To be honest I fail to see the point of discussing what used to be as it is no longer so what really has to be asked is what can we use now and into the future.
-----Original Message----- From: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Wednesday, 30 January 2019 10:26 AM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] FW: Of Interest While I don't have any experience with Windows Media Center, I have used Windows Media Player...and never was a huge fan of it! Having said that, at one time, I used Windows Window to rip CDs as it seemed pretty straight-forward to me; it already would rip the track titles right out of the box! But they they changed the look of it; didn't seem (at least to me) that intuitive! Tom Kaufman -----Original Message----- From: all-audio@groups.io [mailto:all-audio@groups.io] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Monday, January 28, 2019 11:26 PM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] FW: Of Interest What you forwarded to the list comes as no surprise to me and yes Microsoft do analyse usage data of their Apps. Windows Media centre hadn't - when I last used it - been updated for a good while and had at that time fallen behind many other alternatives. I now use Plex to handle everything that Windows Media Center did though - given I use Windows 10 - I couldn’t have used Windows Media Center even if I’d wanted to as Windows Media Center doesn’t come as part of Windows 10. I very much liked Windows Media Center however because of the infrequent updates known problems with the App just weren’t fixed whereas Plex and VLC are updated frequently. As for upgrading to Windows 10? There are plenty of good reasons to do so including better handling of audio and video devices, a far more stable operating system etc. Anyway its the individuals call. > On 29 Jan 2019, at 3:06 pm, Tom Kaufman <tomca...@comcast.net> 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 (#1863): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/1863 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/29578980/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
