Free Media Player Windows Xp
Windows Media Player 11 offers great new ways to store and enjoy all of your digital media. It s easier than ever to access all of your music, video, pictures, and.
From Microsoft: Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP offers great new ways to store and enjoy all your music, video, pictures, and recorded TV.
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5.0 stars
Sees picture ohhh memories
January 8, 2013 By tomysshadow
Version: Windows Media Player 11
Pros
Starts up fast and plays most music files. And videos even Quicktime MOV.
Cons
Not very many. Except the hidden menus and that live streaming is disabled by default. Not a fan of the Library idea either.
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1.0 stars
Can t play what it can t find
August 31, 2012 By Cabby_Z
It s stupid simple
Stupid it s that simple
Summary
There are at least fifteen songs on my computer, yes, they re in my Music Library with all my other songs that WMP can t see on it s own. If I double-click the song from Windoes Explorer, WMP plays it just fine. But if I open WMP and try to find the song, the player comes back with nothing.
You can t add a song to a playlist if the program can t see it on it s own.
4.0 stars
don t think it worked..
August 14, 2012 By mar00cus
quick dwnload
i don t if it workedi really wanted it to replace whatever was already on there. i m just not too sure
Great Visual Interface, Horrible on Processing Speed
May 20, 2012 By s_zabel
Visual presentation
Organization of Menu
Improved sound controls
Optimized user interface
Greatly slows down the processor for other tasks running on windows simulataneously
Causes many programs running simultaneously to go unresponsive
Tends to freeze up computer
My HP all in one is equipped with a dual core processor that typically operates under a 2.6GHZ pace; however, with this media player running, even only in the background, I experience heavy delays in running any other program, and it causes my computer to operate under a 1.6GHZ pace. This can be seen even under the task manager when looking at its CPU usage For those of you reading my review whom are not as experienced in IT: basically what I am saying, is that this program will slow down your computer a great deal. And although it is pretty and its menu is easy to navigate, it will cause many applications like internet explorer and microsoft office, to suddenly freeze up and go unresponsive, to the point where you have to restart the program. I found this experience to be highly frustrating, thus I give it 3.5 stars. If Microsoft can improve its cpu usage and allow for a more comfortable cohesiveness with other running programs, Windows media player will be my number one media player and I will uninstall iTunes immediately.
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A necessity on my computer.
May 9, 2012 By paulPCP
very quick, works very well with most other programs.
part of Windows, expect problems with errors, and possible attacks.
3.0 stars
Is it possible to go back to WMP10. I dont like 11.
May 7, 2012 By pacsit66
It s very simple and dummy proof in my opinion.
I used to like to periodically clean out the library in WMP 10 and then rebuild it so that all my music was indexed properly. Ir theres a way to do that in 11 I sure can t figure it out. I ve been trying the other high rated music players and have thus far not found a suitable replacement.
If anyone has any ideas I d love to hear them. But to the point WMP 11 is actually a very user friendly program and works well and I ve never had a crash. It just lacks some of the controls from previous versions.
played video files I converted. Old version would not.
December 29, 2011 By Goonykid
played files I wanted played.
not a fan of the new GUI.
Plays my content although navigating the interface takes some getting used to. talk about hiding menus.
Kept me up to date on new programs.
December 17, 2011 By bassman-001
Easy downloads.
afraid to use it because my pc is fairly old. But am in the makings of uo grading to a new one in the near future.
Works Great.
November 24, 2011 By qiyuanyuan
Starts right up, no buffering, good quality and options.
Can t think of any.
Great.
fantastic. i love it
November 19, 2011 By asosoe
effective,efficient flexible
non so far that i know of, except that i can t play tv on it
there is always room for improvement.
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5 stars
Version: Windows Media Player Windows XP 9
Free for mediocre player, 10 for good player
on June 10, 2004
Summary: this player rocks the house. mini mode, quick access panel, this player has it all. all, except, or course, an mp3 decoder. So i plunked down 10 for InterVideo s mp3 decoder for windows media player. so, if your willing to tolerate wma, its free. if read more
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Stick With This One
by alexcarlson on June 9, 2004
Summary: The best media player,but it s often vulnerable to file system changes and getting help from Microsoft very difficult,That s too bad. read more
Great all in one media playerwith multitude of CHOICES
on June 1, 2004
cool
on May 22, 2004
1 stars
Back to MediaPlayer 6.4
on April 18, 2004
Summary: I did not like this version nor version 8. So I went back to MediaPlayer 6.4 which I found to be the best version. I thought fist that Media Player 6.4 was not in WinXp. But MediaPlayer 6.4 is already installed in XP. To make it work all you have read more
unstable for Win XP
on April 16, 2004
Summary: As an upgrade from Version 8 in XP, 9.0 stalled and froze my pc numerous times before I was able to revert back to the old version using the amazing System Restore feature in XP. I didn t have any trouble with ver 8, and thought 9 would be an improve read more
Really awesome features
on April 13, 2004
Summary: Not only does it offer color options, but it s never been easier to change playback options, overlapping times, or video quality. The controlling features really make it easy to organize, play, and rate everything. read more
Overall Worth Your Time
on April 9, 2004
Summary: Good interface, nice option of putting to player on your tool bar. Watch out for smaller speakers, sound may get fuzzy. Plenty of skins in which to choose. Make sure your prepared to give up your other players because after you use this one, you ll s read more
Excellent
on April 8, 2004
Summary: Only wish the audio quality could be a little better. read more
I recomend it.
Summary: I downloaded Media player from microsoft.com and it works great even though it may not do as much as real one it is much better. read more
Awsome Player
on March 27, 2004
Summary: it plays all the files i really need and the ones it cant well i just get a compatible codec, this program has neva crashed my computer made it freeze, or say this is still installing. Except for when i was running windows 98 with the xp version of t read more
Works great on XP, aleast on mine.
on March 7, 2004
Summary: Have had this WMP9, for half a year, on 3 different computers all XP. No problems, installed PowerDVD, now plays DVD. Have made 65 CD, and they all work, in my house stereo. To each their own. read more
Only disliked by Mac users and Real One Employees
on February 27, 2004
Summary: I must say, for this to be a Microsoft product it is an excellent program. I never experienced such great web quality from Real One and is much more stable than QuickTime. WMP has always been, and always will be my first choice for a media player.. read more
on February 26, 2004
Summary: Excellent. Most stable, loads fast, no sys tray icons GREAT. read more
Was this supposed to be better than WMP 8.
on February 13, 2004
Summary: I had downloaded this because I would otherwise not have been able to view a video clip online. Needless to say, it did not work. Disappointed, I continued to use it. Audio playing, okay. Was it necessary to completely rearrange the buttons. DVD read more
Not a single problem here
on February 10, 2004
Summary: I have been using this program on Win XP for several months. I use it ALL THE TIME, and I have never had a single problem. No crashes, no lock-ups, etc. Sometimes it may not be able to play unpopular extensions, or needs codecs for certain things, read more
no ogg support
on February 7, 2004
Summary: No ogg support and can t use lame for ripping mp3 s read more
Newer works
Summary: After install the player itr is ever preparing media. read more
If it ain t broke, don t fix it.
on January 29, 2004
Summary: After installation over WMP8.0, my computer crashed when trying to open WMP 9.0.
Thanks to XP system restore, I m back to using 8.0 with NO problems..
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It Crashed my Computer
on January 26, 2004
Summary: After waiting an hour to download this product - and used it one time - my computer crashed.. You would think that a product with MS name on it would be reliable. read more
Can t you do better
on January 22, 2004
Summary: It really sucks that a company that large as Microsoft, can t make a media player that s better. Windows Media Player 9 CAN T even play OGG Vorbis high quality free format, Monkey s Audio The best n fastest Loss-less format and MusePack the king of read more
CLUNKY
on January 15, 2004
Summary: After using efficient and tiny apps like Winamp, Windows Media Player is no fun to use at all. It s large and not intuitive. I use Winamp for music and WinDVD for DVDs. The good thing about WMP9 is that is plays just about everything. I use WMP t read more
crashes too often
Summary: the sound quality of mp3 playback is better than most other media players but copying music to cd will eventually result in system instabilty and crashes during the process. also, to convert media from WMA you need to register as a paying customer. g read more
You ve got to be kidding.
on January 13, 2004
Summary: Like there is a lot of content to use this thing: useful video content is in mpeg movie trailers and others and your music can t be put in mp3 format unless you pay for it. If you don t like standards or to use what professionals use get this th read more
Seriously something wrong with this
on January 8, 2004
Summary: I have downloaded WMP9 on Windows 2000 pro. Nothing but problems, so much so, I had to format and re-install windows. I downloaded it again on XP yes I always downloaded the right version and I still saw problems. And we are talking about a clean read more
SUCKS.
on January 6, 2004
Summary: The worst player out there. MS SUCKS again. Bill does too. Let him rot. Can t even delete it from my system. read more
Simply the best.
on December 23, 2003
Summary: Peaple say it s bad just because Microsoft made it, but it s the best Media Player ever. And will be. read more
Trully Great Program.
on December 18, 2003
Summary: Windows Media Player 9.o is simply the best media player out there. I have MediaMonkey and iTunes intalled in my computer and, although those are good programs, they can t compare to WMP. I truly don t understand why so many bad reviews. Do yourself read more
Buttons, Buttons and still Buttons
on December 17, 2003
Summary: Great piece of software, offer a lot of support for many types of files. But still too much features. You open WMP and you have the eyes overloaded with sooo many functions. All is useful and well-conceived, and the program is fast, consedering th read more
its not good for everybody
on December 4, 2003
Summary: I thought that my burner was no good but it turn out to be this program, its a pretty good looking program but if you like copying cd s dont download it..my burner wont only copy 50 or 75 or woulndt copy at all, i had to format c because this progr read more
Solid with nice features
on November 10, 2003
Sucks
on November 7, 2003
Summary: For the sake of music itself, don t download this excuse for a program. Thanks a lot Bill, another hit. read more
a decent player
on October 27, 2003
Summary: why are people critisising this good player, if you need codecs then go to kazaalite.tk and egt the codec pack, all the codecs youll ever need, it plays divx fine and the music library and automatic album information features make it alot easier to h read more
Worst Audio Player
on October 4, 2003
Summary: This is my first review on this website. I normally won t write a review about anything unless I extremely love or loathe it. WMP is possibly the worst player I ve used. At first, it was easy to use and then it all went downhill from there. It s v read more
Very good media player
on October 2, 2003
Summary: I ve used Winamp, Musicmatch Jukebox, Sonique and lots of other programs, but the Windows Media Player has the best music library, good visualisations, good skins, and it s very easy to use, with an interface everybody understands.
The audio quality read more
the player of choice
on October 1, 2003
Summary: windows media player blows away the competition with its variety of features and ease of use. too bad content providers only use 100k streams read more
Goodbut..
on September 22, 2003
Summary: Good, but if you don t want anything fancy use this -
C:/Program Files/Windows Media Player/mplayer2.exe
Back to old school style media playerits basically WMP9 without all the clunky features read more
Best Ever PLayer i have ever seen
on September 12, 2003
Summary: I was 1st Found of WinAmp. . then i download Media player 9. . it was encoding, Automatically Recigineze ur music. . and give its Artist and Album Information and lots More nothing can make better then this. . its the best read more
Yuck
Summary: WMP9 was good at first. I don t have a complaint about how it runs and all. But when it comes to burning CDs, it s like working with an small child, WMP NEVER does what I want it to do. It doesn t burn my CDs once I click on the copy to CD button. It read more
Uninstall WMP in XP
by MechanicalMan on September 5, 2003
Summary: Start Run
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection C: windows inf wmp.inf,Uninstall read more
A waste of time.
on May 6, 2003
Summary: This program has one of the worst interfaces I have ever seen. The functionality of it is minimal and forced. The worst feature of this program is the playlist management, which needs to be a strong point for any media player read more
Do not use. bad sound..
Summary: Sound quality really sucks. I only use wmp for movies and version 8 had a fine sound quality but this one is very crappy.
well
on May 1, 2003
Summary: i was also very unhappy with that sound,so i did system restore and went back to WM8.But,when I changed my sound card settings with moving bass and treble to highest level -I was suprised with natural and full sound.Try it,but remember:you ll have read more
WMP9 instal W/O Permission
on April 25, 2003
Summary: After WMP8 wouldn t let me record my. wma files to cd, I converted all my music to Mp3 and castrated Wmp8.
I switched to MusicMatch and have been happy with it.
I opend Wmp8 to view a video the other day and to my amazement,I had Wmp9 installed on my read more
Sounds terrible
on April 23, 2003
Summary: This product is so lousy it s a joke. The people who rated this product are obviously deaf. I m going to give Mircosoft some credit on the appearance of the interface, it s flexible and looks fine, but who really cares. It s obvious that Gates things read more
Crappy sound quality..
on April 13, 2003
Summary: Everything else is good and the interface is amazing, but the sound REALLY sucks. You have to fiddle about with the equaliser for ages to get some songs to just sound bearable, particullarly bad with songs that have very low or high frequencies. And read more
Great Program.
on April 12, 2003
Summary: Wonderful Program. The only thing I don t like is that it starts in media guide, but this can be easily disabled. Some codecs will have to be downloaded from third party websites, other than that, AMAZING PROGRAM. It uses much less system resources t read more
audio Problems
on April 8, 2003
Summary: Windows media have problems because it will cut the words in your songs so it kinda choppy. I dont recommend to anyone not unless you know how to write your own patch to fix this problem read more
Overall impressive, but sometimes annoying
Summary: Its basically the same as windows media player 8 only in this one the added a few little feature including making it so that when you fork out load of money fo Microsoft plus. with all its promised feature half of them don t work and your left with a read more
Good Player All Around
Summary: A good media player overall, just another program to run alongside the other players. For those who complain about problems/crashes/etc -- learn how to use a computer. read more
best version of windows media player yet
on March 18, 2003
Summary: this is the best version of media player microsoft has come up with to date. yes, it s still microsoft, but for many functions this player workds quite well. certainly better than real one player, which is quite inferior. read more
great why did nt i get this earlier.
Summary: very good player i dont kno why people are having problems with it it works fine for me. read more
Ok, but can t handel my MP3
on March 17, 2003
Summary: This program was ok for most stuff, but died when I tried to play 320k/sec audio files it couldn t stream it over my network. Quintessential Player could easily handel the same music and sounded better. The program also had a problem on shutdown af read more
Pretty Good Media Player
on March 15, 2003
Summary: Normally, I hate microsoft and all they stand for, but that doesnt prevent me from liking some of their products. Windows Media Player 9 will be the standard for video untill someone comes out with something better. However if you are looking for an read more
A good upgrade.
on March 10, 2003
Summary: There are all sorts of wonderful new features. The look is nicer, media library features are improved and easier to use, it s just overall improved and easy to use. The CD burner acts up sometimes. read more
8359584
on March 6, 2003
Poor Sound Quality; Sabotages MUSICMATCH. DO NOT DOWNLOAD
on February 28, 2003
Summary: The first thing I noticed was the poor sound quality compared to WMP 8. The next thing I noticed is that my MUSICMATCH software ceased to function properly. I had problems getting it to start and when I tried to play any song the sound was SEVERELY read more
Newer IS better this time
Summary: I love some of the new features, they re small things, but that s just what was missing from the old WMP s. read more
Best I ve seen - shame no mp3 for free
Summary: Excellent, easy to use tool in almost every way. Unfortunately you have to pay about 30 for an add-in to save your CDs in mp3 format. However, if you don t care and are quite happy to use wma format - then I can t see a downside to this player. read more
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
bad for media-files organizing..
by ougee on February 27, 2003
Summary: good for listening, ripping, radio etc but files management features are far from being perfect. Sometimes it s even stupid and cannot handle with elementary media files.. So if you mainly want good program for organizing your music files, don t dow read more
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It s great.
on January 16, 2003
Summary: You can use it to burn cds, put it in your taskbar if you have Windows Xp, synchronize the lyrics to the song, make your song go fast or slow, and many more read more
WMP 9 is good, but needs new codecs and patches
Summary: The program isn t the worst, but it needs some new codecs to fix the poor sound quality when playing DVDs and listening to MP3 s. A few patches and some new codecs will fix this up. The layout and ease of use is great, I love the new design. read more
MY SECOND CHOICE.
Summary: ITS AN ALRIGHT PROGRAM TO DOWNLOAD IF U WANT TO I HAVE IT BUT I PREFERE QUINTESSENTIAL PLAYER BECUASE IT GIVES OUT A BETTER SOUND AND HAS MORE STYLISH LOOKS: MAKE YOUR CHOICE read more
Hmmm not bad but neads work
Summary: This is a improvment to any of the media players, but still locks up every once and while. read more
THIS SUCKS
Summary: when i downloaded it and tryed to open a moive it will not open. it just gives me this window that says You have the latest version of windows media player 9 series and all its componets. no update is available at this time. i can play anything i read more
Media Monopoly
Summary: I am not sure of the final release, but in betas, you couldn t uninstall the program after it had been installed, Microsoft said it becomes too integral to be removed. It will mess alot of things up, and alot of files you have may not play. read more
For the stupid
Summary: If you want to f kup your system then install this. Ms say that you can only uninstall WMP9 using the system restore feature. this is a load of rubish as i tried to do so and it won t uninstall. Now i m stuck with a system which doesn t have WMP fun read more
Another nice one from microsoft
Summary: MUST DOWNLOAD.
what happened to my sound quality
on January 15, 2003
Summary: i had been using the beta versions of 9 series since the first ones came out and they seemed great. now that i have the final version, it doesn t play mp3s right for me. i get some strange distortion in the first 10 seconds of every song. what good i read more
Finally.
Summary: All the bugs from the betaversions are goneMicrosoft has accepted the demand from users worldwide. With this player you wont need any other. I run it with NimoCodecPack and it works 100. BRILLIANT. read more
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