[dmacburry2003]

Do you think it is possible for Microsoft to add a patch to Windows Media Player 9 for Pocket PC that allows it to play ogg, mpeg, avi, divx, midi, etc? (not a whole new program, just a patch) Or would they have to make a whole new program? Do you think it would be possible for a user to do it?

[dmacburry2003]

Do you think it is possible for Microsoft to add a patch to Windows Media Player 9 for Pocket PC that allows it to play ogg, mpeg, avi, divx, midi, etc? (not a whole new program, just a patch) Or would they have to make a whole new program? Do you think it would be possible for a user to do it?

[Kevin C. Tofel]

More than likely these would just be codec add-ons, so technically it's possible, but I seriously doubt that Microsoft would allow that kind of format flexibility to their WMP.....

KCT

[dmacburry2003]

It kinda stinks that they wouldn't. Every media file I have on my PC is something other than WMA/WMV, so I have to convert all of them. I have a PII 600Mhz, so it takes HOURS. I want to install 3rd-party apps to play them but the high prices got me stuck (plus there is no universal app, every program has its type). If someone at MS could just understand...

[Ripper014]

They do understand... they want you using their software exclusively...

[Badandy]

I don't get why people don't get this!


It is called making money and gaining market share.


Take economics.

[Jacob]

I think people understand... but that doesn't change the fact that it sucks :P

[Badandy]

True, very true...



If you look at the poster that posted before me, and right before ripper, that is why I said people just dont understand.




Well, that would be pretty cool though.

[dmacburry2003]

I think I should just get one of those newfangled Portable Media Centers...

[Kowalski]

i hate windows media player, it sucks but since it is built into my rom space i use it.
i am not sure that new formats can be used with WMP because as i know the plugin capabilities of WMP is not so good. winamp is a good example for this. you can write eighter visualition or wave plugins with ease, and the plugin support is integrated so well that user cant understand weather the feature is a plug in or built in

[Jason Dunn]

It would require codec support, and the codec support on the Pocket PC version of WMP9 isn't very flexible - it's not technically possible to write a DiVX codec and view DiVX files in the same way you can on the desktop PC. :?

Microsoft is using the Pocket PC to push their own media formats, and I don't see this changing. It doesn't personally bother me, because I use WMA and WMV as my default audio and video file formats, but I can feel your pain.