# Windows Media Player 10 Preview
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-media-player-10-preview/49349
**Category:** random
**Created:** [April 21, 2004, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-media-player-10-preview/49349 "2004-04-21T21:14:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2004, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-media-player-10-preview/49349/1 "2004-04-21T21:14:25Z")
Hey everyone,
There are a few cool screenshots of the newer WMP 10 at neowin: [http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=19299](http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=19299)
Looks like the cleaned up the extra clutter that WMP9 seems to have 😉
**[size=4]Update:[/size]**
You can download a preview of WMP10 from Microsoft at the following URL: [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/default.aspx](http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/default.aspx)
Cheers!
Kirupa :ub:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-media-player-10-preview/49349/2 "2004-09-02T03:00:19Z")
Wohooo! WMP10 could be out tomorrow 🙂 It does come with something I will never use - an online music store. Why pay for restricted music files when I could rather purchase the CD and do more with it!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-media-player-10-preview/49349/3 "2004-09-02T03:10:40Z")
cool. I like WM more than Real Player (because it knows how to do some serious sucking. Suck a bowling ball through a kitchen pipe level of suck.) But then again, I really only use WM where quicktime won’t work, and when I don’t want to use Winamp (rarely). It’s not bad, the others have just kinda grown on me.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-media-player-10-preview/49349/4 "2004-09-02T03:32:43Z")
NEVER use RealPooper, there’s players like Windows Media (Player) Classic that has the codec for it without all the crap RP comes with.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2004, 3:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-media-player-10-preview/49349/5 "2004-09-02T03:40:03Z")
I solely use WMP for movies. All My music is played through winamp 5 :love:
I’ve used winamp for 4 years now… I love it 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-media-player-10-preview/49349/6 "2004-09-02T03:43:10Z")
Winamp is great, awesome substitute for iTunes for Pods.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-media-player-10-preview/49349/7 "2004-09-02T04:21:15Z")
> [@kirupa](#):
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> Wohooo! WMP10 could be out tomorrow 🙂 It does come with something I will never use - an online music store. Why pay for restricted music files when I could rather purchase the CD and do more with it!
woo
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2004, 8:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-media-player-10-preview/49349/8 "2004-09-02T08:09:30Z")
OH GREAT!!! :td:
that means ive gotta change all my mediaplayer code again, I bet all the param’s have changed again. \*\*\*\* microsoft :to:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2004, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-media-player-10-preview/49349/9 "2004-09-02T10:20:15Z")
> [@MTsoul](#):
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> But then, you gotta admit, Gates managed his business well. Even though a lot of people don’t like his stuff, but he’s got some SERIOUS amount of cash. Ain’t that what matters? 😉
No. That’s like saying “You gotta admit, Hitler managed his propaganda well. Even though a lot of people don’t like his stuff, but he’s got some SERIOUS power. Ain’t that what matters?”. See the comparison? It matters not only how you do at the finish line, but how well(and fairly) you run the race 😉
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2004, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-media-player-10-preview/49349/10 "2004-09-02T10:34:09Z")
> But then, you gotta admit, Gates managed his business well.
Think about the management (project) structure they must have in place at microsoft, It must be awsome!!. The amount of people and different departments ect, trying to bring it all together. id like to see how that works. In that respect Gates does managed his business well.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2004, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-media-player-10-preview/49349/11 "2004-09-02T12:24:11Z")
Is it out yet or not? Yes NO yes? nO? ? ?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2004, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-media-player-10-preview/49349/12 "2004-09-02T12:27:16Z")
> [@Maxtr0sity](#):
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> NEVER use RealPooper, there’s players like Windows Media (Player) Classic that has the codec for it without all the crap RP comes with.
Real has been cleaning up their act recently though 🙂 They open-sourced RP and their codec, so I don’t think there are going to be any ads in the next version (like Netscape and Mozilla kinda)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-media-player-10-preview/49349/13 "2004-09-02T17:08:46Z")
> [@njs12345](#):
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> No. That’s like saying “You gotta admit, Hitler managed his propaganda well. Even though a lot of people don’t like his stuff, but he’s got some SERIOUS power. Ain’t that what matters?”. See the comparison? It matters not only how you do at the finish line, but how well(and fairly) you run the race 😉
True, but you still have to admit he did sway alot of people to his side. He was good at that. And people only started disliking his stuff after the little “poland” incident 😉
The other thing is that while he may have had some really bad ideas, his regime got things done. Ex: The invented the Volkswagon (sp?) and magnetic recording tape (cassette tape)! Not to mention the enigma machine, etc.
One final thought: Do atheletes get a gold for running a good race but not finishing first? I think not.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-media-player-10-preview/49349/14 "2004-09-02T17:50:14Z")
That’s true - the analogy continues. There are good things about Microsoft as well - but I doubt you’d say that Hitler did more good than bad 😉
> [@Coppertop](#):
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> One final thought: Do atheletes get a gold for running a good race but not finishing first? I think not.
Do athletes get gold for taking steroids and cheating? 😛
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-media-player-10-preview/49349/15 "2004-09-02T20:30:02Z")
> [@njs12345](#):
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> Do athletes get gold for taking steroids and cheating? 😛
Yes.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-media-player-10-preview/49349/16 "2004-09-02T22:21:22Z")
> [@telekinesis](#):
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> Yes.
ack! /me bashes self.
Do they get to **keep** their gold medals?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-media-player-10-preview/49349/17 "2004-09-02T22:22:05Z")
> [@njs12345](#):
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> ack! /me bashes self.
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> Do they get to **keep** their gold medals?
If they hide it or auction it off on ebay first 😛
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2004, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-media-player-10-preview/49349/18 "2004-09-02T23:04:20Z")
> [@Krilnon](#):
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> Is it out yet or not? Yes NO yes? nO? ? ?
Relax dude.
[http://www.windowsmedia.com/mediaguide/WindowsMediaPlayer10](http://www.windowsmedia.com/mediaguide/WindowsMediaPlayer10)
Have fun.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-media-player-10-preview/49349/19 "2004-09-03T03:22:00Z")
> [@kirupa](#):
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> If they hide it or auction it off on ebay first 😛
But if they auction it off on ebay then someone else will have their medal!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2004, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-media-player-10-preview/49349/20 "2004-09-03T03:30:15Z")
> [@Coppertop](#):
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> But if they auction it off on ebay then someone else will have their medal!
That’s true, but at least they would get some money for it as opposed to losing the medal to the IOC without getting any money for it 🙂
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