Windows Media Player 9

[Debbie]

I ask, is it worth installing in WinXP ?

Debbie

[bitz4brainz]

Why not?

You could do a lot worse: Real-assimilateyourPC-player!

Not sure you will see a huge improvement over WM8 though if you are already running that.

MS has a WM9 demo DVD you can get for $5 postage and handling. Includes software, the BMW films, some trailers and a couple of documentaries. Search for "Do Amazing Things". It has normal and "hi-def" versions of the BMW films, but hi def requires 2GHx+ CPU.

MS is apparently trying to establish WM as an alternative format to MPEG2 on DVDs, players. Don't know how much luck they will have.

[Fred H]

I've read somewhere that MP9 once installed can not be uninstalled any more.
I am not sure, but it couldn't be wrong to Ghost the system with an earlyer MP.

I am using mostly MP6.4 (it is quick and small) but have MP8 also installed.
Fred H

[Nowhere]

imho wmp9 is much better than wmp8
even though I don't use it much (mainly for preview or some short movies)

[bitz4brainz]

On XP, MP is a Windows component and not defined by revision. You can "remove" it, but of course that probably just disables the player shell and the shared DLLs remain.