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WMP FireFox Plug-in at 6.1M Downloads
I just checked over with the Port 25 guys, and we are at 6.1 million downloads for the FireFox plug-in as of yesterday - nice! Congrats again to the team for pulling this together! Read More...
Vista performance & tying up WMP loose ends
I just read on Steve Rowe's blog about a performance update coming for file copy in Vista. This is great news - copying files has been pretty frustrating for me on Vista, and hopefully this makes it better. Also, wrapping up some loose ends, the WMP OCX Read More...
WMP is going on Safari...
It looks like Apple has listed our WMP Firefox plug-in on their Safari page… I sure hope they tested that scenario before they listed it… http://www.apple.com/safari/download/plugins.html If anyone’s tried this and gotten it to work (or not), I’d be curious Read More...
Firefox documentation is coming!
It's been taking a little longer than expected, but the updated documentation for the Firefox plug-in is on its way... it will be posted to msdn once it's finished. I have an unofficial FAQ I can send out to anyone who wants more info on the supported Read More...
Windows Media Player on Firefox
Alright, you can all breathe a collective sigh of relief as I am actually posting a blog entry. The delayed posting I think is worth it: today we are releasing a new Firefox plug-in for WMP! We’ve been tracking the issues in the forums about WMP showing Read More...
Video card anyone?
The million dollar question these days seems to be what video card people should buy to watch high-definition video on Windows Vista. If I had a dollar for every time I’ve answered this question… well you get the point. So I’m just going to post this Read More...
Building a playback app (DShow vs. MF vs. OCX)
If you want to add audio/video playback capabilities to your Windows application, you have several options to choose from. For tighter control, you can take advantage of the API exposed in lower-level infrastructure components, like DirectShow, the Format Read More...
Who’s got the better WMP – Vista or XP?
By now, you’ve probably downloaded Beta 2 of WMP 11 on your Windows XP system. Is it better? There are quite a few blogs already debating that topic, but if you ask my opinion – it is. This is the first version of WMP that I can actually use to manage Read More...
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