Microsoft added the ability to burn Windows Media Audio (WMA) files directly to CD from within WMP9. The minimum configuration to run WMP9 with earlier versions of Windows is a 233MHz Pentium PC with at least 64MB of RAM, 30MB of available hard disk space, a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, a sound card, and speakers or headphones.Īmong the WMP9 features that live only on Windows XP systems are support for five- to eight-channel surround sound, so-called “lossless” audio playback that retains all original CD quality and playback of 20bit high-definition CDs. Microsoft is not giving details about some of the WMP9 features only accessible with XP. “Microsoft and Intel have to drive audio and video into the computing experience” in order to convince users to buy new faster PCs and Windows XP, says Steve Vonder Haar, analyst at market research and consulting firm Interactive Media Strategies. ![]() Microsoft says this is necessary because features in Windows XP enable WMP9’s more advanced functions, although some analysts say that is not entirely true. A separate edition of WMP9 will run on older versions of Windows back through Windows 98SE, but you need the newest version of the operating system to get nearly all of the nifty features, says Geoff Harris, group program manager of the Windows Digital Media division. To get the most out of WMP9, which is scheduled for release late this year, you need to have a Windows XP PC. ![]() Microsoft has released the first public beta of Windows Media Player 9, offering faster streaming and better compression, audiophile-quality music playback, support for multichannel movie surround sound, plus other features - if, that is, you’re running Windows XP.
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