Windows Media Player

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  • All versions:

    3.6 stars

    out of 995 votes

    • 5 star: 410
    • 4 star: 227
    • 3 star: 98
    • 2 star: 64
    • 1 star: 196
  • Current version:

    3.6 stars

    out of 576 votes

    • 5 star: 190
    • 4 star: 170
    • 3 star: 76
    • 2 star: 51
    • 1 star: 89
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  • 5.0 stars

    "*Sees picture* ohhh memories"

    January 8, 2013  |   By tomysshadow

    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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  • 1.0 stars

    "Can't play what it can't find"

    August 31, 2012  |   By Cabby_Z

    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.

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  • 4.0 stars

    "don't think it worked!!"

    August 14, 2012  |   By mar00cus

    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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  • 4.0 stars

    "Great Visual Interface, Horrible on Processing Speed"

    May 20, 2012  |   By s_zabel

    Version: Windows Media Player 11

    Pros

    Visual presentation
    Organization of Menu
    Improved sound controls
    Optimized user interface

    Cons

    Greatly slows down the processor for other tasks running on windows simulataneously
    Causes many programs running simultaneously to go unresponsive
    Tends to freeze up computer

    Summary

    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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  • 5.0 stars

    "A necessity on my computer."

    May 9, 2012  |   By paulPCP

    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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  • 3.0 stars

    "Is it possible to go back to WMP10? I dont like 11."

    May 7, 2012  |   By pacsit66

    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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  • 5.0 stars

    "played video files I converted. Old version would not."

    December 29, 2011  |   By Goonykid

    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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  • 4.0 stars

    "Kept me up to date on new programs ."

    December 17, 2011  |   By bassman-001

    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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  • 5.0 stars

    "Works Great!"

    November 24, 2011  |   By qiyuanyuan

    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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  • 4.0 stars

    "fantastic! i love it"

    November 19, 2011  |   By asosoe

    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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