Why does Windows Media Player SUCK so much?
 

Every time I try to install this fucking crap, it NEVER works right. EVER. And it's always something different..... it's either full of fuckin' errors and won't play at all, or it does some bizarre shit like go full screen and makes itself permanent to the point that the Big Red Power Button is needed......

what a fuckin' usless piece of shitty software! :mad:

/format C:

did that.... this HD is fresh. Also tried to install that junk on a completely different system.... even weirder results. I'm convinced it's a piece of shit. And that sucks because video is a good thing.... it's a shame really.

what version are you trying to install?

Just use 6.4 (mplayer2.exe)

It is a complete Piece of Shit. Whenever I try to use 7.0 (or whatever the latest version is) with Win 98, my whole pc freezes...

i dont know, i've never had problems with it. I actually like it :-)

maybe you got an old comp or some hardware problems...or win 3.11 ?

the latest.... 7.0 or whatever it is now....

Try real player, and you'll never complain about microsoft software again.

that would be windows 98 hehe

I have Win2k Pro though.... and no, my machines are not old and crusty.

thats odd
what version of WMP are you trying to install?

7

I know - I still have it on my desktop... Everything else works fine, but Media Player always craps out.

Win 2k runs much better on my laptop. Maybe I'll get off my ass one of these days and upgrade the desktop OS.

and I have installed, uninstalled, reinstalled this shit at least 2 dozen times... every time it does something else weird.... everything but operate normally.

you should! I'm NEVER going back

thats cause ver7 is a piece of shit.
6.4something was the only version of WMP I ever got to run for longer than 2 minutes on my win98 comp.

anyway, go for win xp and WMP 8. no problems at all

it might have to do with what else you have installed on your system - on your system it should go smooth. The only problem I could see would be installing the codecs and such...

that's cause windoze is a piece of shit

the only thing I've been able to make work is to uninstall that version 7 junk and let the system default to it's original ver 2.1 or whatever it is that comes with the OS.....

no.... not gonna be using XP anytime in the near future. 2k Pro will be my OS of choice for a long time comin'. :winkwink:

his OS is just fine

try version 8 as he mentioned.

I considered that too, but I tried to install it on another machine here that was a fresh format and totally clean install of 2k.... no 3rd party software installed whatsoever.... it still wouldn't work.

Theres your problem!!

New Software with one of the Buggiest Operating Systems ever.
98 Sucks Ass!

Go for 2000! I have no problems!

Watching DIVX through Windows Media Player on my TV with DVD Quality.
I don't think Windows Media Sucks!

I have similar problems, 99% of the time, windows media player freezes my computer within 30 seconds, the other 1% of the time, it will be within 10 minutes. I talked to a friend of mine, and he has heard of several other ppl with the problem, and the only things in common are the abit motherboard and win2k. Don't think those two like each other :> Easy solution, download real one player (it's free), go to search for updates, click on drivers, install the windows media compatability beta stuff. It seems to work perfectly for me.
ZoiNk

I'v never had problems with wmp

could be user error

I am using Win2k and Media player 7 and the only way I have found to be able to use it is to...well not use it....

7.10.00.3068 is the version I use with win 98 and no problems yet.

Try BSPlayer or Zoomplayer instead, i use BSPlayer.

Have a look at EOVideo.. useful for other stuff as well as just playing!

http://www.eo-video.com/

Topic: Why does Windows Media Player SUCK so much?

Because it was not developed by Apple.

Quicktime rules!!!

Mitch

I can't even read that foreign language the guy in the post above me wrote in. Something about Apples and Quicken or something blah blah blah.

:winkwink:

Amp, get Winamp.

Depending on the type of files and the date you can use the standard , MWP that is on the win98 cd. if a file plays and says error downloading codec, ignor that , go to a codec site and download. such as download.com, get divx pro.5.0 and you should be fine. also there is a new version out for WMP it is version 9.0(it is a replica of what is on XP ) or the next version up from that.

Dave

Go to http://www.experts-exchange.com/

They solve computer related problems for free.

I use Win2K pro, and I have never, ever had any problems with Windows Media.

Ohhhhhh wwwaaaaaaaiiiitttt aaaa miiiiinuuuteee...

You're in Hawaii, right?
Did you touch that same damn idol those damn Brady kids fucked with? Lava Rock, perhaps?

Same here. And it doesn't play for me either.

Wish I never updated that damn shit :mad:

i have v8.0 which came with XP
works great

Sounds like you have no clue how to troubleshoot a system that YOU fucked up.


Want someone to hold your fucking hand, retard?

*Sigh* I wonder who this could be?? Hmmmm...

install the latest service packs for win2k maybe

Indeed.

Damm Straight!!!

Never, never had a problem with Quicktime even when using Windoze

Because it's made by Microsoft? (is that the right answer?)