I'm just so glad that we have alternative choices Pex being one of several.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Hamit Campos Sent: Wednesday, 30 January 2019 1:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [all-audio] FW: Of Interest Yeah I wandered about this all along with the talk of Microsoft ending support for 7. Cause I loved Media Center. Had I kept 7 it woulda been for Media Center. On 1/28/2019 11:06 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: > If you are running Windows 7 and like to use Windows Media Player, > this may be something you'll want to read! > > Tom Kaufman > > > > From: marianne Interest > > > > Hi Tom, > > > > If you use Windows 7 as I do, this may be of interest to you. > > > > > > Windows 7's Windows Media Player app is about to get worse > > > > By > > Matt Hanson > > 3 hours ago > > Software > > > > No more metadata > > As Windows 7 hurtles towards its end of life date (January 14 2020), > it looks like Microsoft is beginning to strip features from the ageing > operating system, > > and it has now removed a key feature from Windows 7's Windows Media Player. > > > > According to > > a support document > > that Microsoft quietly updated a few days ago, "you may be unable to > view information (metadata) such as the title, genre, and artist for > songs, and the > > director, actors, cover art, and TV guide for movies in Windows Media > Center and Windows Media Player." > > > > This move also affects the Windows Media Center app found in Windows > 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. > > > > So, it looks like when you import music or videos into Windows Media > Player in Windows 7, titles, artist names and other information won't > be downloaded. > > This is a major blow to the usefulness of the app, in our view. > > Why? > > > > Microsoft looked at customer feedback and usage data regarding the > feature and decided to discontinue it, so it probably means not many > people were using > > it. > > > > If you were, it might mean it's time to finally upgrade from Windows 7 > - as you'll probably want to anyway before January 14 next year - or > start using > > an alternative such as > > VLC Media Player. > > > > While the removal of this feature is disappointing, Microsoft has > promised that metadata that's already been downloaded will still be > available - it just > > won't download metadata for new media you add. > > > > Microsoft has also explained that this change won't affect any of the > app's media playing functionality, such as playback, media stream and > other major > > features. > > > > Still, it's a reminder that it's probably worth thinking about > upgrading to > > Windows 10. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#1859): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/1859 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/29578980/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
