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Flaws found in Windows-based media players
Oct 28 2004-Microsoft Windows users need to watch out for several flaws in non-Microsoft media players, security experts said.
Apple Computer and RealNetworks have both issued fixes for their Windows software to patch serious security vulnerabilities. Apple released Quicktime 6.5.2 on Wednesday to plug two holes in its Windows media player. On Tuesday RealNetworks advised users of its RealPlayer 10, RealPlayer 10.5 and RealOne Player software to use the "Check for Updates" feature to download the latest patch.
One of the flaws in Apple's Quicktime player affects Mac OS X users as well, but the company patched the problems at the end of September.
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Windows Media Player 9 Series Winter Fun Pack Download
Dec 9 2002-Microsoft has released a winter fun pack for Windows Media Player 9 that includes:
- Windows Media Player 9 Series Skins
Get into the season with new Ginger Man and Ice skins to customize your player.
- Windows Media Player 9 Series Visualizations
Watch the pops and flares of the Yule log dance to the beat of your music, or have fun mixing your own photos into the Picture It! Visualization 2: Winter Edition.
- Holiday Music Auto Playlists
Fun new holiday themed Auto Playlists use the Smart Jukebox features in Windows Media Player 9 Series to find and organize your holiday music into mixes.
Go here for the funpack.
You can also get the latest Windows Media Player 9 release candidate here
Microsoft to Unveil Windows Media Series 9
On Monday, Microsoft will reveal that its next-generation Windows Media products, code-named Corona, will be marketed as Windows Media Series 9 when released later this year. Windows Media Series 9 consists of new versions of Windows Media Player, Windows Media Audio and Video codecs, Windows Media Encoder and a new Windows Media Software Development Kit (SDK). Each of these products will be available in beta form to the public beginning September 4, when Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates hosts a Windows Media Series 9 launch event at the Hollywood and Highlands Complex in Los Angeles, California.
"Digital media has the potential to redefine the possibilities for new experiences and services over the Internet, in the living room and in companies around the world," says Will Poole, the vice president of the Windows Digital Media Division at Microsoft. "Windows Media 9 Series is designed to deliver the major step forward in functionality and performance the industry needs to realize this potential."
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Video Codec in Windows Media Format 7.1 SDK May Not Detect and Use Processor Optimizations (Q312125)
The video codec that is included in the Windows Media Format 7.1 Software Development Kit (SDK) may not properly detect and use processor optimizations in the latest Intel Pentium 4 and AMD Athlon XP processors.
A new version of the Wmfdist.exe redistributable package is available. It is the same as the one that is included in the Windows Media Format 7.1 SDK except for an updated codec with improved processor detection.
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Windows Media Player Visualizations
Visualizations literally let you watch your music move. Windows Media Player comes with over 30 visualizations, and you can download more from this site. Once you've downloaded a visualization, you can find it in your Windows Media Player under the 'View' pull-down menu. Or, when you're playing your music, you can scroll through the visualizations on your computer by using the arrows in the status area of the player. Download these here, stick figure visualizations here, some real nice ones here at Wildtangent and grab some new ones from Microsoft here in the Windows Media Bonus Pack for Windows XP.
Windows Media Player Skins
With skins, you can easily customize the look of your player to match your mood. Skins are quick and easy to download and they automatically install directly in your player. It's easy to switch back and forth between your skins by clicking on the Skin Chooser tab in Windows Media Player. Download some here. You can also get some here at the Student Skins Gallery at Howard University, some here at deviantART and some here at skins.org.
Microsoft Program Tracks User Habits
Microsoft's new version of its popular Media Player software creates a list of the digital songs and movies each computer user has played - a potential treasure-trove for marketing companies, lawyers, even snooping spouses.
The company is notifying customers about the tactic after inquiries from The Associated Press. Microsoft says it has no plans to sell the data collected by Media Player, which comes free with the Windows XP operating system. The company said last month it had sold more than 17 million copies of Windows XP.
``If you're watching DVDs you don't want your wife to know about, you might not want to give her your password,'' said David Caulton, Microsoft's lead program manager for Windows Media.
Downloading CD information such as the disc name and track list, is a common practice used by almost every computer CD player. But downloading DVD information is new, and has the potential to be sensitive especially in the case of racy or violent movies.
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How do I clear the media player history?
M Mitchell ask, "How do I clear windows media player history?", well Microsoft has a cleaner in the media player bonus pack, which you can download here, or you can do it manually by clicking Media Library, sarch under all submenus under adio and vdeo and delete all results, then, go to the deleted items folder and delete them again. I haven't tried the media player cleaner in the bonus pack myself, if anyone has and would like to tell us about it, email us at webmaster@tipsdr.com.
What is Windows Media player's main uses, this is from Microsoft's website here.
Microsoft Windows Media, a set of digital media components and features for personal computers and consumer appliances, is fueling a revolution in how news, information, and entertainment is distributed and experienced.
Whether in the home or the office, the den or the dorm, or even on the road, this suite of digital media capable devices and services are poised to deliver on the promise of anywhere, anytime access to the information and entertainment you demand.
It all started with the personal computer and streaming media over the Internet or corporate network. This provided for the first time, truly interactive, on-demand audio and video. Though the quality over analog modems was constrained, users were intrigued and satisfied with capabilities like news and training on-demand, international radio, and Web-only event broadcasts.
Now with Windows Media, Microsoft is focused on several key initiatives that have already started to broaden the impact of streaming media to the extent that it is having a dramatic impact on the consumer and the worker, and the media and the IT industries.
- Broadband Internet: The emergence of DSL and cable connected homes has paved the way for the delivery of CD quality music and near-broadcast quality video. Microsoft is partnering with key infrastructure players, from telcos, to cable television providers, to Internet service providers, to empower them to provide high speed Internet access to the home. This, coupled with the rich interactivity and e-commerce capabilities of the Internet, is now delivering compelling pay-per-use and advertising supported content.
- Digital Music: The music industry is at the forefront of the digital media revolution. Microsoft is delivering key enabling technologies, and working closely with the music industry to assist in the deployment of high quality, music promotion, and secure distribution. Windows Media addresses the needs of the music industry, offering features to increase the number of listeners, protect and distribute content, and allow for widespread compatibility with other digital consumer devices, all while providing CD-quality playback in crystal clear Windows Media Format.
- Consumer Electronics: Consumers want media throughout their homes, in their cars, while they're exercising, or while they're just out and about. Microsoft is working closely with the consumer electronics industry to ensure that the digital media revolution extends beyond the PC! Digital audio players, the majority of which will include support for Windows Media, are much smaller than the traditional Walkmans of the past, and allow consumers to create their own personal play lists, and eliminate skipping or scratches. A whole suite of additional Windows Media compatible consumer electronics devices, will soon be on the market, that span digital stereos, car stereos, and advanced television set top boxes.
- Business: Companies are rapidly discovering the benefits of streaming media in their organizations through virtual company meetings, "just-in-time" learning, and the ability to react to changing business conditions quickly with immediate communication to employees, partners and customers. Tight integration between Windows Media and the Windows operating system family allows any company that deploys Windows to easily benefit from the best platform for streaming digital media. And because Windows Media is a part of Windows on the desktop and the server, there are never any additional license fees.
- E-commerce: With the rapid growth in usage of digital media use for both consumer and business applications, content providers are looking to move from experimentation to revenue generation as quickly as possible. With the recently announced Digital Broadcast Manager, Microsoft offers a complete, familiar, easy-to-use and secure e-commerce solution that enables content providers to manage, deliver, and sell Pay-Per-Download and Pay-Per-Stream content with Windows Media over the Internet. And by interfacing with the Windows Media Rights Manager, Microsoft's digital rights management (DRM) platform, providers are assured that their rights are being preserved and adhered to based on the rules they've established.
Well the main website to start your search for all things related to windows media player would be Microsoft's own windows media player website, you will find info, downloads, demos, making windows media player content, hosting and delivering windows media, and info on windows media player and windows xp. here.
What's New in Windows Media Player for Windows XP
From Microsoft's website.
What’s new in Music
Copy (rip) CDs to your PC in high fidelity Windows Media Audio 8
With Windows Media Audio 8, you get great sounding, CD quality audio at half the size of MP3. With the latest generation of CD drives, you can copy a CD to your PC in just minutes.
Expanded MP3 support throughout
Built-in support for standard MP3 metadata, reference quality playback, and built-in CD burning are just a few of the many MP3 features in Windows Media Player for Windows XP. If you wish, you can even copy CDs to your PC in the MP3 format with one of the MP3 Creation Packs for Windows XP and get full support for all of Windows XP’s new digital media features including album art, media information in standard ID3v2 format and much more.
High-performance CD burning
Create your own CDs directly from Windows Media Player or the “My Music” folder. For the hundreds of CD drives that support Windows XP, you can create CDs at the full speed of the drive – that’s up to 1,100% faster than Windows Me out of the box (based on current CD-RW drives with a burn speed of 24x).
Play music, burn CDs and more from the “My Music” folder
Available right from the Start menu, the new “My Music” gives you easy access to your music. You can view thumbnail images of album art, play music, create CDs and add music to playlists, search and rearrange your music however you like, directly from the “My Music” folder.
Updated Media Library Features
New media library features improve support for more genres of music including classical, soundtrack and compilation albums. View track numbering and composer information and even easily update missing or outdated media information.
Powerful media information editing for WMA and MP3 files
For the first time, you can edit media information right from within the Media Library or the “My Music” folder. You can also batch edit entries. For example, you can change the genre of hundreds of files at once. Just select the entries you want to edit, right-click and choose Edit Selected Items.
Add lyrics to WMA or MP3 tracks
Now you can add lyrics to your music files (both WMA and MP3) and view them in the Now Playing pane of the Player during playback. Enter lyrics from the Media Library or the “My Music” folder.
Customizable file names
With Windows Media Player for Windows XP, you can choose the naming structure you want for music files on your PC. When you copy CDs to your PC, file names are generated from the media information, and you can choose files names that include any or all of the following fields, in the order you wish: track number, song title, artist, album, genre, and bit rate. You can adjust file name settings via the Tools>Options>Copy Music>Advanced menu.
Offline Media Information support w/ new view album art in Now Playing
Now you don’t need to be connected to the Internet to view the most common and popular types of media information. In fact, you can even turn display resizable album art in addition to visualizations in the media player’s Now Playing window.
Over 25 new visualizations
The new Battery visualization pack adds over 25 unique and exciting new visualizations that move to your music. Improved full screen support makes it easy to show off your favorite design.
Windows XP theme support
Take personalization to new levels with Windows XP themes support. Windows Media Player for Windows XP automatically offers a skin design that matches the Windows XP theme you have selected.
Support for multiple CD/DVD drives
Many users now have both DVD and CD-RW drives. Windows Media Player for Windows XP makes it easier to access your music and video on multiple drives.
Detection of HDCD Mastered CDs
High Definition Compatible Digital (HDCD) mastered CDs deliver improved audio fidelity on any PC. HDCD has been used in the recording of more than 5,000 CD titles, including more than 225 Billboard Top 200 recordings and accounting for more than 300 million CDs sold.
What’s new in Video and DVD playback
DVD video playback Yes, you can watch DVDs in Windows Media Player for Windows XP! You can also check out chapter listings, jump to a different chapter or read about ratings information. If the DVD includes them, you can even adjust camera angles to watch your DVD just the way you like it.
Full-screen video and DVD playback controls Easily access playback controls while watching video and DVD in full-screen mode. Now, controls automatically come into view when you move the mouse and automatically fade from view when not in use.
DVD media information Windows Media Player for Windows XP is the only PC-based DVD player to automatically retrieve DVD media information from the Internet. The Player can automatically download chapter listings, actor and director credits from a growing database of thousands of recent and classic DVD releases and save the information for offline viewing.
Enhanced DVD navigation Finally, you have a consistent, easy and fast way to navigate to your favorite scenes. For most DVDs, chapter listings are displayed as actual titles rather than numbers in a playlist, which you can navigate in the same way you do any other playlist within the Player.
Support for optional third-party DVD decoder add-on packs Most computers with DVD drives come with DVD decoders preinstalled. But for those rare cases in which the decoder did not come with the DVD, DVD decoder packs are available from third-party vendors and available at <>. Once the decoder is installed, you will be able to experience great DVD playback on Windows XP.
Transfer digital video to portable devices It’s easy to transfer video to portable devices such as Pocket PCs that support video playback. You can transfer video just as you transfer music: from the Copy to CD or Device tab, simply select the video clip from the media library or playlist and copy it to a supported device.
Hierarchical (tree-style) menu support for Pocket PCs Also new in Windows Media Player for Windows XP is support for a hierarchical (tree-style) view of content on your Pocket PC, making it easier to view particular clips or movies.
Video and DVD information saved for offline viewing Because Windows Media Player for Windows XP stores media information for offline viewing, you still have access to DVD information such as chapter listings and actor and director credits whether or not you are connected to the Internet.
What’s new in other features
Intelligent Media Management Now you can move your digital media files without breaking playlists or library listings. Intelligent Media Management synchronizes media file movements with entries in the Player’s Media Library and playlists so when you move media files to other directories, even to other hard disks on your PC, the Media Library automatically keeps track of your changes. This means you no longer have to rescan your computer for media files, or rebuild playlists when you move media files.
Player management for digital media in corporate environments Windows Media Player for Windows XP allows IT managers to offer targeted features designed to enhance productivity. IT professionals can create a customized Player optimized for their corporate environment, optionally eliminating access to consumer features. The management and deployment features allow IT managers to bring industry-leading media functionality to their company’s employees with the lowered total sot o of ownership they demand.
Auto play for devices and storage media Windows XP offers a new level of device support with Auto play for popular devices and storage media. When you insert an audio CDs or CD-/CD-RW disk, or when a device such as a camcorder is attached, Windows XP presents a dialog box that allows you to choose from several actions. From the Auto play dialog, you can select the appropriate activity and the software you wish to use.
Some reviews are availible here at cnet.com, andhere at hitsquad.com. Check out Streamingmediaworld.com for lots of media player reviews & streaming video, audio, & MP3 information. You will also want to check out WMP FAQ, the windows media player mini FAQ, for lots of hacks.
Want Media Player 8? Buy Windows XP
Microsoft is requiring consumers who want to use the latest version of Windows Media Player to upgrade to the new Windows XP operating system--a move that is reminiscent of the company's controversial decision to tie the Internet Explorer browser with Windows.
Windows Media Player 8 will be bundled with the forthcoming Windows XP--the upgrade to Windows 95, 98, Me and 2000. A similar "tying" of Internet Explorer with the OS in 1996 is credited with helping Microsoft win the browser war against Netscape's Navigator and has been a key issue in the antitrust case that is awaiting a decision by a federal Court of Appeals.
However, with Windows Media Player 8, Microsoft is going one step further than it did with Internet Explorer: the newest version of the application will only be available to consumers who upgrade to Windows XP. The older version of Media Player, version 7.0, will continue to be available as a free, separate download. Click here for more.
Flaw detected in Windows Media Player
A buffer-overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Media Player software could let malicious attackers run code of their choice on a victim's system, Microsoft warned in an advisory today.
Microsoft is advising users to immediately apply a patch that takes care of not just the latest threat but also a slew of other vulnerabilties -- some of them still undisclosed -- that cumulatively pose a "critical" security risk for users.
The latest buffer-overrun vulnerability affects Windows Media Player 6.4, 7 and 7.1 and Windows Media Player for Windows XP.
A coding flaw exists in the Advanced Streaming Format (ASF) that's used by Windows Media Player for storing streaming media data and sending it over networks, according to Microsoft. The flaw makes it possible for attackers to send malformed ASF files that could either crash a system or let malicious hackers take administrative control of it. Click here for more.
Hole found in Windows Media Player "skins"
Security experts are warning of a high-risk security hole affecting Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 "skins," which are used to give the desktop application a custom look and feel.
Bug hunter Georgi Guninski of Bulgaria published an advisory of the exploit Monday, warning of a security vulnerability by which attackers could read local files and browse directories that would enable them to execute arbitrary programs.
"It is a high risk," said Elias Levy, chief technology officer for SecurityFocus.com. The vulnerability "allows you to take full control of a machine. Someone could do whatever they want to." Click here for more.
A Streaming Media JukeBox
This week we embark on a new series of columns that will deal with controlling streaming media with JavaScript. Streaming media files reside on the server and are buffered by its clients. In this way, there is no need to download and store the very large size media file on the client machine. This technology is already being used for several applications such as video on demand, Internet-based training, and on-line classes. Some people believe that streaming media is going to be the next killer application that will drive the Internet economy one notch higher.
There are several streaming media file formats and players on the Internet. In this column we introduce the usage of Microsoft's Windows Media Player for playing streaming media. We'll show you how to embed the Media Player in a Web page and how to control its attributes by JavaScript. We'll also present our streaming media jukebox. The Windows Media Player is supported only by Internet Explorer 4.0 and up. In this part we present the PC version only. We'll present the Mac version in a later column. Click here for more.
Windows Media Player
The Microsoft Windows MediaTM Player (WMP) is a premier application for playing high-quality multimedia Web audio and video content. Normally a downloadable application and plug-in to a standard browser, WMP has been integrated into our receiver. Our version of the Windows Media Player reports itself as being a recent version, so that the user is not constantly prompted to upgrade the player. However, not all of the features of that release are supported. The following lists show the current level of support.
Audio Codecs Supported:
- Windows Media Audio 7
- Microsoft® Audio 4.0 (up to 22 kHz)
- ACELP by Sipro Labs
- MPEG audio layer 1
- MPEG audio layer 3
Video Codecs Supported:
- Windows Media Video 1
- Windows Media Video 7
- ISO-MPEG-4.3
- ISO-MPEG-4.2
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Know your rights
Windows XP comes bundled with Windows Media Player 8.0. While Media Player plays just about any digital media file format--it supports 35, including MP3, it records music only in the Windows Media Audio, or WMA, format. The reason? Content protection.
When recording, or ripping, music from CDs, Media Player allows you to make protected recordings so that no one will be able to copy the recording from one computer to another. You can turn copy protection on or off on the Copy Music tab by checking or unchecking the box that says Protect Content.
Protect your identity
Like many other audio players, Windows Media Player rushes out to the Internet to find information for you when you play a CD. Some of this information, such as song titles and album art, is useful, but Media Player also identifies your copy of Media Player to the site where it's getting data. Why? According to the help file, "The server uses this unique identifier to monitor your connection. By monitoring your connection, the server can make adjustments to increase the playback quality and to alert you about events that occur when receiving streams over the Internet."
If you're disturbed by this exchange of information, here's how to stop it. In Windows Media Player, click Tools > Options and go to the Player tab. Notice the option that says "Allow Internet sites to uniquely identify your player?" Turn it off.
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