User Reviews and Votes for Windows Media Player

Other products used: winamp, musicmatch

Submitted by Judith Anderson on 07-Sep-2004 20:00:52

Details: I enjoy this player a lot and it is so easy to use with foxy tunes i recommend any one to use this player.

Period used: 3 months

Submitted by Dashoney Brown on 18-Aug-2004 15:20:17

Submitted by me on 20-Aug-2004 11:56:40

Submitted by Eduardo Partaki on 21-Aug-2004 18:47:12

Summary: Good

Details: I love the search feature! Wmp is so superior to realplaye :)

Period used: 3years

Other products used: real player, win amp

Submitted by Deanna on 23-Aug-2004 17:26:44

Submitted by johna on 23-Aug-2004 22:04:42

Summary: Great GUI ^_^

Details: Even though I hate MS, I have to admit this is my favorite media player :P

Pros: GUI, File Formats, etc

Cons: none?

Period used: few months

Other products used: Winamp, XMMS, foobar

Submitted by Josh Powell on 26-Aug-2004 11:46:28

Summary: Fantastic

Details: Wow its amazing. Im not sure if this is because of the FoxyTunes plugin or if I have a virus (this has never happened before) because when I go to close WMP, it asks me if I want to close it or just hide it. Thats brilliant if it is the plugin! Well done!

Pros: interoperability

Cons: Limited controls

Period used: 4 Weeks

Other products used: N/A

Submitted by Mykel Scappin on 27-Aug-2004 05:18:52

Summary: Excellent player, sooo convenient!

Details: It does most every function you really need from it right from your browser screen. And if it doesn't have it at hand, simply click one button and bam, your media player opens up. Too convenient!

Pros: Simple to use and keeps the taskbar from getting cluttered w/ media play and music folder tabs.

Cons: Doesn't feature a fast forward and rewind option.

Period used: 1 month

Other products used: None, and I won't. This is the only one you'll ever need. Enough said.

Submitted by Steve Crawford on 28-Aug-2004 21:46:25

Summary: You don't have to talk sh** on it just cause it's made my Microsoft.

Pros: Fast; Low memory/CPU usage; Not spyware *cough winamp cough*

Cons: Windows only; No ogg vorbis support

Period used: Years

Other products used: Winamp Sonique

Submitted by Ian on 11-Sep-2004 02:15:19

Pros: windows integration => speed

Cons: microsoft product

Period used: 3 years

Other products used: winamp, itunes, zoom player

Submitted by koopa on 15-Sep-2004 09:44:49

Period used: 1 month

Other products used: Real, Nero, Foobar2000

Submitted by Tim Read on 15-Sep-2004 18:08:10

Summary: No good player from a no good company

Details: It is realy no good and people should avoid this evil player.

Pros: None whatsoever

Cons: Everything that's on uit

Period used: a few years

Other products used: xmms, winamp, macamp, ogle

Submitted by Rox de Gabba on 16-Sep-2004 09:20:44

Summary: A Microsoft Program That Doesn't Suck

Details: Okay, I'll admit, I sincerely dislike Microsoft. There are only two programs I think were of any good from them: Windows XP Professional, and Windows Media Player. But why? Granted, Windows Media Player is a resource hog and is murder for slower computers. But if you have a really nice system, it's got tons of cool stuff you can use, and the 9 version is extremely stable. It can adjust playback rates, reprocess sound to enhance it, provide full equalizer support, use captivating visualizations, rate songs, build playlists based on your criteria, set up synchronized lyrics, heck, it can do practically everything! I would recommend this to anyone with a nice computer. By nice I mean 800MHz at the least with 256MB of RAM. If it's any slower, use WinAmp. It's not as powerful, but it gets the job done and uses only a tiny fraction of the resources Windows Media Player needs.

Pros: Feature-driven, automated playlists, full CD I/O support, visualizations, skinnable, seamless playback, integrated WMA/WMV technology

Cons: Heavy usage of RAM and CPU, making it a pain for slower computers (works great with Athlon XP's)

Period used: Years and years

Other products used: WinAmp, Musicmatch Jukebox, RealPlayer, Media Player Classic

Submitted by Jesse on 16-Sep-2004 22:52:23

Pros: Easy to use

Cons: Can't burn audio to MP3

Submitted by Papaya on 17-Sep-2004 14:27:15

Period used: A couple of months

Other products used: WMP 6-9, Real Player, VLC, Xine (Linux)

Submitted by Diego on 18-Sep-2004 16:15:01

Submitted by cooky on 19-Sep-2004 09:39:19

Summary: The new one.

Details: Awesome!

Pros: Awesome!

Cons: Different than previous versions

Submitted by Danny Tom on 19-Sep-2004 18:32:08

Submitted by Johan Helin on 20-Sep-2004 13:33:35

Summary: Microsoft is stepping up to the plate...

Details: A lot better than Windows Media Player 9. The interface is vastly improved and all the functions (though in the beta phase) have simplified things like listening to radio. Itunes used to be my favorite but WMP10 will be Itunes sole competitor in the future. When the company throws its weight behind a product, one can expect great (if not monopolistic) things!

Pros: Compatibility with most hard drive mp3 players out there escept ipod (duh)

Cons: none

Period used: when it came out (3 weeks?)

Other products used: Realplayer, Musicmatch, Itunes

Submitted by Hsi on 20-Sep-2004 19:12:26

Summary: Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Details: This is finally the version of WMP that we've all been waiting for; that we all knew M$ could pull off. It's easy to use and FULL featured. SUPPORT THIS PLAYER!!

Pros: AWESOME features list

Cons: UI sometimes clunky, slow at times

Period used: To infinity AND BEYOND

Other products used: Winamp

Submitted by taint on 20-Sep-2004 22:45:51

Submitted by Diabolic Preacher on 23-Sep-2004 06:06:50

Summary: I Love At!

Details: Cool

Pros: None

Cons: None

Period used: 10000000000000000000000000!

Other products used: None

Submitted by Hunter McClain on 23-Sep-2004 13:59:33

Submitted by Mo on 26-Sep-2004 05:46:52

Submitted by Pierre on 27-Sep-2004 17:13:35

Submitted by theo on 29-Sep-2004 18:26:01

Submitted by Russell Sprague on 30-Sep-2004 10:20:31

Submitted by Shawn on 30-Sep-2004 16:13:53

Submitted by Afonso Guedes on 02-Oct-2004 14:01:26

Submitted by Greg on 04-Oct-2004 06:32:06

Submitted by Matthew Houchins on 07-Oct-2004 17:28:57

Summary: Good player. Default on Windows

Pros: PLays almost every type of music file and many Video files too.

Cons: Made by Windows. Not easy for beginners

Other products used: iTunes

Submitted by murder1 on 10-Oct-2004 02:06:53

Submitted by foxstarwind on 10-Oct-2004 22:43:48

Summary: Simply the best....

Details: When listening to music while surfing on the net there is no other that comes close in comfort and ease of use.

Submitted by Saku Rantanen on 13-Oct-2004 16:37:05

Summary: Free, everything but ogg

Pros: Integrated well with windows, video and full screen features

Cons: A bit slow at times/memory hog (not as bad as others, though!)

Other products used: Everything else

Submitted by Daniel Culpepper on 15-Oct-2004 15:34:03

Submitted by Danilo Solis on 15-Oct-2004 15:51:17

Summary: Better and Better

Details: 8 was ok, 9 was good, but now windows media player 10 is easy to use, great quality. many options but not enough features. I love it over alot of other players, but anther good player is Sony's net md connect player.

Pros: Easy, Great audio quality, doesn't crash alot, nice looks, overall good

Cons: not enough features

Period used: Since it was out

Other products used: Sony' connect, rhaspody, winamp, realplayer, music jukebox

Submitted by Joey on 16-Oct-2004 21:27:02

Summary: i tune was my favorite untill wmp 10

Details: windows finally got smart and add mp3 capability to the wmp10 i've always liked the player but i was not about to change 30gig of mp3 to their format. other players i tried were good but lack in ripping and burning speed unless you purchase the full product. wmp10 and itunes are almost tied except wmp10 imports cddb

Period used: 3 months

Other products used: real player 10, itunes 4.5, music match

Submitted by reynold on 17-Oct-2004 08:44:52

Submitted by Gregory on 19-Oct-2004 11:22:19

Period used: October 2004

Submitted by david on 23-Oct-2004 10:21:54

Pros: Has great features

Cons: Has minimal intuitive directions

Period used: 2 months

Other products used: Windows Media Player 9, Winamp

Submitted by Aniruddha on 23-Oct-2004 15:41:30

Summary: The best player for now!

Details: I think it's even better than Media Music Box , a player which is considered as the best now.

Submitted by Max Nguyen on 23-Oct-2004 23:22:23

Submitted by Tim Jacob on 25-Oct-2004 01:02:26

Submitted by Jano on 25-Oct-2004 13:29:55

Pros: good library, good search

Cons: hangs for some seconds now and then

Period used: since Technical beta release

Other products used: winamp (2 and 5), WMP 7,8,9

Submitted by Blaatschaap on 26-Oct-2004 08:15:02

Submitted by Andre Edgar on 26-Oct-2004 15:06:29

Summary: Works Great For my Needs....

Details: It's nice not to have another program running down in the system tray. Works fine wiht WMP_V10 & XP Pro.

Pros: Easy to use - works fine

Cons: ?

Period used: 8 days

Other products used: Creative Media Jukebox

Submitted by Slimebowl on 27-Oct-2004 05:54:34

Submitted by Dat Huynh on 27-Oct-2004 08:45:01

Submitted by Dean Fogarasi on 29-Oct-2004 15:42:20

Summary: The Best Player from MS yet.

Details: They finally put the MP3's back into WMP10 without having to buy an addon. Better all the way around. I actually use it as my default player for the first time in years.

Pros: Now supports MP3's

Cons: None yet that I know of

Period used: Since release

Other products used: Winamp JetAudio Mplayer Classic and a lot of others

Submitted by Slimebowl on 29-Oct-2004 23:49:51

Submitted by James Li on 30-Oct-2004 20:57:23

Summary: The best all-round player.

Details: It can do most anything you need it to, in fact I can't even think of something I need that it can't do. I have heard somewhere that it is missing a couple of features, but never anything a normal user would want. The audio quality is great, the media player is excellent, and the user interface is easy to use - unlike Winamp, which is slow and confusing.

Pros: Everything

Cons: None

Period used: 4 years

Other products used: Winamp

Submitted by James Bandit on 31-Oct-2004 05:43:09

Submitted by Marek on 31-Oct-2004 22:35:11

Submitted by minoru on 02-Nov-2004 08:11:57

Summary: Good work by Microsoft

Details: Bill Gates did make a good program which is easy to use and fully functional :)

Other products used: Winamp,iTunes and so on!

Submitted by Jesse James on 02-Nov-2004 13:08:40

Submitted by illithid on 04-Nov-2004 15:42:08

Submitted by Leszek on 05-Nov-2004 05:02:55

Submitted by na on 05-Nov-2004 10:22:05

Summary: Great interface and organization capabilities

Details: The thing about Windows Media Player is that it is integrated into Windows, is clean, perfectly integrates an amazing LyricsAMP plug-in, and, most of all, is really good at indexing MP3s with proper Media tags. I can't believe that I used winamp all these years. (Especially since Microsoft is, in my opinion, a lesser evil than Time Warner).

Pros: Stability, Organization

Cons: Microsoft

Period used: August 2004 - present

Other products used: Winamp, Sonique

Submitted by Peter Organisciak on 05-Nov-2004 11:45:54

Submitted by Vince on 05-Nov-2004 14:43:21

Submitted by j k on 08-Nov-2004 00:18:55

Other products used: Winamp

Submitted by Daniele Lupo on 08-Nov-2004 11:32:33

Summary: Very good.

Details: With enhancement from DFX even better.

Pros: Flexible with selecting of strems

Cons: Ver. 9 was easier to use

Period used: 2 months

Other products used: iTunes, AvRack.

Submitted by Milan Oskoryp on 10-Nov-2004 00:18:26

Summary: Very good.

Details: With enhancement from DFX even better.

Pros: Flexible with selecting of streams

Cons: Ver. 9 was easier to use

Period used: 2 months

Other products used: iTunes, AvRack.

Submitted by Milan Oskoryp on 10-Nov-2004 00:18:26

Submitted by ase on 10-Nov-2004 09:29:24

Cons: Microsoft Related

Period used: 8-9 Years

Other products used: Winamp, BeoPlayer, real audio

Submitted by Troy on 10-Nov-2004 23:28:14

Summary: rules

Details: wmp rules!

Pros: pros?

Cons: cons?

Period used: all the time

Other products used: winamp

Submitted by korn on 11-Nov-2004 04:44:17

Submitted by Teodor Liviu Morosanu on 11-Nov-2004 12:51:31

Summary: It is just terrific

Pros: Easy to use

Cons: actually none

Period used: 3 years

Other products used: Musicmatch, Real Player

Submitted by Carl on 11-Nov-2004 16:58:30

Summary: It is just terrific

Pros: Easy to use

Cons: actually none

Period used: 3 years

Other products used: Musicmatch, Real Player

Submitted by Carl on 11-Nov-2004 16:58:30

Summary: nice no problems

Details: install: smooth operation: smooth errors: 0

Pros: convenient, skinned, hide function

Cons: none

Period used: 2 hours

Other products used: none

Submitted by djemptyx on 11-Nov-2004 17:44:09

Other products used: RealPlayer, Quicktime, Winamp

Submitted by Chris Hermenitt on 11-Nov-2004 18:01:02

Submitted by noah on 11-Nov-2004 18:45:30

Summary: wmp rockz

Details: it rockz and ver 10 is the best

Pros: looks awsome and is awsome

Cons: none

Period used: always

Other products used: most of em

Submitted by joseph on 11-Nov-2004 19:06:53

Submitted by Selwyn on 11-Nov-2004 22:47:54

Submitted by Spork on 11-Nov-2004 23:22:18

Submitted by Jens Wetzel on 12-Nov-2004 02:06:07

Submitted by kocian on 12-Nov-2004 13:28:54

Summary: Awesome. Big improvement from WMP 9.

Pros: Supports MP3s (finally)

Period used: Four months

Other products used: Musicmatch Jukebox, RealOne, iTunes

Submitted by Todd-1 on 12-Nov-2004 16:48:54

Submitted by Lois M Hopkins on 13-Nov-2004 11:54:42

Period used: SInce release

Other products used: Winamp

Submitted by Brandon on 13-Nov-2004 15:10:54

Submitted by SAYURIVA on 13-Nov-2004 15:50:18

Summary: good

Details: good

Pros: good

Cons: good

Period used: everyday

Other products used: WInamp

Submitted by Pikachu90000 on 13-Nov-2004 17:24:14

Summary: Too much useless crap

Pros: ... pretty?

Cons: memory, filing system, lots of useless crap, Bill Gates

Period used: 5 years

Other products used: Musicmatch, Billy, winamp

Submitted by BobDole on 13-Nov-2004 21:10:31

Other products used: MusicMatch, iTunes

Submitted by Sean on 13-Nov-2004 22:00:56

Other products used: everything

Submitted by Falch on 13-Nov-2004 22:26:00

Summary: Firefox FoxyTunes

Details: Easy to install, hard to use and find in Firefox - overall music quality great.

Pros: Easy to install

Cons: Hard to use/find/configure

Submitted by Mike on 13-Nov-2004 23:57:03

Summary: sehr gut

Submitted by Dietmar Scharlach on 14-Nov-2004 04:43:54

Summary: a great tool

Details: pitty the repositioning cant be permanently saved in the top toolbar (alsways in the status bar after a browser restart)

Submitted by Hermann Schumacher on 14-Nov-2004 06:46:25

Summary: Windows Media Player 10 (7,8 e 9) is a good player!

Details: I like listen to music and i like the sound quality of Windows Media Player with a good equalizer and nice effects like "WOW Effect" and "TruBass". Is very ease to use with a nice interface. We can organize our album of MP3 very easy and we can record on pc our cds. I think is only a poor player only for the memory and cpu he need but for other is a good program for listen to music and watch video. Crystal Player is another good player, i like it for the nice interface and the semplicity of this player. Is very lite for memory and cpu i think this nice extension can support it.

Pros: Audio Quality, Easy of use, Nice Interface

Cons: Need a lot of memory and CPU

Period used: Over 2 years (from wmp 7 and oldest)

Other products used: Crystal Player

Submitted by DeathUman on 14-Nov-2004 10:17:20

Pros: Nice sound + nice look

Cons: sometimes shows up when not needed

Period used: 1month

Other products used: iTunes, Winamp, Musicmatch

Submitted by Beuk on 14-Nov-2004 12:30:10

Other products used: winamp

Submitted by Sren Hitzner on 14-Nov-2004 14:18:12

Submitted by C on 15-Nov-2004 22:09:57

Submitted by tk on 08-Oct-2004 05:44:46

Submitted by Josh on 17-Nov-2004 22:47:17

Summary: Great player, alas with a bunch of unneeded stuff. Typical commercial focus.

Pros: Excellent Audio and Video Quality. Plays many file formats.

Cons: Too commercially oriented. Intertwined with a lot of other Microsoft products. Unecessarily discriminating against Mozilla use.

Period used: 1998-2004

Other products used: WinAmp, Quicktime, yamp, BSplayer, RealPlayer, Sonique

Submitted by Andree Ehrig on 18-Nov-2004 07:09:54

Submitted by Tomek on 18-Nov-2004 22:13:57

Summary: all rounder

Period used: 3yrs

Other products used: real/matchbox/

Submitted by Terry Pacey on 18-Nov-2004 23:05:43

Submitted by Andrew J. Smith on 18-Nov-2004 23:52:03

Submitted by Joonas Paalasmaa on 19-Nov-2004 05:30:05