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Is Windows Media Player Doomed?

65 Comments (Add) | Thursday, July 26th, 2007 at 1:45am

Via “Ice Ardor” in our live chat room:

About five years ago I made the switch from Windows Media Player to MusicMatch Jukebox Plus. I made the switch because WMP refuses to play mp3 files without slaughtering the quality, because Microsoft wants you to use their proprietary wma (DRM-able) format. WMP’s codec is pretty horrible, so the audio quality wasn’t great.

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QuickTime vs. RealPlayer vs. Windows Media Player

17 Comments (Add) | Monday, May 21st, 2007 at 6:17pm


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http://live.pirillo.com/ – Roadblock asks which is better: QuickTime, Real Player, or Windows Media Player?

It depends on what you want to use them for. I you want to just play MP3 files then any of those players will do; however, if you want to use specific files (MOV, WMA, etc.), you’ll probably want to use the media player built specifically for that format.

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