Does this require Windows Media Player to manage Media? Does this use WMP to manage media?
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With the Sony players, you can use Windows Media if you want...it's compatible. However, it doesn't force you to. If you prefer, you can also use a simple drag-and-drop with folders, like a mass storage device.
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Windows Media Player is the true weird player. It is not the standard, and you're fooling yourself if you think otherwise. Also, for your information, something 'playing by default in WMP' is controlled simply by the set of DirectShow codecs installed on the system - it has nothing to do with the player itself. So in 20 years, you'll still have to have the correct codecs installed, regardless of the player you decide to use. And in 20 years, if you still use WMP, something must have been very wrong with the world leading up to that. Codecs will be a thing of the past and video files (if we even still have a concept of files) will include their own coding embedded within them because storage and bandwidth limitations have disappeared. VLC is the player of choice for me currently, as it uses a set of libraries that can play literally anything, and is constantly evolving, unlike WMP. Don't trust proprietary formats and players - they won't last anyway.
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Hi Gissie,I use the supplied Sony "MediaGo" application to download songs and other files to the player and it seems to work just fine for me. It's intuitive and easy to use and reasonably responsive. I hope that helps!
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The readme file isn't clear (at least to me) that this is about building on the fly playlists with just the mp3 player. The way I read it this is about building playlists without using WMP on your computer and then transferring them to the player...am I missing something?
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I'm not sure, as I have not used Windows media. I have only loaded music using my itunes library. I would perhaps check on the Apple website to see what is says about Windows media and the iPod shuffle, as whatever you can do withe the land-based iod shuffle, you can do with this iPod.
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At first I had a problem just getting it to work with windows xp, I kept getting corrupt files, then I went to My Computer and clicked on the camera icon and that did the trick. It played with windows media player.
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You can just do this on your computer, I forget exactly what I use, it is a free Windows app (media player?), but there are several out there.
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Yes, and you don't need to buy WMC. There are freeware applications that will make this run just fine.
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No. You sync files from your windows type media players only. This item of mine only lasted 13 days and died. I have now gone with a Phillips MP3 player which is a remarkable player.
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it does not but most music player app like iTunes , VLC have it , so not an issue
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Zune is very easy to use - and no WMP is a standalone software and only syncs to plays for sure devices, like Archos, creative (for example)Install the zune software, and just use it to find your files and import them. They will still be in WMP. The Zune software is a lot more sophisticated, and I think you will like it.
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I usually use windows media player, but you can use anything really. Itunes works and just copying from windows explorer works also. Hope that helps.
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It didn't come with a disk or anything, if that's what you mean. I just put it in the USB port and I think it did install something, but it doesn't have it's own special program or anything; my files just go into Windows Media Player.
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Glad I could help you and that you're now able to stream your MKVs! I didn't even bother with the CIFS Login/Password thing because the WMP12 server worked right away for me once I 'allowed' it in my Homegroup settings. If you ever figure out the CIFS thing, feel free to give us an update here and let us know what you did. I'm not really worried about it since the WMP12 feature works fine, but I'd still like to know just in case.
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What about the Media Manager program it came with? I still use it, it's kinda slow but I'm not tech savvy so it works for me. (I have Vista as well)
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Good Evening,I am using Audioshell 1.3.5 that I downloaded from www.softpointer.comI picked up this site from the either the I phone or G phone forums.I guess those platforms have the same type of issue with Windows Media Player. As I mentioned in my previous post the software, once downloaded works in the background with explorer. By pointing the mouse at the album, you get title, artist, album, year, track number, genre, cover art (yes or no), duration, bit rate, encoder and file size. Then when you right click on properties, you get four tabs, general, audio shell info, audio shell tag editor, and summary.Let me know if you need anymore help.Regards,Danbo Good Evening,I am using Audioshell 1.3.5 that I downloaded from www.softpointer.comI picked up this site from the either the I phone or G phone forums.I guess those platforms have the same type of issue with Windows Media Player. As I mentioned in my previous post the software, once downloaded works in the background with explorer. By pointing the mouse at the album, you get title, artist, album, year, track number, genre, cover art (yes or no), duration, bit rate, encoder and file size. Then when you right click on properties, you get four tabs, general, audio shell info,... » Read More Good Evening,I am using Audioshell 1.3.5 that I downloaded from www.softpointer.comI picked up this site from the either the I phone or G phone forums.I guess those platforms have the same type of issue with Windows Media Player. As I mentioned in my previous post the software, once downloaded works in the background with explorer. By pointing the mouse at the album, you get title, artist, album, year, track number, genre, cover art (yes or no), duration, bit rate, encoder and file size. Then when you right click on properties, you get four tabs, general, audio shell info, audio shell tag editor, and summary.Let me know if you need anymore help.Regards,Danbo « Show Less
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Windows XP with 'Windows Media Player' and 'Windows XP Media Center' are not the same thing. If you are running regular XP Home or Pro you should be fine.