Microsoft is preparing to release a public preview of Windows Media Player 10 beta today. The update (due at 12noon EST) will sport the much talked about new GUI and enhancements for portable media players. WMP10 is due to be released later this year and will be included with Windows Media Center 2005.

Testers of Windows Media Center 2005 were treated to an early alpha copy of WMP10 for compatability reasons in the first round beta. Beta 2 of MCE 2005 is set to include the updated WMP10. MCE 2005 Beta 2 is due within 2 weeks.

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Nice but a few problems with the taskbar mode...it isn't the same as the full screen mode...There are several bugs with the taskbar mode...

It is still in BETA phase you know Anubis. This is just the first public release (not leak).

Wait...It just miraculously fixed itself... horary I love WMP

I seem to have the feeling that i'm starting to like wmp more and more, it seems to be getting more and more like winamp..

what was the page to report problems to

i wanna report a problem

report it here.

They don't usually let the "public" (as in non-official BETA testers) report stuff.

Report it here > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp1...ityandsupport.aspx

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Originally posted by Anubis
Wait...It just miraculously fixed itself... horary I love WMP

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Originally posted by ZrednaZ
I could choose DivX player from the 'Open With' list, but heck, that takes longer

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Originally posted by ZrednaZ
when you can use Winamp 2.91

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Guilty. It's not that you have to feel guilty about.

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Originally posted by Anubis
Why don't you just set DivX player as your default player for .avi, .mpeg and .mpg files?...

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Originally posted by Anubis
You are aware there's a Winamp version 5.03 aren't you?

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Originally posted by ZrednaZ
Yeah, I'm also aware that it takes a few seconds longer to load.

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Winamp 3 was a deception, but 5 was a great release..

I downloaded the beta yesterday, i didn't like it and went back to 9, looks much better

Hmm, bluddy thing only works in XP, I've got 2003..
* lhunath tries compatibility mode..
blast it. It's too damn clever.

winamp 5.03 takes ages on this pc. sorry, but 2.91 is definately the best release so far. not in a matter of features, just the speed and smoothness - that was my reason to switch over to winamp

when i use WMP Plugin for plus! it has this box any know y?

yeah i've reported that to them

Anyone do use WinAMP users some nice screenies of what WMP10 is like , i will say though - if microsoft wanted it kept private beta tests they wouldnt allow hot linking of their download, you are downloading direct from micosoft, they could easyly stop it if they wanted to..... i guess they are not to fussed.

Well, as always it looks nice, but is it really any good?  Windows Media Player needs an uninstaller for XP before I even consider it, that's why I didn't bother using WMP 9.  If it has an uninstaller I'll probably give it a try, otherwise, I won't.

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Originally posted by reisyboy
i guess they are not to fussed.

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All plugins make that box. At least, my WMP and Blogging plugin do. Also, I can't use minimode with it that well... The playback options are greyed out, and when you hover over the windows icon thing the box fading in telling what you are playing doesn't appear. You have to click all of the options in the "v" button to make them work, and when they do, an annoying box appears with a seeker bar in it, and when you go out of mini-bar mode, the music stops.

I am running Windows XP and Media player version 10.00.00.3473

What can I do?

Well it's like SP2. Yeah it's BETA. Download it at your own risk.

Reisy: MS released this as a public preview, they allow hotlinking because they uploaded it to their site for everyone to download it.

Private betas have private links

i dotn knwo why ppl dnt liek using wmp its my default and i love it, i think its the best out fo them all, it plasy everything and it looks very nice and if u downlaod the right things then it can record as mp3s instead of wmas so i think its diffinatly the best one!

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Originally posted by Guido
Also, I can't use minimode with it that well... The playback options are greyed out, and when you hover over the windows icon thing the b

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Blah, to be totally honest I think it is ugly.

I prefer Winamp.. any day

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Originally posted by _-PhRiVe-_
when i use WMP Plugin for plus! it has this box any know y?

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ooo new symbols by the way i noticed that it has the online store thing and it has napster on there, which got me thinking 'is there anyway we could edit/customize these?'

how cool would it be to have your default Peer-2-Peer program in your WMP

* aNILEator drools over thought of K-Lite Tab in WMP

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Originally posted by Guido
Private betas have private links

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I bet you 2. I hate that WMP needs system restore. I'm going to kill Microsoft. Anyways, I'm waiting 'til the final release. And FYI, I use Winamp 5.03a and WMP 9.

Winamp rules!! I use Winamp v5.03, it's the same than Winamp 2 if you don't use the "modern" skins, I don't know why you say it takes longer...

Nothing really new, just some changes in UI and.... the Online Store thingy, then....  the.. playlist... the equalizer and many things, are just as WMP9, here is a Screenshot just for those who would like to see it.