#MICROSOFT MEDIA PLAYER INSTALL#
#MICROSOFT MEDIA PLAYER WINDOWS#

Not surprisingly it failed to install due to some missing things and hysterically funny it said to contact the developer for packages =) Hey Microsoft, got any packages? Yeah right. So, just for some laughs I tried this thing.

#MICROSOFT MEDIA PLAYER WINDOWS#

Of course Windows Media Player and Groove Music as well, both supergarbage at what they are supposed to do. I massacred my Windows 11 install, butchered it into a bleeding redmond corpse by removing every preinstalled app etc etc. Have you tested the new Media Player, what do you think about it? It remains unclear whether the app will also be available for Windows 10, but since the Groove app is being replaced, one can only assume that the Media Player will support the old operating system. I'm guessing that the search indexing still points to the older version because the Store app uses the same listing.

Even more oddly, searching for Groove Music lists the new Media Player in the results. The Start Menu lists the app as Media Player, but Windows Search does not recognize the name, it displays the legacy Windows Media Player as the result. Those are the only flaws in the app, otherwise it's quite good for playing local media files. The mini-player cannot be resized beyond a certain point. I would have preferred a button to toggle the sidebar. to just display the icons, increase the size or maximize the window to bring the labels back. You can resize the app's window to collapse the sidebar labels, i.e. There doesn't seem to be any notable changes in the player since the first release.

But, now that the app works on the Windows 11 stable channel, it is only a matter of time before Microsoft makes the news official. You may have noticed that the program's title says Media Player Preview, because it is still being tested. If the video is downloaded captions may not be displayed because your WMV player cannot find the captioning ('SAMI') file stored on the web server.The new Media Player is ready to use, you can find more about its features in our previous article. Please note that it is recommended that you choose to view the video from the FDA page rather than downloading the video file to preserve captioning. Note: It may be necessary to close down Windows Media player and restart it for the changes to take effect. From the drop down menu select ' Lyrics, Captions and Subtitles'.Selecting ' Play' in the menu bar (keyboard equivalent: Alt+P),.Turn captions on by selecting ' Play' then option ' Captions and Subtitles' then sub option ' On if Available'.Check the box ' Show local captions when present'.Selecting ' Tools' from the menu bar (keyboard equivalent: Alt+T),.From the drop down menu select ' Captions and Subtitles'.Selecting ' Play' in the menu bar (keyboard equivalent: Alt+P),.When the player window opens turn captions on by: The WMV Player must be in 'Full Mode' (select Control+F1) rather than 'Skins Mode' since few of the Skins support closed captions. Note: After making the selections described, it may be necessary to close down Windows Media player and restart it for the changes you have made to take effect. The steps to be followed depend upon the version of the player installed. The following instructions apply to the Windows Media player.

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