Does Media Player 6.4 run under WinXP?

[JEDI]

I just built a WinXP machine. I dont like media player 7.x. i'm probably going to uninstall it

Will Media player 6.4 work?

 

[xospec1alk]

yes, its already there...just start->run->mplayer2

 

[bacillus]

I just built a WinXP machine. I dont like media player 7.x. i'm probably going to uninstall it

xp comes with wmp8 & you can't uninstall it!

 

[joohang]

Originally posted by: xospec1alk
yes, its already there...just start->run->mplayer2

That's WMP8 with skin applied.

 

[spanky]

yes. media player 6.4 is actually in the OS. as someone previously mentioned... just run mplayer2.exe

Edie - just checked... yes it is 6.4

 

[Danman]

Originally posted by: xospec1alk
yes, its already there...just start->run->mplayer2

 

[JEDI]

thx

 

[NetworkDad]

where's the file located? I want to make a shortcut, but can't find where to point to.

 

[FatAlbo]

\Program Files\Windows Media Player\mplayer2.exe

 

[NetworkDad]

Originally posted by: FatAlbo
\Program Files\Windows Media Player\mplayer2.exe

Gracias!

 

[Adul]

yes

 

[Lucky]

whats so much better about 6.4?

 

[singh]

Originally posted by: Lucky
whats so much better about 6.4?

It's very small and simple. Later versions are very bloated.

 

[NicColt]

>It's very small and simple. Later versions are very bloated.

true and here's the other gib... even though it says 6.4 and your in XP it will still use the WMP8 Engine and not the original 6.4 engine.

 

[joohang]

Originally posted by: NicColt
>It's very small and simple. Later versions are very bloated.

true and here's the other gib... even though it says 6.4 and your in XP it will still use the WMP8 Engine and not the original 6.4 engine.

Actually it's just WMP8 with 6.4 skin applied. You can tell that it looks slightly different from 6.4. I haven't tried returning to "full mode" from running mplayer2, though. I just use WMP 8.0 with atomic skin.

 

[FatAlbo]

There has to be something more than just WMP8 with a skin applied. I have some DivX files that refuse to play while using WMP8, but it'll run just fine in the 6.4 installed with XP. You can also change the DivX playback properties in 6.4 (adjusting quality, brightness, gamma, etc.), which is something that couldn't be done in WMP8. Besides, the About dialog box even shows 6.4.09.1121.

 

[joohang]

Originally posted by: FatAlbo
There has to be something more than just WMP8 with a skin applied. I have some DivX files that refuse to play while using WMP8, but it'll run just fine in the 6.4 installed with XP. You can also change the DivX playback properties in 6.4 (adjusting quality, brightness, gamma, etc.), which is something that couldn't be done in WMP8. Besides, the About dialog box even shows 6.4.09.1121.

Interesting.

BTW, my original posts were misleading. I haven't ***confirmed*** yet.