windows media player

Windows Media Player 11: iTunes killer at last?

Crave One thing that did get us excited about was the new Windows Media Player 11, which incorporates a number of nifty new features. Hopefully we'll see the new Media Player before Windows Vista launches, but as Urge isn't set for release until later in...

Tags: microsoft, windows vista, albums, vista

7 January 2006, 15:16

Photos: Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Windows Mobile phone

Crave The new X1 handset has a 76mm (3-inch) touch-sensitive screen, 3.2-megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, Windows Media Player, 3D game support, FM radio, Internet Explorer, RSS feed reader, Wi-Fi, GPS, HSDPA, a microSD slot and 400MB of internal...

11 February 2008, 8:28

Why I like: VLC media player

Crave Windows Media Player irritates me by not allowing me to uninstall it, and with its baffling interface. What is it with those four separate menu/title bars at the top of Windows Media Player 10? It doesn't keep asking you if you want to make it your...

Tags: install, media player, icon, quicktime

3 July 2006, 16:00

Samsung YM-P1: Portable movie machine

Crave The interface is comfortingly similar to Windows XP Media Center, and while it's more basic, the player does have wide support for all the various video formats. It will play DivX and other MPEG-4 files directly, and it will integrate fully with...

Tags: samsung, transfer, media player, portable

13 March 2006, 13:56

Open-source software rated: Ten alternatives you need

Crave True, Windows Media Player doesn't work with an iPod anyway, and the vast majority of other models that claim to need WMP will actually let you drag and drop your content into their memory through Windows Explorer anyway.

19 November 2007, 8:00

Photos: hands-on with the Philips Streamium SA9345

Crave We dragged a fat helping of MP3s directly into the player's memory through Windows Explorer, but Windows Media Player works fine, too. The SA9345's casing is quite nice though the 'Streamium' is somewhat misleading, as the player isn't capable of...

12 October 2007, 11:17

Real Life: From zero to De Niro with LoveFilm

Crave I check the FAQ on the LoveFilm site and see that it requires Windows Media Player 10. I go to Microsoft's Web site to download Windows Media Player 10 and discover that I have to download and install the Windows Genuine Advantage application...

Tags: media player, film, clicking, laptop

22 June 2006, 11:21

Photos from IFA 2006: See the Ambilight with Philips

Crave They come with Windows XP Media Center Home Edition 2005, but are ready for Windows Vista. Philips has already introduced 25GB single-layer BD-R (recordable) and BD-RE (recordable and erasable) media capable of holding more than 6 hours of hi-def...

4 September 2006, 12:31

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, 12:04

Photos: Motorola Rizr Z6, Rokr E6, Motofone and Maxx

Crave More importantly, it runs a Linux-based operating system and also features Windows Media Player 11, which supports Windows WMA v10 plus Janus DRM, MP3, AAC, AAC+, AAC+ enhanced, AMR NB, WAV and XMF. The Maxx also has three touch-sensitive music...

11 January 2007, 1:01

Loewe Connect 37 DR+: LCD TV with built-in media streaming

Crave It has both Wi-Fi and wired Ethernet options, which allow it to connect to a PC running Windows Media Player file sharing. The German company's latest is the innovative Connect 37, a 37-inch LCD TV with built-in media streaming abilities.

Tags: loewe, hard drive, playback, connect

26 March 2008, 11:16

Hands-on with the gorgeous new Sony Walkman NWZ-A820

Crave You're free to either drag and drop files into the memory through Windows Explorer or Mac OS X, or using Windows Media Player. The result is a highly attractive player, with an intuitive icon-driven GUI inside a gorgeous metal enclosure.

11 April 2008, 11:22

Hiro Media: Piping ads into free TV downloads

Crave The other problem is that these files won't play on anything except a PC, and even then, you'll need to use Windows Media Player -- the image above is what you get when you play the files in VLC. The problem is, it's not exactly legal to download...

Tags: ad, material, codec, windows media player

16 November 2007, 11:05

Can someone please make a decent media streamer?

Crave So no stupid software -- that includes iTunes and Windows Media Player Yesterday the new Archos TV+ media streamer was formally launched in the UK. This comes at an interesting time, because the big Apple TV update is coming soon and other...

Tags: xvid, material, streaming, hard drive

7 February 2008, 11:53

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