Microsoft has released yet another update to one of its ever-popular programs. This time it's the new Windows Media Player 11 (WMP11) that's full of new kicks and features. It's interface has been completely re-done and new elements have been added to WMP11.

Probably the first thing that regular users of Windows Media Player will see different when they first see WMP11 is the re-designed interface. The new interface features the "glassy" look that all of Microsoft's new software products have, such as Internet Explorer 7 beta and Office 2007 beta 2. They are all matching the upcoming Windows Vista operating system. The new interface features a new black glossy texture that gives WMP11 a sort of dark look, but it definately looks better than the old traditional blue interface seen on WMP10 and 9. At the top of the player, you'll see the familiar Now Playing, Library, Rip, Burn, and Sync buttons. One thing new with these toolbar buttons is that now they have a subtile drop-down box under them that revel a whole bunch of options and features. These small menu's effectively hide features that are not commonly used, therefore dramatically free up and unclutter WMP11's general interface, which makes it a lot more friendlier to use. Like WMP10, version 11 hides its menu system, now called the Classic Menu. You can access the Classic Menu if you want by right-clicking on any area of the top menu area and it will appear.

Windows Media Player 11's new black "glass-like" interface that is uncluttered and easy to use.

Besides the general interface, Microsoft has also improved on the way users can browse, sort, and view their music and photo galleries using Windows Media Player 11. In pervious version of WMP, the music library was just a long list of text that is a lot like what Apple's iTunes uses. Well now with WMP11, the view is far more graphical complete with icons featuring album art in all of the main library view styles, including Artist, Album, Genre, Title, and Year. This is a huge improvement and allows you to locate your music a lot quicker than hunting through a long list of text.

WMP11 features a new way to look at your music library. Now you can see their actual album art and other graphical representations.

Like WMP10, WMP11 works with photos and videos as well as music. However, WMP11 hides the difficulty of working with these two media types by hiding photos and videos by default. To access photos and videos, you have to click the new Categories button, which then provides a bread crumb trail, similar to the Windows Explorer Address bar, that shows "where" you are in the whole media library.

Windows Media Player 11 provides the ability to view photos, similar to the way that WMP10 did. However, in WMP11 you access the feature a little differently.

With WMP10, Microsoft included a ton of included online media services with Media Player. These services all still work in WMP11 with an extra download, but this time, Napster, FYE, and even MSN Music are no longer included in the default download of WMP11 and instead only includes MTV's new URGE service, which Microsoft is touting as future of online music downloads in its continued fight against Apple's iTunes Music Store. In our short time using MTV's URGE with WMP11, we've concluded that it doesn't even compare to Apple iTunes. It just doesn't offer the features nor the selection.

MTV's new URGE online music library is the only online music service included with WMP11.

You can now sync with smaller devices using a new Shuffle Sync feature that is just like a feature in iTunes that Apple introduced with the iPod shuffle. With the new Multi-PC Sync, you can sync a single device between two or more computers. As with past Windows Media Player versions, you still cannot sync with the Apple iPod, which will turn away a lot of MP3 player users from switching to WMP11. There are many WMA-based online music stores that you can connect to with WMP 11, but none impress us or consumers as much as Apple's iTunes.

In conclusion, I see Windows Media Player 11 as a big improvement over past versions, in terms of both the interface and the features. There are still a few quirks that make us wonder if it will really convince loyal users of other music programs to switch to WMP11. For regular users of Windows Media Player, you'll definately want to update to this new version. You'll really be happy with it.

You can download Windows Media Player 11 free at Download.com.

Comments (96)

... written by Guest on June 3, 2006 I dont like the fact that I cant forward or rewind any of my videos. how do i get my music back written by Guest on June 5, 2006 how do i get my music back to my library and to stay there Robby Dob written by Guest on June 7, 2006 I can only hear what is play how can you help me WinXp for WMP11 ... written by Guest on June 14, 2006 I think WMP11 is inconsistent with the interface design. From the windows XP interface to going into this 'black' media player. Look how streamlined mac is??? Note that WMP11 is in its beta stage. It may (or may not) have a feature added to it in which a user can change its skin. And if anything, you may still revert to version 10 (not only because it's stable but because it fits more properly with the Windows Media Center and XP interfaces). Also, I have a good feeling that WMP11's interface was truly meant to coincide with that ofMicrosoft's upcoming OS, the Windows Vista. With that in mind, WMP11's visual appearance makes much more sense. sync written by Guest on June 15, 2006 how do i use sync in window media player 11 and i want to put music in my mp3 ... written by Guest on June 16, 2006 I love this site, there is so much information to be found. Thank you. the one written by Guest on June 14, 2006 I think WMP11 is inconsistent with the interface design. From the windows XP interface to going into this 'black' media player. Look how streamlined mac is??? This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it written by Guest on June 14, 2006 How can I set the DEFAULT for Device Sync quality to NOT convert all my MP3's to WMA? Every time I plug in a memory card or player, It defaults to converting (waste of time). I just want to sync my MP3's directly to my devices. That's all. song count with WMP 11 written by fpb876 on June 16, 2006 dose anyone know if WMP 11 has a total song count? please help! What happened to the album reviews from written by Tim on June 20, 2006 I like everything about WMP11 except the fact that I can't see the album reviews that were front and center in WMP10. This one missing feature will make me go back to 10. Falls short of freeware written by utinfo on June 24, 2006 Microsoft just does not understand how important it is for large collections to be able to have the application identfy the albums/tracks. At best this is a tedious time consuming task that is musch easier within Freeware applications. Microsoft go back to the drawing board. Not playing some mp3s written by Johnny on July 9, 2006 It looks great, plays great, but where are my songs? Media library skips some mp3s and when I try to play them manualy it says: "Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file.". It's normal mp3 encoded with LAME, why doesn't it work? Winamp plays them all, but it's not good enough with large collections and portables as new WMP. I hope it will be fixed in final version. Will not play evry mp3 written by Arran on August 25, 2006 i did like the look of MP11 but i was a lot harder to use but i all so found out that MP11 will not play all my mp3's on vista and i read on the internet that it is somethink to do with ID3 tage on the file so i installed winamp now so im happy but microsoft need to sort this out ... written by Herb Poole on January 8, 2007 I noticed WMP11 would not play the wma songs that I had priviously downloaded using WMP10 from Wal-Mart. The problem was with DRM. After working for hours with Wal-Mart's tech support and trying several recommended fixes from Microsoft, I eventually had to roll back to WMP10 to get the songs to play again. I don't think I'll go back to WMP11 until all bugs are fixed. Only 74 minutes to burn? written by Karem on January 18, 2007 Im trying to burn a cd and only gave me 74 minutes of songs. I always burn 80 minutes, how can i change that uhmm.. written by amanda on January 18, 2007 just wondering,.. is there a really easy way to put songs onto a memory card stick thinger from windows media player 11? im a little confused when it comes to electronical things.. thanks! help? written by Jessica on January 31, 2007 ok i have a problem....i am downloading avi's and when i go to either preview the downloads or watch the videos it says "Windows media player cannot play the file. The player might not support the file or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file." I don't really get what to do and i've been looking for codecs for the media player...but i can't find one....Can anyone help me??? :'( WMP 11 written by Prince Deveel on February 1, 2007 WMP 11 Sucks.... I wonder y did they bring it out on the first place. I can the files when online, the codec doesnot even gets downloaded permanently. If I don't connect the internet and want to play some file, it says codec not found......... Piece of Junk written by John on February 4, 2007 Slow. Available on-line stores are a joke. White background makes scroll bars almost invisible. Don't need all the blank space between each artist "grouping" (just a straight DB/flat file look is way more efficient). I could go on-and-on. WMP10 w/MSN music was great -- but I realize they had to reserve MSN music for the Zune ecosystem. So, I buy less on-line and I am going to load another player. Typical half-baked Microsoft garbage. ... written by Guest on February 7, 2007 wmp 11 library sucks. i mean its good that it automatically gets album art from the internet, but its not as great. it doesnt show the song currently playing. and when u close and open wmp it starts from afresh. in wmp 10, after u opened it, it showed the song u played last time before closing it. not anymore in 11. i tried to rollback to 10, but keep getting error. so i m stuck with this piece-o-shit player. ... written by Scott on February 10, 2007 I don't like the new WMP v11 Library interface AT ALL. Is there any way to get back to the text view, or are you always stuck with the album art stack? Graphical is NOT better. The new view would be fine if I didn't have much stuff, but I have over 1500 CDs in my library and now I can only view a handful of things at a time. It takes forever to scroll through these huge icons to browse the Library. Fortunately, I created a Windows Restore Point before I downloaded the upgrade and was able to go back to v10. Actually, the best organizational program I've found is the old MusicMatch v10, but it tends to be "twitchy" and locks up my machine periodically. Any other good suggestions? Windwos media 11 shuffle feature sucks written by Gransalamandra on February 11, 2007 Every time I start the stupid thing it plays the same songs. I tried the stupid windows product with the repeat on an off. I tried turning the suffle off and it makes no difference. It starts from the same song. Anyway, I'm just happy Microsoft doesn't manufacture cars or medical products AHHH!!!!!!! written by Jason on February 12, 2007 WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 11 has a horrible search engine, crashes often, and has bugs with Nvidia's tab options. I have about 120 Gigs of music and I can't find what I want with MP11. Boo for now... WMP 11 sucks! written by Gilmore on February 12, 2007 WMP 11 sucks, don't bother downloading it. It does not let me download the album art to my mp3 player!! I love the graphics but just bothers me b/c I like to have the album art on my mp3 player. ... written by pikto on February 15, 2007 this is shit, i try to play some music which has been in my library for ages and WMP9 never downloaded the info for, now that WMP11 has downloaded the info it says the file is in use by another program and cant play it... plus i cant change the background colour of the library... it looked promising but turned out annoying ... written by Natalie on February 16, 2007 Can anyone please tell me how I can get rid of Windows Media Player 11 and go back to Media Player 10 as it nenver works when i try to use it... :| WMP11 Library written by DarKzidE on March 3, 2007 the library view options it's pretty good.. but any1 know a option to change it to the old TEXT Only view? like other Large Collectors... we have a large amount of MP3's and its really hard to scroll around looking for a song.... is a option included? i would like to know.. email me please..... and if is not.... would M$ include it please!!!!!! Producer written by Baraldo Jefferson on March 3, 2007 Its slow as shit on pluto. I have 2gb ram, winvista, and it clogs my whole computer. On my old XP machine it freezes the whole computer. Oh well, at least its not as bad as the Zune software. doesn't accomidate multi-disc albums??/ written by Kirkus on March 6, 2007 I have many multiple disc albums. In iTunes you can sort by disc number then track number... not the case in WMP11.... which means the track order is 1,1,2,2,3,3 etc instead of 1,2,3,1,2,3 etc. wmp 11 is awful written by nathan on March 9, 2007 I can't play any of my old music. The second i fix one bug another one moves in to take its place. Horrible program and windows should be ashamed to put their name on it. I've done everything I can to fix it and it has caused me hours of frustration Ive rolled back to wmp 10 no luck fixed one error only to have a drm error come it its place ive reinstalled it updated it everything. I can't even use other software installed for my mp3 player since ive installed it. Pos system for real. ... written by cliff on March 10, 2007 Why can't you delete songs from the playlist and your computer from within the media player like you were able to do in older versions of media player. Like others posted I would like to be able to view text only. This is one of the most frustrating so called improvements ever, well besides the critically aclaimed vista. How much do they pay those reviewers. Pure crap. Junk written by Scott Smith on March 20, 2007 Looked pretty good at first. Doesn't work worth a darn, Firefox plugin doesn't work either. Doesn't seem to work on XP very well. I gave up on it. I'm just using VLC for Windows. I hope Amarok starts getting ported to Windows again. It boggles my mind that so many sites require what I believe is the worst media player ever created. Do they want people to use their stuff? It's no mystery why online radio has been slow in coming. The only sites worth bothering with are the ones streaming good old MP3. The ones that support Windows Media Player usually waste your time. Computer crashes written by volts10 on March 22, 2007 From the beta stage until today I have tried to install Windows Media Player 11 and every time it tries to open my computer crashes. I have to roll back to WMP 10. Bad software is every where written by paul on March 22, 2007 I got vista and it was pure hell,it just gave me stress. And then i got windows XP put on mt laptop and now the media player dont play anything i cant watch a dvd or any movies i download what are they thinking they get our money and then thats it.Just forget the working man it aint he or she that puts money in there pockets? Vista Media Player 11 Problem written by Louis Poh on March 25, 2007 Hi, I've recently bought a new comp that comes with Vista Home Premium and of course, Media Player 11. Of every song it plays, there would be a few 'jerks' at near the end of the song.. also, when I press the next or previous song button, it takes some time to load the next song.. Is there any solution? Help very much appreciated, e-mail welcome, thanks! No for WMP11 written by Guest on March 28, 2007 Downloaded it and now regret it. Could not figure out how to add just one cd. The only option was to scan the WHOLE computer for ALL music. And I dont want that. I want to be in control of what gets added to the music library. So, out goes the wmp11. Real is more user friendly that that. ... written by rocky on March 29, 2007 WMP 11 sucks big time. Stay away from it. I have XP Pro, was upgrading from WMP 9 to WMP 10...next thing I know it's downloading WMP 11. Many of my songs in the library under the various albums are totally different from their listed name. WMP has jumbled half of my music library with names not matching songs! I'm trying to move back to WMP 9 or try WMP 10. crap written by mark on March 29, 2007 firstly Wmp11 they av removed some of the codecs therefore no longer can play various files including my fu-cking dvd's i've paid for. secondly - doesnt display my current song playin in msn/msn live, thirdly if ive copied music into my wmp10 with write protection they dont bloody play in the wmp11 update. i love the design and its more streamline for functionality - but they have removed most the core features of which i actually use it for. i'll be back to itunes for me thinks! HELP written by narf to the mazzzzy maxx on March 30, 2007 my computer wont let me re-install wmp 10, saying that there is a problem with my windows, that wont let me install it.. so im stuck with this $hit-tacular program until someone comes along who knows how to skirt around these things... someone.. help. i just want a decent music program. Media player 11 (o and Vista, too) Sucks! written by Ray on March 30, 2007 I have been able to readily view my wmv clips through all time, until 1) I let windows "upgrade" to media player 11, which opens nothing. Being a trusting sort, I figured, o well, I am building a new computer, I will use Vista, and then, by gum, it will probably work swell. Kiss all my clips and anybody else's good by. oes not work for me at all. ... written by Sean on April 6, 2007 You guys are all retarded at best. WMP 11 is awesome. Crashes when I change DVD, Every Time... written by crashandplay on April 9, 2007 Crashes when I change DVD, Every Time, then it won't END TASK, is won't play anything after, then only way I can play another DVD is to reset PC, Every Single Disc swope, Arrrggghhh! Reset. Glad PC starts up under a few mins, i think. WIndows Media Player bites written by Paul on April 11, 2007 Player keeps buffering, no easy solution. It does not want to play certain files, duh, mp3, wav, and always goes to library even though I hardly use that. Support nil. Isn't it supposed to play music and be advanced, no way. upseto written by Debbie Hepler on April 12, 2007 I have windows xp pro and media player 11 was installed without me realizing what kind of media player update I was getting. I am very upset about this because I just thought it was an important security update and now my media player is ruined so far in that I have not been able to get it to function; not even the internet radio which is what I was most interested in. I now am trying to get it uninstalled and it has been a nightmare! I am extremely upset about this and I would not recommend this version of the player! Stick with 9 or 10 especially if you are not having any problems. Sometimes the "grass isn't greener on the other side!" ... written by kieran on April 13, 2007 i think the new windows media player 11 is one of the best things windows have done in a long time... once you get to know how it works i think you will be very impressed by it's functionality. Im a big lover of the mac's and sometimes my opinion is one sided towards the mac's but i honestly thing that this media player is the best one currently out. i have not come across any problems with it yet and in response to "Microsoft just does not understand how important it is for large collections to be able to have the application identfy the albums/tracks. At best this is a tedious time consuming task that is musch easier within Freeware applications. Microsoft go back to the drawing board." if you only gave this program a chance you would realise that it can identify the album, tracks, artist and even the composer. i have thousands of songs in my collection and now i can browse visually through the library or switch back to the listed veiw or get a combination of both. take your time to learn how it works... i think you will realise its much better than you think. It breaks my heart to say it as a mac lover! :'( ,, written by hugh on April 13, 2007 the shuffle system is pitiful, if u switch tracks after doing about ten itll do the same ten again. So i have to wait til my fav song comes around or i fuck up the order.. not very randomised me thinks... Update----Happy Now!! written by Debbie Hepler on April 14, 2007 I just got my Windows Media Player 9 back and I have to thank the Microsoft techs for their patience with me. I had 11 version and was not at all happy with player.! What a headache it was to figure out and the radio stations weren't on the player. You had to agree to use URGE which I wasn't comfortable having to do to get radio through the player. Definitly not "user friendly." Any way I'm happy now and again "thanks,big time to the Microsoft techs!" Stupid WMP 11 written by mee on April 15, 2007 I've installd wmp 11 but it really fucked up my computer it took too long time to load a song and then the whole computer crashed... I rolled back to the previous wmp (10) i followed every step athttp://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/11/readme.aspx) but it's not the same anymore the computer sounds horrible and it still take too long time to load a song.. i really regret that i installed wmp 11 :'( Windows Media Player 11 Sucks written by NoName on April 17, 2007 There, I said it. How the blank do I add files to a playlist without "monitoring" a folder? That is the stupidest thing I've seen yet. Yeah, still with PC's, but microsoft is blowing it... WAKE UP!!!!! written by Still a PC guy on April 19, 2007 All I want is to listen to online streaming radio. This is apparently not a feature of WMP 11. All I can ask is "What the Hell is wrong with Microsoft?" The future of music is internet radio, when will they wake up? Streaming inernet radio written by Debbie Hepler on April 20, 2007 To PC GUY: Hi. I had this same issue and was unhappy with WMP11. I uninstalled it and reverted back to WMP 9. There are so many great stations available with that player. That is what I would suggest that you do. In the mean time you can still listen to streaming radio but you have to know a particular radio station and go to that web site. Try 1.FM. There are several genres of music to choose from. You will have to revert back to at least WMP 9 to be able to control the stations through the player. Check it out and see what you think. Good-luck, I hope I've been helpful!! ... written by audrey on April 22, 2007 i may actually slit my wrists or hurl my computer across the room. this version of wmp rips and syncs so slowly. at the current rate i estimate that it will take 9 hours to sync approximately 90 songs. is this normal????! oh and btw, i just had my RAM doubled and a new hard drive put in, which is twice the size of my old one. but somehow wmp is about five times as slow. Help! Won't let me reinstall MediaPlayer9 written by MD on April 23, 2007 First, I never do automatic updates. I always pick and choose what I want and I made sure never to update my MediaPlayer since I only use it for listening to the radio online. Suddenly, after downloading my security updates from microsoft, I have MediaPlayer11. So, I uninstall it(both programs), go to download MediaPlayer9, and it tells me Ican't do it because I have a newer version already installed on my pc. I keep trying to uninstall it. Tells meit's uninstalled, only to find out it still exists on my pc. HOW DO I GET THIS OFF MY PC????? Suggestion for MD ( April 23) written by Debbie Hepler on April 24, 2007 Hi MD, Your story sounds exactly like mine. What I had to do (with the help of Microsoft techs)was to do a 'system restore' to about a day or two before WMP 11 got downloaded. That was the only way the techs were able to get the WMP11 uninstalled. Try that and I wish you good-luck!! Hope this helps. Have them help you reinstall the MEDIA PLAYER 9 though before they quit helping you. You shouldn't have to pay for the help as I don't believe this was your fault at all. Again, good-luck! Skips at the end of the Song written by Gavin Vincent on April 26, 2007 Re: Louis Poh Possible fix for the skipping problem at the end of the song with WMP11/Vista: http://blogs.msdn.com/saveenr/archive/2007/03/25/delayed-starting-skips-stuttering-in-windows-media-player-11.aspx ... written by carrie on May 1, 2007 Just unistall 11 and the windows media format runtime program also and you should roll back to the previouse version. The 9 version of media player is the add remove windows components. Either check it to install or uncheck to uninstall. Don't supppose anyone would know why it works under 9 but when i get to 11 it errors out? pomoc ili help written by milan on May 2, 2007 hoow to instal this player.helppppp!!!!!! :'( Repairing skips 20 secs before end of song written by jayde on May 4, 2007 Control panel --> Sounds --> Speakers/Headphones --> Enhancements --> Disable all enhancements It will make songs load faster as well. Media player problem written by pierre on May 8, 2007 Is anyone can tell me how the f... I can turned off the continuous play on that media player 11. I'm using this program to do music gig and I don't want an other song to start right after the other one. I want to get FULL control of what to play. Thanks can't play files from torrent written by sleepzawake on May 14, 2007 ive downloaded mp3s from torrent a whole bunch of albums. den when i drag them to a media player. (wmp 11, i tunes and real player) they dont seem to play. i cant understand why. does it have something to do with the codecs? or plug ins or something? pls help!!! tnx.. It's shit written by jeff on May 17, 2007 It's totally shit, adding individual files to library is near impossible, the album art view means u cant simply press a letter and have it instantly go to songs of that title, in the library view u dont get to see the now playing list, u cant drag and drop one artist into another to automaticaly change the artist name. it's totally shit, dont get it. there's also no way to have it look like the previous version, im currently uninstalling it so i can UPgrade to the previous version. once again microsoft has developed a totally fucking peice of shit software upgrade, thanks dickheads Me Too written by Steven Reeves on May 22, 2007 Hey , i have the same problem also, i run 3 computers and downloaded the update by mistake, now i cant play any thing, but a computer tech im not, any easy solutions out there help please! written by craigza on May 26, 2007 HI, im having problems with this, when on websites which have vids or mp3 files to click to listen to they used to open in windows media player which is my default player but now when i click the vid/audio file they come up with a download, ive tried going through options.. any ideas how i can set it to automaticaly start wmp with the vid/audio like before??? all help is much appreciated Windows Media Player 11 Sucks Hardcore! written by Jack on May 28, 2007 Dont get this piece of shit software, buggy as hell cant delete music files, cant edit them, cant change view to text only like in older versions. A complete headache with this piece of SHIT! ... written by No on May 29, 2007 the shuffle feature, when turned on, apparently does not shuffle any of my music in the play list... what a shitty piece of software ... written by Jean on May 30, 2007 I am certainly not happy with version 11. My dinky little MP3 player worked FINE before, but with version 11 it totally buggered out. I had to download the same software to reinstall onto it and reformat it to make version 11 even recognize it. Great. Problem averted. Except that version 11 won't validate half my music. It will play it, but it will not allow me to synch it because it says that there is no license info, even though when you go to the license tab it says I have unlimited freedom to burn, play, or synch the music. Same music synched fine before. I hate version 11. What a headache. WMP11 is cool written by me on May 31, 2007 People are stupid sometimes. Learn to use it properly before whining, it isn't that hard to change the look back to the text only listing interface, sheesh. Play around in the settings and you'll find that you can take the album art menus away and go back to the old list the whole lot of tracks by alphabetical artist listing. Media Player 11 and Wav files written by Sheridan on June 4, 2007 Is it just me, or is there no way to add (full quality) Wav files to the library? Am I right in thinking that I am supposed to compress and lower the quality of the music that I want to listen to, just to use this player??? I can't seem to drag files to other folders in this version, ie. to change the genre, etc. No new visualisations either. I must admit that I do like the new look, but looks aren't everything... in fact, looks are nothing when it comes to music!! ... written by Magnus on June 6, 2007 I use XP home edition and I have a huge problem with WMP 11 skipping every second song. When one song ends, the next song is temporarily marked for a second, then the next one is marked and starts to play. It's a pure hell to organize the music library in WMP 11. Nothing works as I'd like it to (WMP 10 was really good regarding this). I struggled for several hours one day to organize my library of about 6000 songs. After that I noticed the song skipping phenomenon. I'm switching back to version 10 now. There was some really nice features in v11 that I will miss, but I happily sacrifice these in order to have a version that is working. how do you erase already burnt cd's??? written by Katherine on June 11, 2007 i know on the last wmp i had it let me erase the already burnt disc, so i could re-write over it...on wmp 11 it only lets me burn blank cd's. even if they've been burnt before you CAN'T erase and re-write over the old music- even if you do have a RW cd!(which i always use). this is really peevin me off coz i've had to buy heaps more cd's instead of just burning my old one's again and writing over them....like the 20 million other ppl have said...WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 11 IS SH**!!!!!!!! DRM controls for 11 suck! written by craig on June 11, 2007 tried to view protected content in which i had valid licenses and it woulnt let me play. Told me to update DRM controls so i could play through microsoft website. kept coming up with errors and would never let me actually update to better DRM controls. It's like they tease you buy saying you can fix the problem then wont let you! I had no problems with XP and Version 10. F-ed! up! Bulshit written by sha on June 14, 2007 bummed out. dont want to have 11! stuffs up my music and by the looks of wevery other comment, its best that i am stuck with it cos sounds like headaches to get back 9. whose the idiot who designed such a bulshit version??? ... written by kat on June 15, 2007 I am here to join the scores of people displeased with WMP 11. I also tried to get it off my pc and it would not go. damn. I was able to do most of what my mp3 player's manufacturer said in order to go back to Player 10, but the media format runtime file would not delete from programs. I wonder if iTunes player will accept my mp3 if its not a Sony? ... written by lee71 on June 16, 2007 i like the alphabetical artist listings,makes it much easier to find albums but the only thing i hate is the fact that some albums are displayed in track order and some are all jumbled up even though theyre tagged properly.. Crap-Tastic written by Unsatisfied Customer on July 15, 2007 Yeah, if you haven't gathered so already, WMP11 is shit! The library interface is crap with horrible sorting options, little grouping headers that you can't get rid of, now way to fast-foward or rewind videos, no song count, bad shuffle ability, only about 75% mp3 compatibility... overall, it is a huge waste of effort to try and use this thing. WMP10 had a very user-friendly interface and for anyone with a large collection, the text listing was very easy to use and being able to sort by artist without getting little headers or album art to take up way too much space, it was easy to find what you wanted. If I wanted crappy software I would actually use my Zune program for more than just adding mp3's to my player. I wanted an updated version of media player, I got... crap! Screw you microsoft and stop trying to "fix" what isn't broken! Drop down menus won't close written by Richard on October 28, 2007 If I open a drop down menu I notice that as I scroll down the menu to the item I want it opens everything the cursor goes over then none of them will close so I have to close the application. Help written by Jim on October 28, 2007 Downloaded wmp11 last night. Doesn't play a single DVD I own. What a shit program. Also my advice to everyone. DO NOT buy a Dell computer. I should have listened to my friends. Hardly anything works. I think I will throw the $2,500 piece of shit in the garbage and buy a real computer. ... written by Johnny on November 2, 2007 WMP 11 is great, except for synching to any device, which is *painfully* slow. I can't believe this wasn't a priority - I have an 8GB zen and it took 5 hours to fill it up with songs! Definitely can't use this program until they fix this issue... how do I get rid of old file names? written by mth on November 2, 2007 Under the "file" menu in windows media play, i have a list of old files that I no longer even have on my computer, yet they are listed there between "work offline" and "exit"...how do I get rid of these? wmp11 sucks, now I use I tunes written by billy on November 17, 2007 After a few months of wmp10 prompting me to upgrade I finally gave in and did it. Hmmm... it looks nice, but it's definitely not what I need. I like to be able to browse albums in list view aswell as my whole music collection, iTunes style. It doesn't show you how much music you have anymore either. Not only that but I lost all of my personalised ratings for my songs which i used as playlists. THIS SUCKS! Now I'm using iTunes. WMP11 written by Leah on November 29, 2007 Help and Help again. WMP11 crashed and since then I can get no sound out of the speakers. I have rolled back and still does not work said it had disabled plug-ins? does anybody know what to do? Cant burn CDs written by Charlesfoster on January 5, 2008 Media 11 sucks big rod. I use to be able to burn Cds on prior version. Now I can only burn one song and the burning process quits after that. I lowered my burning speed as recommended but still only burns one song and closed my CD. IF anybody knows how to fix this please email me. I have wasted 18 Cds trying to figure this out thanks Can't play music written by Dani Valerio on January 10, 2008 I "upgraded" to 11, and now it has "protected" most of my music which means, it won't play it. I'd had some of this music for years, and never had a problem playing it before. This SUCKS Please help if you can written by erica on January 25, 2008 My windows media shuts down when I try to play a dvd or cds. I've done my reserch but still cant figure it out. Any suggestions? Sync problem to my Sony s616F written by Jonas Gutvik Korssjøen on February 3, 2008 ey! i just bought a sony s616F, and a cd with WMP 11 followed. I installed it and tried to wire up the mp3, but my comp just wouldnt recognize it. it just said "New device found", and nothing more. Tried to uninstall WMP 11, and then it all was fine. The thing is that WMP 11 should be the easiest way to sync my mp3 with my comp and shit, cause itunes and other doesnt find the device. So it seems that WMP 11 just is fucking it up, but it seems so weird. how can the player make the comp not recognize the device..? anyone knows how to figure this out..? i can manage to "drag-and-drop" my music over to the player now, but i cant make playlists and shit, as i should be able to do with WMP 11. thnx for all tips and help! Hey Donuts written by Rob on March 3, 2008 I've used WMP 8,9,10 & now 11. WMP 11 has all the features of all of them plus a few more. All you gotta do is figure out which button to push, or where to change it to list/details/thumbnail in the library pane...little icon next to search ...WMP 11 synchs great, once it's been set up correctly, never been a problem, burns a cd in about 3 minutes, rips em quicker. Oh, i have a library of almost 20,000 songs, Remember 99% of all computer problems are user created WMP 11 written by anteffy on March 5, 2008 After installing the WMP 11 update, the computer told me I had to restart my computer and log in as an administrator. That's it. No further instructions as to what I had to do to get the program to function, and no help with Windows was forthcoming for clues either. WMP 11 wouldn't function unless I logged on as an administrator, but there were no options to work with. After weeks of not being able to use my WMP I uninstalled version 11. At least that one worked! ... written by efwefewf on April 6, 2008 WMP is shit. ... written by efwefewf_2 on April 6, 2008 I agree! playlists and playcounts lost. and problem with synchronization. help? written by Fazly on May 13, 2008 i use WMP 11. it's going all well, until, about 3 weeks ago, ALL my playlists suddenly lost, disappeared! (is this what the term "crash" means?)I've checked the folder in My Computer> My Documents> My Music> My Playlist. Luckily the lost playlists are saved there. somehow i managed to "put" back the playlists in WMP 11. but as you'd've guessed, ALL the playcounts had turned back to zero. =( I have an mp4-player (creative ZEN) that i usually sync with WMP 11. after the incident, it won't sync properly.. now, if my playcount of a song in the mp4 player adds from 5 to 7 for example, after sync, the playcount in WMP 11 would just stay 5. i enjoy the identical playcounts of both WMP 11 and my mp4 player. but now, they are two different things.. =( so my questions: 1) can i retrieve back the lost playcounts in WMP 11? how? 2) the synchronization of the playcounts btwn WMP 11 and my player. how do i fix it? ... written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it on May 13, 2008 would be great if anyone could reply of my questions above to my email. thnx Its pointless written by Chaz on May 30, 2008 It was a good program for so long untill they did all this new crap to it now its just to buggy. I cant even burn a cd using media player becuase it will litteraly only burn half the list even if its easily under 60 minutes of music. It will only burn half the list and then say their was an error with the rest of the songs... an error which it wont share with you. I hate this program. What a waist of blanks. Disable? written by drake on June 5, 2008 Is there a way to disable Media Player 11's Device Sync completely on Windows Vista? I have several USB devices and I format my computer often and it is sickening having to plug up each device and configure it! Stupid that it changes my screen in the middle of a video even when I click cancel button. Can't find answer to this on google--ticking me off. ... written by drake on June 5, 2008 Not to mention it adds that XML file to each of my devices as if I want it there! I played my files in WMP 11 written by gaurav on June 15, 2008 I played the files from my pen drive in WMP 11 & then they got invisible even if i am reverting back to WMP 9 I am not able to see then in Pen drive. I don't know what is this? can any1 tell me how can I get it back? ... written by guest on July 23, 2008 wtf!!! this thing wont play anything and it allways shows up as default player does anyone know how to fix this?!?!

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