New Windows Media Player Leaks

TacoLL writes "A new version of Windows Media Player, Windows Media Player 11, is set to be made public on Wednesday, however, it has found its way into the hands of internet users before its public release. Flexbeta has some early screenshots of the next Media Player for Windows users."

OGG support

[Neil Watson]

Any word on OGG support?

Leaks what?

[Tackhead]

> New Windows Media Player Leaks

Leaks viewing/listening history through firewall directly to MPAA/RIAA?
Security leaks?
Leaks memory?

Oh, wait, you mean, the product itself was leaked.

Never mind, I'm sure the other types of leaks will follow soon enough.

/.'ed

[Anonymous Coward]

Looks like their SERVER was running Windows Media 11.

Oh, wait...

A new low for the slashdot effect

[Cid Highwind]

Two comments on this story and flexbeta is already down. Coral cache and mirrordot didn't even have time to grab a copy. Great job, everyone.

Oh No!

[inKubus]

Are they going to search our call records to determine the source of the leak?! *knock knock* "Oh Hi Bill." *ziiiiiing* (BSOD)

EFF [eff.org]

Re:Leaks what?

[RobertB-DC]

Never mind, I'm sure the other types of leaks will follow soon enough.

If the new Windows Player has a problem with leakage, perhaps it needs a Wii Controller [engadget.com]?

Thank you, I'll be here all week, try the sushi!

Re:A new low for the slashdot effect

[pdbaby]

Well, you know slashdot! The only thing we love more than Windows is their clean -- almost spartan -- unbloated media player!

Sourced through PC Mag?

[acvh]

Are these the same screen shots that PC Mag published online this morning?

Re:OGG support

[Funkcikle]

WMP users don't care about things like OGG. The most pressing question is - will there be loads of supercool skins to download? Phwoar!

leaks wii

[EccentricAnomaly]

Leaks viewing/listening history through firewall directly to MPAA/RIAA?
Security leaks?
Leaks memory?

it leaks wii.

Re:OGG support

[kfg]

Any word on OGG support?

Of course. This is the latest, cutting edge media player; and it will automagically detect all of your .ogg files and convert them into a DRM format that will be playable with Windows Media Player . . .12; available with Windows Vista: Forever, SP2.

KFG

NOT slashdotted

[Spy der Mann]

It's NOT slashdotted guys. It's "Buffering..." :P

Re:Leak or astrohyping?

[HotNeedleOfInquiry]

I was hoping for something tasty like a memory leak. Something that would gradually bring your machine to a crawl over a 2 hour period. Pissed-off users rebooting all day and not knowing why. Wailing and teeth-gnashing at Microsoft. Now that would have been worth the read...

Re:Leaks what?

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, that depends...

yup - simple recompile

[EccentricAnomaly]

just recompile the source with a -lhell-froze-over option. ...also worth noting: -lmonkeys-flew-out-my-butt will compile it for AmigaOS.

I'm astounded that no one has asked...

[RapedByKateMorrow]

Does DRM not protect media player?

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Re:Leaks what?

[MustardMan]

No, it was made by MS, not the firefox team...

you misspelled Safari.

Re:Who is their intended audience?

[nsayer]

However, I should remind M$ that 5 year-olds generally don't make the software purchasing decisions in most households...

Gee, what other explanation is there for MS' tremendous market share? :)

Re:Torrent Linky

[Anonymous Coward]

Number of people that care so far: 0

Re:Leak or astrohyping?

[suv4x4]

I'm perfectly willing to disagree, since I don't want or think it's the responsibility of my OS vendor to provide me with a heavyweight media player

Yes, why should Microsoft catter to ordinary users, they should instead please the geeks who will compile their own geeky media player from OSS CVS repositories.

In time it may do a real good for them, and they may reach the staggering numbers of adoption of Linux as an out-of-the-box easy to use Desktop experience your mom and pop could easily work with.

Re:Leak or astrohyping?

[balthan]

Something that would gradually bring your machine to a crawl over a 2 hour period.
 
You mean like the one Firefox has?

Re:Mod parent insightful!

[jelle]

Seriously, the best marketing for Microsoft is to "leak" one of its products.

Take a leak on its products? -> First thought in my mind after reading the headline "New Windows Media Player Leaks" was that it still needs potty training.

If that was their intention, then, well, mission accomplished!

Re:Leak or astrohyping?

[omeomi]

But "leaking" a yawn-inducing product two days before the official release?

Yawn inducing? You can't tell me you're not excited about all the great new DRM options...I hear it can actually keep you from playing anything on it at all!

Windows Media Player responds...

[josh82]

...in the voice of that talking space-ship from "Flight of the Navigator":

"I don't leak. You leak!"

(Best talking space-ship urination joke ever!).