windows media player

Hands-on with Samsung's YP-T10

Crave On a more positive note it's generally a pleasure to use -- controls are simple, navigation's intuitive and content can be dragged and dropped through Windows, or you can sync it up with Windows Media Player.

Tags: samsung, windows media player, yp, kids

4 December 2007, 9:28

Gremlin MG-1000 Wi-Fi: Safe to feed MP3s after midnight?

Crave Songs that have been downloaded can be backed up on your PC, as long as you're running Windows XP and Windows Media Player 10 or higher. They were also not Wi-Fi enabled (although one of them did explode in a microwave, which is roughly as...

Tags: fi, wi fi, wi fi network, gremlin

19 June 2006, 11:44

BBC iPlayer reaches for the Sky

Crave Sky Player now has several BBC-branded sections that include programme listings and links to iPlayer content, which redirect users to the BBC's media player after they select the programme they want to view.

Tags: channels, windows xp, service, programme

21 October 2008, 8:30

Crave Talk: Five things that are wrong with BBC iPlayer

Crave Media Player 11, or those where we couldn't perform updates because of some sort of restriction. Once again, DRM not only prevents you from using your media in a way that suits you, it also restricts the platforms that can support it.

Tags: limit, linux, beta, windows xp

31 July 2007, 11:42

BBC iPlayer to launch on 27 July

Crave From a technological point of view, the iPlayer uses Windows Media DRM to protect content. Indeed, it's in negotiations with Virgin Media to make its on-demand catalogue available via cable. Crave also asked the BBC's head of Future Media and...

Tags: demand, high definition, point, broadcast

27 June 2007, 13:32

LinkTheater DVD player: Buffalo's bison

Crave If you've still not made the upgrade, you might want to invest in the Buffalo LinkTheater, a DVD player that will jump onto your home network over Wi-Fi and stream your media across to your TV. Yep, this new piece of convergent technology is the...

Tags: buffalo technology, hd, wi fi, divx

9 September 2005, 9:47

Hands-on with the Cowon Q5

Crave It's a hard disk-based media player, encased in matte black metal, boasting a 127mm (5-inch) touch-sensitive screen and a plethora of features that not only puts it on a par with the excellent Archos 605 WiFi, but possibly way beyond it in terms...

Tags: cowon

16 January 2008, 8:00

Seven things you didn't know about Windows 7

Crave Microsoft hasn't given up on its dream of having Windows gain a prominent spot in the living room and its main effort in this area -- Windows Media Center -- is back in Windows 7. Enhancements to Windows Media Center

Tags: battery life, wi fi, sensor, media center

11 November 2008, 10:11

Photos: Samsung i900 hands-on

Crave It makes sense, too, if you are to use it as a media player because the aspect ratio is much closer to the 16:9 aspect ratio commonly seen in movie files. To that end, the i900 also comes with a media application that supports DivX and Xvid out of...

6 June 2008, 10:38

Crave Talk: How flash will destroy optical and magnetic storage

Crave Apple recently offered a 64GB SSD inside its new MacBook Air laptop; Creative's Zen media player maxes out at 32GB -- a media player capacity previously only commercially achievable with 1.8-inch HDDs; and 32GB SDHC cards may effectively compete...

21 January 2008, 10:53

BBC iPlayer: Now showing on portable media players

Crave Rose said there will be a similar release for Mac and Linux users "very soon".iPlayer has been available for the Apple iPhone and iPod for some time and recently became compatible with the Sony PSP and Nokia N96 smart phone.Check back on Crave...

Tags: devices, bbc, drm, windows media

13 October 2008, 9:02

Hands-on with Sony's NW-A815

Crave Instead, Windows Media Player handles syncing, or you can simply drag and drop media files through Windows Explorer. Today, we're looking at the big boy in the Japanese juggernaut's MP3 player line-up, the NW-A815 (also known as the NW-A816 and NW...

1 October 2007, 11:04

Mac Mini vs. Microsoft Media Center: Round 1

Crave However the majority of Media Centres we've looked at are distinctly noisy, especially in comparison to a DVD player or video recorder. Microsoft has been desperate to claim the living-room as its trophy wife, but a series of attempts to nail the...

Tags: microsoft, mini, remote control, fans

10 March 2006, 12:20

Channel 4's 4oD: TV on demand, at a price

Crave Installing the application was simple enough: the program makes sure that you have the latest software, and where required will help by updating anything that is out of date, such as Windows Media Player or your .NET libraries.

Tags: watching, demand, bbc, programmes

3 January 2007, 11:48

A Letter from Linuxland -- Part 1

Crave It could have been Windows Media Player offering to 'protect' my content with a smarmy message that smelled as bad as 'Crusher' Nobbs offering to 'protect' a pub. You know where you are with Windows, even if it's not exactly where you want to be...

Tags: linux, hq, steve ballmer, windows genuine advantage

6 September 2006, 15:19