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Windows Media Player 9 'coming soon'

updated 02:55 pm EDT, Fri September 5, 2003

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Confirming an earlier , which would bring the player to the same version as its Windows counterpart: "Coming Soon! Windows Media Player 9 Series for Mac OS X will deliver compatibility with 9 Series audio and video content." Windows Media Player for Mac 7.1 is currently available for Mac OS X.

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p***

So this means that mac users will be able to view almost all the p*** on the internet. Aside from the Indeo codec based ones which still require classic.

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hooray!

it's gonna be so good, they're skipping an entire version number! go ms!

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If only...

Windows media didn't tie you into file formats that are compromised. DRM cripples Windows Media Player. Although I assume that the Mac version will only offer playback support, and not creation.

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Does this mean

Buymusic.com will no longer have an excuse to redirect us?

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VLC

Who needs that c*** when VLC works great for most everything...

and wait a second.. there's p*** on the internet??

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An what of Burst?

If Burst has anything to say about it, WMP-9 will be short lived in it's current form. Then we'll get to see how truly innovative Microsoft really is.

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Looking forward

Like most people, I loathe MS's business practices and complete lack of ethics.

However, the fact remains that there are a few (very few, but they do exist) things on the net that I'd like to view that are only in WMV 9 form. Contrary to popular myth, VLC can't play them either (it can play earlier versions of WMV files just fine), so I welcome the news that Mac OS X user will have parity with the PC users at least as far as playback goes.

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VLC is good, but

it /doesn't/ work for WMP9 streams, like IGN uses. If the new Mac player can handle this (through SAFARI), then that's all I need.

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Yawn

A microsoft product.

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I Don't Care

I despise Microsoft products.

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Microsoft Sucks

// Their OS's, applications, ethics etc., all suck.

// To the downfall of Microsoft.

// The name Microsoft came from a nickname Bill Gates' girlfriend at the time gave him.

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TinyLimp

Poor Bill.

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Microsoft = c***

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On my drive, no way!

Install a whole in my security, uh, oh I mean an Microsoft application on my drive - are you fricking kidding me?

I just permantly remove IE off of my drive and does it feel great!

I would be very happy to never put a piece of crappy written software on my computer written by the crappiest software developers in the world.

C# - hehehe!

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DO NOT INSTALL WMP9

*** HIGH SECURITY RISK ***

Affected systems: Mac OS X 10.x.x

DO NOT INSTALL Windows Media Player 9 in Mac OSX.

Doing so will result in data loss and have other damaging effects on your drives and system board.

By installing Windows Media Player 9 on your computer your warranty becomes void.

Apple Computer assumes no responsibility the the damage that will happen to your computer.

- Apple Tech Advisory Board

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*** WARNING! ***

*** HIGH SECURITY RISK ***

Affected systems: Mac OS X 10.x.x

DO NOT INSTALL Windows Media Player 9 in Mac OSX.

Doing so will result in data loss and have other damaging effects on your drives and system board.

By installing Windows Media Player 9 on your computer your warranty becomes void.

Apple Computer assumes no responsibility for the damage that will happen to your computer.

- Apple Tech Advisory Board

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beta tester here

yes, i know. beta version 9b5 deleted the entire contents of my internal ata drive and then destryed most of my drive my creating non repairable sectors. erghhh!!! it was a new 250gig drive! thanz a little to late apple tech advisory. others should listen.

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09/05, 04:38pm | report spam | close Reply |
awesome!!!

Now I can play the two WM9 HDTV dvd's that I own on my macs. Wonder how they will handle the files. I know most macs struggle with the raw mpeg2 hdtv streams.

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File delete?

Big deal. Didn't iMovie 2.X do that or something? Or was it iPhoto? Or was it an OS update? Whatever.

So a crappy poorly ported version will be available on the mac. Who hoo... pfft!

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Re: p***

and wait a second.. there's p*** on the internet??

In actuality, there is very little p*** on the internet. If you surf around for a couple of hours, you might find some site that offers some risque pictures, but that's about it. The whole 'p*** is ruling the internet and ruining my child' was a lie perpetrated by religious factions and right-wing conspirists to limit free speech and the dissemination of information, and pushed along by left-wing liberals and homosexual groups who want to keep the latest democratic s** scandals from spreading.

Repeat, there is NO p*** on the internet.

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Hard to Complain

I hate MS with a passion, and I hate Windows media almost as much... but I'd still rather it's at least available on the Mac. That way at least we're not treated as second class citizens when somebody decides to encode something in WM9.

That way all the p*** fans can't complain that Mac users are deprived.

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why is is so hard

Why is it so hard for Microsoft to write a halfway decent media player for the Mac? Every version I've used has been riddled with bugs, usually resulting in the app crashing or stalling.

And since its so difficult, why do they keep trying?

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...f***...

Who f****** cares? WMP=s***

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for the codecs....

I want the codecs for quicktime...

why? stop saying that vlc is better blah blah... simply because every application uses quicktime. Every computer has access to the librairies to decode/encode without going through the quicktime player.

Because the design is better...

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Software coded by idiots

They can't even farking count. 7.1 -> 9? What a bunch of losers.

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whoa

Lot of hostility here. Microsoft is getting the **** kicked out of it. They probably deserve it though, f***ing douche bags running around breaking laws, putting people out of business, writing c*** software.
Let's all take torches, march to Cupertino, and burn down the M$ mansion. wait wait wait.... gotta turn frankestein off.

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WMP sucks soooooo bad

"Why is it so hard for Microsoft to write a halfway decent media player for the Mac?"

Because it's so hard for Microsoft to write a halfway decent media player for Windows! I hate the interface for WMP9 with the animated control bars that slide on and off the screen. And just try playing DVDs with it. It's awful, probably the worst software DVD player I've seen. VLC on any platform so much better in every way.

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Cupertino isn't Redmond

You'd be burning down the wrong company.

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mac users=out of touch

This is a big deal. You mac addict cultists can shut your traps because you have no clue what you're talking about. Quicktime needs the competition. Unless pixlet catches on (doubtful since Apple has no clue as to how to market) WM9 is going to be the High Def delivery codec of choice. p*** has very little to do with it. I can't tell you how many times I've tried to view a WM file only to be left with a blank window and audio...very frustrating. Honestly the only quicktime I ever d/l are movie trailers from apple's site. truth. I know it's hard for most apple apologists to swallow.

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you = out of touch

"I can't tell you how many times I've tried to view a WM file only to be left with a blank window and audio..."

Why do you think Windows Media is getting blasted in here? You just admitted yourself how crappy it is. Need a shovel to dig that hole any deeper?

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He needs the shovel...

Dig buddy, deep enough so we don't have to listen to your c***.

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MPlayer OS X

Instead of arguing about the merits (or lack of) the video viewer wars. Why not take a look at this neat multi-format alternative:

http://mplayerosx.sourceforge.net/

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never

i don't use ms products. i don't deal with theives and amoral a******* in my everyday life, why in the h*** would i support ms? if it requires ms to view it then i'm not viewing. period.

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M$ Free here, move along.

(i don't use m$ products. i don't deal with theives and amoral a******* in my everyday life, why in the h*** would i support m$? if it requires m$ to view it then i'm not viewing. period.)

Well said. 'sides it's true, the wmv format = porno!

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as good as...

I hope this version is better than the piece of s*** upgrade to Entourage that Ballmer and crew released a month ago. You know the one that offers "Exchange Server Support" although the update breaks LDAP and GAL. I can see it now- Windows Media Player takes over the computer and uninstalls Quicktime.

Microsoft makes shoddy products for the Mac. Use the Windows version of any of these proprietary apps and you'll see. Sure- MS Office vX looks great on a Mac, but it still performs like a dog. Especially considering Open Office is free and it is 95% as functional.

Microsoft wants Mac users to get frustrated because their products run only marginally well on Macs, but not on Wintels. Nothing is going to change that but a REAL antitrust case by a trustbusting U.S. Attorney General. Oh- but that's right, were stuck with Ashcroft.

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Quicktime for Windows...

...is a steaming t***. So Mactards, don't complain about WMP for Mac.

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Re: mac users=out of touc

This is a big deal. You mac addict cultists can shut your traps because you have no clue what you're talking about. Quicktime needs the competition. Unless pixlet catches on (doubtful since Apple has no clue as to how to market) WM9 is going to be the High Def delivery codec of choice.

You're out of touch. MS is going to be the HD delivery of choice because of its restricted DRM, and the fact that MS will pay to have people use it (remember, almost all streaming media today is basically paid for by the codec makers, not the sites themselves).

p*** has very little to do with it.

Please! Talk about out of touch. p*** has driven EVERY new technology of the past 30 years. VCRs became big when people realized they could view p*** in the comfort of their home. CD-ROM multimedia in computers was driven by p***. What, you thought it was due to some cool games out there or something? Ha! DVD popularity was driven by p***. There's a reason there's 600 million p*** sites on the internet, and why the internet took off. And on-line video is being driven by p***. As opposed to most so-called cutting edge industries, the p*** industry has always been the ones who first take advantage of new technology Most others always have the wait and see attitude (h***, look at the so-called cutting edge PC industry. They still sell computers with PS/2 connectors for keyboards/mice, USB took forever to take off, because they were all waiting for someone else to blaze the trail).

I can't tell you how many times I've tried to view a WM file only to be left with a blank window and audio...very frustrating. Honestly the only quicktime I ever d/l are movie trailers from apple's site. truth. I know it's hard for most apple apologists to swallow.

Again, assuming you're not talking p*** here, this is because MS is paying these sites to produce their content in WM format. They have the pockets to pay many sites (as opposed to Apple or Real). And MS knows its money well spent, since they can then call themselves the defacto video standard. Just like they did by winning the browser wars. (And did you notice that MS announced that IE would no longer be delivered as a stand-alone program. Gee, you have to upgrade the OS to get a new browser. Hmmm, just like everyone thought they would do once they killed the competition).

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p***

I like p***. Is that ok to say?

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Hey Quicktime for Windows

Maybe you haven't spent much time reading (maybe I should feel sorry for you, because perhaps you can't read) but the REASON that Quicktime for Windows sucks so bad is that Microsoft keeps implimenting anti-competitive architecture into their OSs with each version so that Apple players CAN'T perform well. Read some the antitrust files and learn. Ever notice that NONE of the other standardized streaming video players seem to work all that well on Windows...hmmm, now I wonder why. The same thing will happen with iTunes, how much do you want to bet that with each "service pack" or "version change" of Windows, iTunes for PC will continue to get more unstable and perform more poorly. So take of your blue colored glasses.

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