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Windows Media Player 9 Series for Mac OS X: Coming

A previous mailing list email hinted that Windows Media Player 9 was being developed for Mac OS X, with a demo shown at WWDC.



One reader points out that Microsoft's Windows Media Player for Mac OS X page now reflects that WMP 9 will be coming soon for OS X:



    Coming Soon! Windows Media Player 9 Series for Mac OS X will deliver compatibility with 9 Series audio and video content.



The current version of WMP for OS X is 7.1. Version 9 should bring the Mac version up-to-date with the current PC version of WMP.

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110 months ago
We are now working the wrong way...Apple to PC...Not PC to Apple...No More Microsoft Products for Apple!


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110 months ago
I will stick with VLC thank you.
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110 months ago
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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110 months ago
Thank god! VLC and MPlayer are fabulous, but there are still codecs out there that demand WMP9...
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110 months ago
Oh yeah, Microsoft DRM for the Mac....swell. A necessary evil, I guess.
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110 months ago

Originally posted by zer0army
I will stick with VLC thank you.


As mentioned above, VLC does not support WMP9. Despite the knee-jerk reactions above... this is a Good Thing.

arn
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110 months ago
We need it.

I just can't wait to see how it clumsily integrates DRM. Microsoft does not, never has, and never well "get it".

Unless the "it" is money.

- j
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110 months ago
Thank god, I prefer quicktime player (pro), it even plays my divxes after installing the codecs smoother than mplayerosx, and allot smoother than VLC.

But still, there is allot of WM9 only content out there on the web.
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110 months ago
edesignuk, You are 150% right about that. I just wish Apple could come up with something of there own that can play them. I am aiming for a Microsoft free Mac.
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110 months ago

Originally posted by Nutzoids
edesignuk, You are 150% right about that. I just wish Apple could come up with something of there own that can play them. I am aiming for a Microsoft free Mac.

Apple probably could, but would Microsoft give them a license to integrate whatever codec in to QT? Not on your nelly!
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