Microsoft has issued a new knowledge base advisory in which the software company announces the availability of a fix for a "Slight Delay When Windows Media Player 9 Series Switches Files Streamed from a Windows Media Services 9 Series Server".
The symptoms you may experience are: When you stream files from a Windows Media Services 9 Series server, you may notice a delay of five or six seconds when you switch between files.



This problem occurs because of the way the Windows Media Player 9 Series server submits the client rendering log to the Windows Media Services 9 Series server. When the server is set up to accept client rendering logs, an internal error m ... more

When you add multimedia files that have custom file extensions to the Media Library, Windows Media Player 9 Series categorizes these media files as Other Media, instead of as All Music or as All Video. Cause:

By default, Windows Media Player 9 Series only categorizes known extensions as
All Music or as All Video.
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Microsoft has released a new build of Windows Media Player 9 - 9.0.0.3014.

When the Windows Media Player 9 Series starts, it updates the radio preset list from the Internet. In certain enterprise scenarios, the network administrator may want to restrict this behavior.
A new Group Policy object permits an administrator to prevent the Windows Media
Player 9 Series from accessing the Internet to retrieve this information.
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DFX is an enhancement for the users of Windows Media Player. By using this, you are finally able to experience true high fidelity. A DFX enhanced version of this player transforms the sound of an average PC into that of an expensive stereo system placed in a perfectly designed listening environment. ... more

Microsoft has released a new build of Windows Media Player 9 - 9.0.0.3008.
This was necessary to fix a security issue. With Windows Media Player 9 Series,
a flaw in an ActiveX control might permit a Web page to gain access to your
Media Library. An attacker who exploits this flaw can gain access only to manipulate
the Media Library on your computer. The attacker cannot browse your hard disk
and cannot gain access to passwords or encrypted data. Also, the attacker cannot modify actual files on the hard disk; the attacker can modify only the contents of the Media Library entries for those files. Technical description: ... more

Since the Windows Media Center Edition screenshots its been apparent that there is an updated version of Windows Media Player included. Its build number 3005 and Tech-Critic have it for download.
The download is actually a upgrade patch for people that are using Windows Media Player Version 2980 and up. It will upgrade to version 3005.



FIX: New Option to Suppress All Dialog Boxes in the Windows Media Player 9 Series OCX A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This fix may re ... more

A new version of Windows Media Load Simulator is available for Windows Media Services 9 Series. This GUI-based tool simulates a real-world load (large number of client requests) on a Windows Media Services server. The load-test results on the server can be viewed in a log. Windows Media Load Simulator is designed to run on one or more client computers to simulate a large number of client requests.
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Microsoft Windows Media Video 9 VCM (Video Compression Manager), based version of the Windows Media Video 9 encoder/decoder, will enable legacy encoding and editing applications to support the Windows Media Video 9 codec in file containers such as AVI. The codecs offer the best experience when delivered using the ASF file container.
Once installed, legacy solutions will automatically be able to use the codec via the VCM interface. The VCM includes a property page so that users can set encoding parameters.



This is a preliminary release and is unsupported. It has been tested using Windows XP, VirtualDub, and Adobe Premiere 6.5. It is not optimized or tested for use with Windows Med ... more

FIX: Hardware-Created ASF Files Stop Playing in Media Player 9 Series


SYMPTOMS

When you try to play back certain ASF files created by hardware devices, you may receive the following error message approximately three or four minutes after playback has started: 0xC00D1199 -- Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The file is either corrupt or the Player does not support the format you are trying to play. Download : File View ; Detail ... more

Hardware-Created ASF Files Stop Playing in Media Player 9 Series. When you try
to play back certain ASF files created by hardware devices, you may receive the
following error message approximately three or four minutes after playback has
started:

0xC00D1199 -- Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The file is either corrupt or the Player does not support the format you are trying to play. You may also receive this error message when you seek past the three- or four-minute mark by using the track bar. When applications built on the Windows Media Format play back files, the applications make certain checks to determine if a packet is valid. The Windows Media ... more