[Brad Adrian]

http://www.staticfuzz.com/content/2...0_30/index.html

Do you use Microsoft's Windows Media Player? Do you like it? Would you like to see if you can help make it even better? If so, Richard over at http://forums.thoughtsmedia.com/www.staticfuzz.com can use your help.



Richard has put together some very good ideas about how he thinks Media Player can be improved and has started a discussion thread on the topic. If you've got some ideas of your own, why not go ahead and post them there? Or maybe you'd just like to read other people's suggestions. In any event, if the right people at Microsoft read the discussions, maybe some of the suggestions will get implemented. And who knows? The next version of Media Player just might end up with some of your best ideas built right in!

[Brad Adrian]

http://www.staticfuzz.com/content/2...0_30/index.html

Do you use Microsoft's Windows Media Player? Do you like it? Would you like to see if you can help make it even better? If so, Richard over at http://forums.thoughtsmedia.com/www.staticfuzz.com can use your help.



Richard has put together some very good ideas about how he thinks Media Player can be improved and has started a discussion thread on the topic. If you've got some ideas of your own, why not go ahead and post them there? Or maybe you'd just like to read other people's suggestions. In any event, if the right people at Microsoft read the discussions, maybe some of the suggestions will get implemented. And who knows? The next version of Media Player just might end up with some of your best ideas built right in!

[Jonathan1]

How about playing DRMed AAC files?

Oh sorry. You mean suggestion that are at least remotely possible of being done?

Seriously. I would like the ability to minimize to the task bar up top. So it would place an icon next to the time that I could tape and hold temp displaying playlist allowing me to quick switch songs on the fly. (No need for vol or forward or back since the buttons usually are maped for that.)

[surur]

Originally Posted by Jonathan1

How about playing DRMed AAC files?

How about playing DRM WMA files, like the temporary downloads from MSN music store. The integration between Microsoft's own music store and their own PDA OS is pathetic.

On a more trivial level, how about a simple visualiser to use up all that wasted screen space while playing audio.

Surur

[AhuhX]

Is it just me or is the MediaPlayer playlist editor extremely sucky?

Every time I try add a new CD it always ends up putting the playlist in reverse order, and I have to use the up/down arrows to juggle it about.

Other than the above. I just wish it was more like the PC version which doesn't even rely on playlists.

[William Yeung]

DRMed WMA seems playable... I remember?

Anyway, before other fancy stuff, FIX THE @(#&%!%#&* Playlist editor.

[Anthony Caruana]

Originally Posted by AhuhX

Is it just me or is the MediaPlayer playlist editor extremely sucky?

Every time I try add a new CD it always ends up putting the playlist in reverse order, and I have to use the up/down arrows to juggle it about.

Other than the above. I just wish it was more like the PC version which doesn't even rely on playlists.

You're right - the playlist management is pretty poor. I'm considering paying for a player just for this reason. I'll probably buy Pocket Player as it has great playlist management and has nice control for sound. I reviewed a few months ago for this site and think I'll download it again and start using it.

[unxmully]

Caveat: I don't use media player beause I have an iPod.

Not being able to pause MP3 playback and have it restart at the same point was always a pain.

Fixing ActiveSynch so that when music is copied to the PocketPC it goes in the correct order so that you can playback an album in sequence without the need to create a playlist. OK, I know this isn't a problem with media player but it's still an annoyance with the package.

[mgd]

Originally Posted by unxmully

Not being able to pause MP3 playback and have it restart at the same point was always a pain.

That's why I installed PocketMusic yesterday--bookmarks!

[Brad Adrian]

I haven't tried out a whole lot of different editors, but I kinda like the playlist capabilities of Pocket MVP.

[Cortex]

how about implementing anyones suggestions on any of the pocketpc OS applications?

8O