Tends to freeze up computerSummary
My HP all in one is equipped with a dual core processor that typically operates under a 2.6GHZ pace; however, with this media player running, even only in the background, I experience heavy delays in running any other program, and it causes my computer to operate under a 1.6GHZ pace. (This can be seen even under the task manager when looking at its CPU usage) For those of you reading my review whom are not as experienced in IT: basically what I am saying, is that this program will slow down your computer a great deal. And although it is pretty and its menu is easy to navigate, it will cause many applications like internet explorer and microsoft office, to suddenly freeze up and go unresponsive, to the point where you have to restart the program. I found this experience to be highly frustrating, thus I give it 3.5 stars. If Microsoft can improve its cpu usage and allow for a more comfortable cohesiveness with other running programs, Windows media player will be my number one media player and I will uninstall iTunes immediately.
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"A necessity on my computer."
Version: Windows Media Player 11
Pros
very quick, works very well with most other programs.
Cons
part of Windows, expect problems with errors, and possible attacks.
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"Is it possible to go back to WMP10? I dont like 11."
Version: Windows Media Player 11
Pros
It's very simple and "dummy proof" in my opinion.
Cons
I used to like to periodically clean out the library in WMP 10 and then rebuild it so that all my music was indexed properly. Ir theres a way to do that in 11 I sure can't figure it out. I've been trying the other high rated music players and have thus far not found a suitable replacement.
Summary
If anyone has any ideas I'd love to hear them! But to the point WMP 11 is actually a very user friendly program and works well and I've never had a crash. It just lacks some of the controls from previous versions.
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"played video files I converted. Old version would not."
Version: Windows Media Player 11
Pros
played files I wanted played.
Cons
not a fan of the new GUI.
Summary
Plays my content although navigating the interface takes some getting used to. talk about hiding menus.
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"Kept me up to date on new programs ."
Version: Windows Media Player 11
Pros
Easy downloads.
Cons
afraid to use it because my pc is fairly old . But am in the makings of uo grading to a new one in the near future.
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"Works Great!"
Version: Windows Media Player 11
Pros
Starts right up, no buffering, good quality and options.
Cons
Can't think of any.
Summary
Great!
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"fantastic! i love it"
Version: Windows Media Player 11
Pros
effective,efficient & flexible
Cons
non so far that i know of, except that i can't play tv on it
Summary
there is always room for improvement.
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