Windows Media Player 11.2607.16.0

Window Media Player 11 has good potential, but Microsoft doesn't seem to be interested in fixing it's bugs - particularly in playing Videos. I use it 3 computers, 1 with Vista, 2 with XP. I've checked several times for updates in the hopes of not having it crash most of the time I play videos, but I always get no update available messages.

Fortunately I have several media players available, but I liked WMP's features the few times it did play recently downloaded, or newly purchased movies. If MS would follow up on the program and listen to the users, it could be an excellent program.

K-lite codec not helping in playing video in WMP11 vista. After the codec installed every video now becomes black. Not good. WMP11 need to have its own codec installer..

Pc
vista premium
dual core 1.8
2G ram
256 AGP nvdia

Window media player 11 is a real rubbish application developed by microsoft. doesnt play and support lots of music format . and microsoft is silent on this issue. cheers(******END*********)

WMP-11 can not play my .AVI files,
also it can not play my .DIVX files downloaded from Stage6.

That's not good!

I downloaded all codecs and players I could find (not really knowing what I'm doing) and it still doesn't work.
Considering the price of my new Windows-XP computer, it's a total shame.
How come I have to deal with these problems ?

Prompted by MSWINDOWS I unfortunately downloaded WMP11 and found it would not play my AVi videos. This is due, I understand, to the fact that MS have not included all the codecs needed to run this software, so who will crack down on MS?

Also, in attempting to `role back' to WMP10 I found that previous programmes were corrupted, I understand that this was arranged by MS to happen!!
Eventually the only way to reinstall WMP10 was to FORMAT my hard drive and spend hours reinstalling everything from scratch.

Warning, do not download WMP11.

does anyone know how to fix the windows media player 11 so that it will run avi vids in color i know it's a codec issue but which ones will fix it, it's a really annoying prob that has plauged me since i installed xp black edition also it has issues running real media files even with real alternative installed

I had high hopes of Vista. But after using is for 2 weeks now; it is one of the really bad os I have ever used since Windows was given birth. Vista is slower than Windows 2000 and takes a lot of time to even boot up. Since I am inclined to music; the first things I tried is the Windows Media Player. This is one of the worst players I have ever used. So slow and so un-user friendly. The looks are very similar to the old versions and I am completely no no for this. I am now reverting to my old XP Professional. Alternatively instead of corrupting your system with codec's; I would strongly recommend using the latest version of the VLC Player. VLC may not look good; but they are a one stop alternative for all your music and video's issues.

why wont my media player play any kind of .avi files. it gets really annoying when all it can play is mpg and even then not all mpg files.

WMP 11 is the worst player......plays video files with lag...only sum formats are supported..another nuts from microsoft.

heres a few problems that i have noticed with WMP11 ( Final Release Version)

1) it does play AVI files but it has a green bar that shows up in random places (within the film) e.g. the bottom of the player etc... this is obviously to do with WMP cos when i play it with other DVD players it works fine

2) some music is sketchy and distraughts a bit... several problems may be the lack of codecs or drivers for the sound card BUT windows updates offer me the latest update for my sound card so that should not be a problem (my speakers are also fine)

3) the major lag that comes from WMP11 is terrible ive noticed that to play songs with not much lag i have to listen to it through my library other wise if i play it through the viusals it would lag quite a bit

4) my oppinon is that the have released this too early and should of revised it before releasing... BUT i think that this latest version is only designed to run efficently on high end machines

if anyone has any codecs i would be greatful if you could email them to me, thanks

Shane Taj