Windows Media Player Preview Available May 17th. News Source
Edit: Links Fixed, Sorry
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I have some information about release dates on WMP 11 for XP that no one else has. This info was obtained from a Microsoft employee who I can't name but was able to give me this info. If you know other MS employees, they may be able to confirm this info by digging a little bit through Microsoft's internal knowledge base (employees only):

Microsoft is planning a Public Preview Beta of Windows Media Player 11 for XP on Wednesday, May 17th. Users will be able to download the beta here (anyone will be able to get it): http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/default.mspx

The final RTM release is scheduled for late June 06 (I will try this week to get a date).

Here is a list of features that will and will not be in the XP version:

Features in WMP 11 for XP (June 06):

* New UI
* Support for better synchronization for portable devices
* Album “stacks” of album art
* Indexed libraries with search-as-you-type features
* User controlled downgrade of quality for DRM content to allow for smaller files
* DRM content will contain metadata that shows what the user is allowed to do with the file
* Includes Microsoft and MTV’s Urge music store

Features in WMP 11 for Vista (Early 07):

* Everything that is in the WMP 11 for XP
* Playing content (including DRM) on your PC from another PC or device
* Viewing content from the Vista Media library on other PCs or digital devices, such as Tivo
* Playback of High Value video content
* Shell integration with Windows Media Player
* Content Indexer change notification to sync My Music and WMP library
* DVD Fullscreen playback enhancements
* DRM Transcode
* High quality video streaming over home networks
* Media foundation for playback

Again, watch for a final release date soon and stay tuned on May 17th to download the Public Preview of WMP 11!

sounds exciting i think

thats pretty cool i always wanteds something like WMP11 on XP, besides the look it carries out music better than the current WMP10, oh and btw the link is dead , thanks for the info.

oops sorry i fixed the links Im lookin forward to a new release of Windows Media Player, although i use Winamp more than WMP .

i use itunes but if WMP 11 comes i'll sure switch

It appears that WMP 11 is going to be getting a few changes, i will certainly download it and try it out and if it isnt any good or better than winamp i will revert back to winamp

at least i dont know yet, only time i used 11 was on vista, and it has many things tat 10 does, but the music library is more complex, and idk f it was just cos of vista but it seems that 11 is a lil faster than 10. but switching will be up to the user.

huh cool, i only hope they supprt it for xp sp1, which i doubt they will

doubt it will support XP SP1, they probably presume that most people have updated to XP SP2 and that a small percentage of people who havent doesnt effect much.

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Originally posted by DevilFX
doubt it will support XP SP1, they probably presume that most people have updated to XP SP2 and that a small percentage of people who havent doesnt effect much.

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When is SP3 scheduled to be released? last i heard they cancelled work on it because of other work ??

Going to released around the time Vista is set to be released

i wonder if its gonna do that please validate your copy of windows thing

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Originally posted by M73A
i wonder if its gonna do that please validate your copy of windows thing

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Originally posted by traxor

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Originally posted by M73A
i wonder if its gonna do that please validate your copy of windows thing

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That's what I was thinking, my version of Windows XP isn't exactly legitimate, so I'm screwed if it is.

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