Windows Media Player 8 Sucks!

mouridis · 21 Nov 2001, 12:26 PM

Anybody knows any way to replace (the default shipping) Media Player 8 with 6.4 version in WindowsXP Pro?
Media Player 7+ sucks....huge memory hog, CPU hog, bad interface, bad video playback, problems with divx playback in winxp etc,etc,etc

timing · 26 Nov 2001, 11:08 AM

just create a shortcut to program files\windows media player\mplayer2.exe or wherever mplayer2.exe is on your system ... that's WMP 6.4 ...

Enchanter · 9 Jun 2002, 01:57 AM

Right-click on an AVI file (or any other video format that you wish WMP6.4 to handle), Open With and Choose WMP 6.4 (Find it in x:\program files\windows media player\mplayer2.exe, where x is your windows installation location). Tick 'Always Use This Program To Open These Files' and you're set.

21 Nov 2001, 12:26 PM	#1
mouridis Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Greece Posts: 4	Windows Media Player 8 Sucks! Anybody knows any way to replace (the default shipping) Media Player 8 with 6.4 version in WindowsXP Pro? Media Player 7+ sucks....huge memory hog, CPU hog, bad interface, bad video playback, problems with divx playback in winxp etc,etc,etc

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26 Nov 2001, 11:08 AM	#2
timing Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 32	just create a shortcut to program files\windows media player\mplayer2.exe or wherever mplayer2.exe is on your system ... that's WMP 6.4 ...

9 Jun 2002, 01:57 AM	#3
Enchanter Old member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 5,418	Right-click on an AVI file (or any other video format that you wish WMP6.4 to handle), Open With and Choose WMP 6.4 (Find it in x:\program files\windows media player\mplayer2.exe, where x is your windows installation location). Tick 'Always Use This Program To Open These Files' and you're set.

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