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hmm i can't think of any reason why you'd need this? i mean.. couldn't you just download the newest version of wmp? i guess the latest version of wmp doesn't (automatically) play dvd's soo i guess this is a good thing.. thanks!
-- John Woo , November 09, 2002
This is NOT an enhanced version of Windows Media Player. It is an entirely different utility. - shares the same look and feel as Windows Media Player 6 - is _extremely_ configurable - plays EVERYTHING you can throw at it (if you have the appropriate codec/DirectX filter installed). There are some players that try to accomplish the same thing (such as EO Video Player), but they don't even come close with respect to configurability or stability or usability. Some users might consider the interface to be "uncool", which it may be in comparison to, say winamp or quicktime player or realplayer one or even to current versions of the windows media player, but none of those user interfaces are immediately intuitive. Grabest's Media Player Classic is. Good things said, here are some of the things that do bother me: - There are so many configuration property page tabs that don't all fit. Using a tree-style selection would be preferable. - The right-click popup menu is a little too convoluted. It needs to be flatter (more options on the main menu, less on sub-menus). - If you have two codecs for the same stream Its easily confused Nonetheless, those are rather trivial issues, and may even have been fixed by the time you read this. All in all this is an excellent utility and blows away every other media player there is.
-- Foo Bar , May 15, 2003