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Windows Media Player 9 Series for Mac OS X: Coming

It's about time! The WMP for OS X right (7.1 is it?) is wonderfully unintrusive compared to WMP on a PC, but it feels clunky; it runs slow, only ocassionally recognizes the conten to be played, and just reeks of Microsoft. Hopefully this update will be more suited to OS X and (God willing) Panther.
 
2 points

1: ) If WMP did not come to Mac OSX, we would be starting ( and actually did start, but have turned around and are coming back ) down the same road as OS/2. OS/2 had better integration with their media, but as they got shut out of newer codecs, so went the OS . Well, that and several other features.

2: ) I would hope that WMP9 offers the same web site integration play abilities that the windows version offers. There have been times where I have come across sites that have content that wouldn't play easily simply due to a call they make to play the video in the browser, and on Mac, the WMP only plays as a stand alone.

Other than that, I have yet to see one MS app on the Mac (OSX) wth any performance, and this is when compairing Mac Apps to Mac Apps... a kinda Apples to Apples comparison.

Max
 
Originally posted by Nutzoids
We are now working the wrong way...Apple to PC...Not PC to Apple...No More Microsoft Products for Apple!


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The truth is, more and more corporations, and even turnkey video recording solutions (medical/surgical), are using WM9 video. Personnally I do not understand why open standards are not adopted (i.e. mp4), but that is what is happening. Thus, it is GOOD that OS X will get WM9!
 
This is good, I've been waiting for this for a long time. Most important on my list (codecs aside);

- Performance.
- No skins.
- Browser integration.

Also, MSN Messenger needs to be brought upto PC spec.

Although theoretically it would be nice to have a Microsoft free Mac, the fact remains that many people (myself included) need to use Word X and WMP9 (and MSN messenger), I'm not going to damage my workflow just out of principle. This is good.

AppleMatt
 
If Microsoft wants to put money and energy into making a Mac version of any of their software, I have no problem with that.

In fact I wish that is all they would spend money on... here me Bill? Stop developing your insecure, oppressive, ill conceived Operating System and put all your energy into developing software for a real OS, OS X. Just make sure you read ALL the way through the Mac User Interface Guide.
 
Originally posted by Vonnie
Sadly, if Apple would reverse engineer Microsofts DRM that is a significant part of WM9, it would be a violation of the DMCA. Stupid law... :rolleyes:
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Yep and if MS reverse engineered QT to be compatible with MP9 ever Mac user would be up in arms. It works both ways.
:rolleyes:
 
More software for the Mac = A bad thing!?!?

*licks his finger and puts it in the air* Mmmm there's zealot out there.

Come on people if you don't want to use MP9 then there is a simple option DON'T USE IT!!! :rolleyes:

You DO realize you are complaining that another piece of software is now available for the Mac right?!?! This should be "A good thing"tm not something to complain about.

Also unless it’s drastically diff from the Windows version you can go into the options and turn off DRM when ripping music.

And not only that. Its free! :\ Please give it a rest. Now if Media Player has some sort of history of crashing OSX like I've read IE has been known to do there is some legit complaining there. Otherwise. Ignore it and move on.
 
Originally posted by gopher
Despite my lack of desire to have things Microsoft on my computer, many websites have embedded WMP 9 video and audio and no Realplayer video or audio or Quicktime for that matter.
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I wonder how much that would be the case if people requested the content be encoded in QT or Real, instead of blindly accepting it. Sometimes we forget who is in charge - the customer.

Everytime you set your browser user-agent to IE, or use a PC to view a MS-proprietary video clip you are sending the providers the message that their current practice is ok. If you need to view the content, fine, but send them a letter, let them know what you, the customer really want.
 
Re: 2 points

Originally posted by maxvamp
1: ) If WMP did not come to Mac OSX, we would be starting ( and actually did start, but have turned around and are coming back ) down the same road as OS/2. OS/2 had better integration with their media, but as they got shut out of newer codecs, so went the OS . Well, that and several other features.
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I think that you're giving WMP far too much credit. While I do regard this announcement as a good thing, I don't think the lack of WMP on the Mac would seal the fate of Apple...
 
Luckily, WMP9 is only required for porn

Most of the quality material I want to see on the web is already in QT, so I will NOT be installing this.
 
Originally posted by hayesk
I wonder how much that would be the case if people requested the content be encoded in QT or Real, instead of blindly accepting it. Sometimes we forget who is in charge - the customer.

Everytime you set your browser user-agent to IE, or use a PC to view a MS-proprietary video clip you are sending the providers the message that their current practice is ok. If you need to view the content, fine, but send them a letter, let them know what you, the customer really want.
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Oh I know and do. Still it is rare when somebody does actually listen. I've been trying for the longest time to get it through Yahoo's thick skull to make a decent chat client for their service on the Mac. Contacting Yahoo is tricky enough. Getting them to do anything about it is like asking Microsoft to make Access for the Mac.
 
Frankly

I hope Microsoft is found guilty of infringing on the intellectual property and patents of Burst in creating WMP-9.

And I also hope Burst doesn't cave in and accept some small sum of money from Microsoft to settle this case. I'd much rather see Microsoft really innovate something on their own while all the poor saps who chose to use a proprietary media format shake their heads in disbelief.
 
The truth is, more and more corporations, and even turnkey video recording solutions (medical/surgical), are using WM9 video. Personnally I do not understand why open standards are not adopted (i.e. mp4), but that is what is happening. Thus, it is GOOD that OS X will get WM9
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In my town our public library has started a free music download service ... Thats really great.. and guess what? it requires WMP 9? And why ? Because of the DRM - thus no open standards here, because, according to the library, they don't exist out there.

If anyone has knowledge of an open standard based DRM system that works reliable, and is non-beta, please message me ASAP!
 
Originally posted by pilotgi

I've already hit the bullseye. I'm MS free on my iBook.
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Which I happily live without, thank you very much. Another solution would be for the content providers to offer both mpegs and WMP files. [/B]
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Yeah, I can't understand this obsession with proprietary formats like Windows Media and Real...

Why can't there just be standards--doesn't it make more sense to use formats that any player can process properly?
 
Originally posted by SiliconAddict
Yep and if MS reverse engineered QT to be compatible with MP9 ever Mac user would be up in arms. It works both ways.
:rolleyes:
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Not really. QuickTime is not at version 4 on the PC and version 6.3 on the Mac. As far as I know, QuickTime is at version parity on both platforms. The point here is that WMP is not just one version behind, but TWO versions behind. That's lame.

Originally posted by Token
In my town our public library has started a free music download service ... Thats really great.. and guess what? it requires WMP 9? And why ? Because of the DRM - thus no open standards here, because, according to the library, they don't exist out there.

If anyone has knowledge of an open standard based DRM system that works reliable, and is non-beta, please message me ASAP!
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Uhhh, what's wrong with MPEG4?
 
Where have you been lately?!...

Originally posted by Token
If anyone has knowledge of an open standard based DRM system that works reliable, and is non-beta, please message me ASAP!
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Ever heard of a company named Apple who recently started this music download service called ... erm ... iTunes Music Store? You can actually download DRM-ed AAC (open standard) files there.

Dûh!

:rolleyes:
 
BOOOO! Microsoft yuck! And no, I don't mean Boo-urns. We should spend less time trying to get microsoft products on the mac, and focus on getting everyone to make their streaming content Quicktime. Quicktime is a thousand times better than MP9. I hate Microcrap :mad:
 
Originally posted by Wonder Boy
... Quicktime-Apple product, on M$ machines do not run fine. ...
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Since when?

I have a brother-in-law who does 3D visualizatin for an architect firm. He does all his work on Windows and claims that Quicktime is much better and more reliable than anything he has access to.
 
Originally posted by Nutzoids
I heard on the radio today that Microsoft is starting a High School in Philadelphia. It will open in 3 years and guess what it will be called....Thats right The Microsoft High School. MHS! I think for the right price they would sell it.
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so, if they add a new wing, would that be a "service pack"? an "upgrade"?

a lot of students would surely get sick all the time, because of the "viruses"
:D
 
yeah, there are a lot of windows media player content on the web. it irritates me sometimes.

but come to think of it, if i can't open it? i leave it alone.

me, striving to be microsoft free.
 
Now we can choose to not buy from BuyMusic instead of being automatically redirected off of their page.


Originally posted by edesignuk
Nutzoids, zer0army, as much as you may not like it, it is important that WMP9 does come out for Mac as soon as possible as there is a growing amount of WMP9 only media out there on the web, video streams, audio streams etc.
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