Yes...VLC is now more accessible than it used to be; at least that's how I find it! Tom Kaufman
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hamit Campos Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 11:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [all-audio] FW: Of Interest You'd loved it though Tom. Media Center was pure epicness. I really wish they'd kept it, made it play Blu-Ray Disks and so on. Oh well, VLC is verry acccessible. Just keep Any DVD HD running as you play the disk. That's how I did it. On 1/29/2019 6:25 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: > 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dane > Trethowan > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2019 11:26 PM > To: [email protected] > 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 <[email protected]> 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 (#1867): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/1867 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]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
