3 MAJOR Complaints of WMP12

I use WMP and i really do appreciate the way the navigation pane allows to browse by folder. I do agree the advanced tag editor should have been thrown in there one way or another but that does not bother me as much as

1. No support for Lossless formats like FLAC [even with plugins, seeking never worked for me and the duration was always listed as 0 secounds]

2. The ability to create custom libraries in explorer and have them display in the wmp navigation pane, just like the default libraries show up.

3. No zooming functionality during video playback, i.e fullscreen, overscan..etc

4. Why they don't extend functionally and permissions for extensions so they can do the allow others to do it, if they don't want to do it themselves.

BLITZ said:

I use WMP and i really do appreciate the way the navigation pane allows to browse by folder. I do agree the advanced tag editor should have been thrown in there one way or another but that does not bother me as much as

1. No support for Lossless formats like FLAC [even with plugins, seeking never worked for me and the duration was always listed as 0 secounds]

2. The ability to create custom libraries in explorer and have them display in the wmp navigation pane, just like the default libraries show up.

3. No zooming functionality during video playback, i.e fullscreen, overscan..etc

4. Why they don't extend functionally and permissions for extensions so they can do the allow others to do it, if they don't want to do it themselves.

I've never had the need for any of that lol.

Just a thought, will Media Player 11 install and run on 7?

Webadict said:

Just a thought, will Media Player 11 install and run on 7?

There's a way to get a modified version of the installer to run on Windows 7. However, it only works on 32bit systems and losing 5GB of RAM is not worth it :-P

TechOutsider said:

What's the point of WMP for power users? If Microsoft can't make a good application, why try? It might appeal to basic users, however the lack of file compatibility kills the deal for me. And WMP seems to bring MS a lot of legal troubles over trust.

I think WMP 11 was a great program, never had any problems and did whatever I needed it to so I don't see why you're complaining?