Micro$oft, at it again: you have to buy WinXP to get MPlayer8!

[Technoid]

I am actualy wondering why Microsoft is trying to be the Nvidia of OS'es and churning out a new OS every year..

The best they could do is to plug all bugs and security holes in w98ME and W2K before they start to do a new OS with multiple bugs..

And it seems that Win XP will be the OS that defined:

A hardware technichians nightmare


It's the first step on the way to MS dream:

Computers that can only use MS software...

[Vince]

This _Idiot, yes, I've recorded the Visualization plugins to AVI before. There's a program out there called SnagIt. You just have to set the WinAmp plugin to run in a window. Then you use SnagIt's ability to capture a window. It will then capure it into an AVI file. It takes a lot of tweaking to get a good result, it also needs a fast PC. Hope this helps!

Vince

[This_Idiot]

Thanks Vince, I'll be doing some experimenting with Snagit. For anyone else that might be interested, this is the link :
http://www.techsmith.com/products/snagit/default.asp

And for those that aren't using WinAmp, I gotta say that it blows away anything else I've used for audio playback, and as an added extra, the plug-in visualiser modules add a whole extra dimension to personal entertainment. There are plenty of these modules, many of them free, most of which can be customised in a variety of ways. The visual effects that they produce are tremendous, and would provide some excellent backgrounds/transitions, which is why I was asking the original question.

Thanks

Chris
(T_I)

[A_BIT]

Technoid,

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">I am actualy wondering why Microsoft is trying to be the Nvidia of OS'es and churning out a new OS every year..</font>

Because they love money! Lots of it!!!

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">The best they could do is to plug all bugs and security holes in w98ME and W2K before they start to do a new OS with multiple bugs..</font>

Maybe they fix some bugs with the "new" version, but they have to introduce "new" features because then you have to *buy* another release to get the *bug* fix. Why....
Because they love money! Lots of it!!!
Of course many new bugs which will only be fixed in the next "new" version, etc., etc., etc. Why... you get the idea.

[This message has been edited by A_BIT (edited 30 April 2001).]

[Indiana]

If you really want MediaPlayer8, there's a Beta2 available at savagenews (http://www.savagenews.com/software/wmp8beta/wmp8beta.html). This version is said to work with XP AND Win2k. Just no version for 98/ME up to now.

I didn't test it, so use at your own risk. But you really should know that when using anything beta (or any version x.0) from M$.