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Windows Media Player Preview Available May 17th. News Source
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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!

This post was edited on 05-10-2006 at 12:53 PM by Eddie.
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Windows Media Player 11 - by Eddie on 05-10-2006 at 12:43 PM
RE: Windows Media Player 11 - by Hank on 05-10-2006 at 12:47 PM
RE: Windows Media Player 11 - by guanako on 05-10-2006 at 12:49 PM
RE: Windows Media Player 11 - by Eddie on 05-10-2006 at 12:54 PM
RE: Windows Media Player 11 - by guanako on 05-10-2006 at 12:57 PM
RE: Windows Media Player 11 - by Eddie on 05-10-2006 at 01:03 PM
RE: Windows Media Player 11 - by guanako on 05-10-2006 at 01:04 PM
RE: Windows Media Player 11 - by ~INVASION~ on 05-10-2006 at 01:20 PM
RE: Windows Media Player 11 - by Eddie on 05-10-2006 at 01:27 PM
RE: Windows Media Player 11 - by Reaper on 05-10-2006 at 01:54 PM
RE: Windows Media Player 11 - by Eddie on 05-10-2006 at 02:24 PM
RE: Windows Media Player 11 - by Reaper on 05-10-2006 at 02:26 PM
RE: Windows Media Player 11 - by M73A on 05-10-2006 at 03:21 PM
RE: Windows Media Player 11 - by user27089 on 05-10-2006 at 03:22 PM
RE: Windows Media Player 11 - by M73A on 05-10-2006 at 03:24 PM


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