Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2

03Sep06

Windows Media Player 11 is the multimedia software developed by Microsoft to provide users with the ability to view multimedia content, both from the Internet and from their hard drive. You can use Windows Media Player 11 to play and organize digital media files on your computer and on the Internet. In addition, you can use the Player to play, rip, and burn CDs; play DVDs and VCDs; allows you to view MPEG and various other types of video content, as well as audio clips:

Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2

The new player was designed with user feedback from previous versions in mind. Gone are many of the irrelevant curvy user interface elements, in favor of a sleeker design. As in previous versions, various tools are arranged into tabbed sections at the top of the window, such as Now Playing, Library, Rip, Burn, Sync, and making its debut in the default configuration.

Latest changes:

• Fixes have been made for issues that occurred in the first beta release of Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP
• Additional online stores are now available
• Changes to sharing digital media content

Release Notes for Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 for Windows XP

WMP 11 still supports skins, but the default look is now a slick shiny black for the toolbar and user interface elements. The player controls (stop, pause, rewind, etc.) are arranged nicely and are now large enough to be controlled easily.

WMP11 Playback Buttons

Windows Media Player 11 is designed to work with Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows XP Professional SP2, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP2, or Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup 2.
Download WMP 11 Beta 2 (Final version released).

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