Windows Media Player 10 Beta is now released to the public.

Sleek New Design. A streamlined and sleek new design delivers a fresh new look and improved ease of use, including faster access to top Player tasks. The most important Player features are now in a more prominent position in the library, enabling users to accomplish everyday digital media tasks all in one convenient place and to take advantage of the powerful capabilities of the Player while browsing the library.

Choice of Online Stores. Introducing the first "Digital Media Mall" enabling you to discover, download, rent or stream music and video within the Player from a choice of online stores. These stores enjoy deeper integration and customization within the Player to enhance their functionality and ease of use.

Enhanced Device Support. A wide selection of devices are supported with this release, including a host of current portable music players and new Portable Media Center devices that will be available later this year. A major component of this rich device support includes a new feature called Auto Sync which enables the seamless, automatic synchronization of music, video, and even recorded TV and photos to supported portable devices.

Improved All-in-One Smart Jukebox. Windows Media Player 10 Technical Beta builds upon the award-winning Windows Media Player 9 Series, delivering fast and flexible playback, unmatched audio and video quality, and smart jukebox features designed to save you time and effort.

Download Page : http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsme...10/default.aspx

already downloaded

Hey GTX have you tried it ? I just wondering couse right now im using Winamp and I would love to go back to Media player (I cant help it im a microsoft addict) I also have to aks have you tried any Divx files on it yet ? When I tried Media player 9 Beta it wouldnt let me play Divix files for a long time.... lol

I'm at school right now so I can't download it... but when I get home I'll download it and try it out and let you know how it works

Ohh be carefull Media player is a devil when it comes to going back to the old version.....

Nothing a good re-load won't fix

Yeah thats true but Divx wasnt compatible for a while with Media Player 9 that type of thing probably wont ever happen again as Divx is sooo popular on the net these days even for short little movie clips (it sure saves alot of bandwidth)

I had K-Lite codec pack and Dr. DivX installed and had no probs with DivX on Win Media Player. Though i had to remove it since it wasnt compatible with Freelancer

I'll wait for the finished version, I don't trust them

besides, it's not like I ever use WMP, or anything else.

Just got it and it looks cool, with better CD burning, audio ripping and DVD playing support.

Any idea on where the feedback forums are?

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsme...andsupport.aspx

I downloaded it last night, i put the setup onto a disc and then gave it to my sister to put onto her computer. Im using it but i don't see the big deal to me its just WMP9 turned horizontally heh.

yeah its nothing special,but i like it better

Each time we install WMP 9...There is a default setting that makes it start up the "guide" every time you load up WMP9. In WMP9 there is an option to make it so that it doesn't start up with the "guide." Anyone figure out how to do this in WMP10???

I remember setting that option somewhere, but I cant find it now. IT is possible since mine starts up only in Now Playing mode

Go to Tools-->Options and untick the box that says "Start player in media guide". That's it

How is it guys? (I've never really liked WMP)

hmm, WMP 10 seems to occupy less RAM than WMP 9 and also starts up a bit faster. CPU load is a bit less, but very little, that may be due to some other reason.

i prefer it much better than WMP 9,but i like like my new foobar 2000

The screens of the new skin look butt ugly, I hope there's a bit variety in the skins you can choose.

Nah, the skins pretty cool. There are no other official skins for the beta, but all WMP 9 skins work with WMP 10 beta