You can't be serious: Windows Media Player 11 needed to run MP?

sailort · 2008-10-03, 18:57

installed latest svn and when starting MP window appear stating that MP can't run without Windows Media Player 11 installed. This is a joke, right? previous versions (don't remember which one was previous) didn't needed this.Seems to me that MP turns into fragile piece of software.

T.

stoked · 2008-10-03, 19:23

MP11 is in the list of requirements. Mediaportal depends on some libraries that MP11 provide. Don't like it, don't install it, simple as that.

tourettes · 2008-10-03, 20:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by sailort

installed latest svn and when starting MP window appear stating that MP can't run without Windows Media Player 11 installed. This is a joke, right? previous versions (don't remember which one was previous) didn't needed this.Seems to me that MP turns into fragile piece of software.

Pardon me, but how requiring WMP11 is making MP any fragile? And if you want to blame someone please do it in Microsoft direction. Latest BDA related fixes are requiring WMP11 dlls so that they can be registered.

Hammermensch · 2008-10-03, 20:08

I agree with stoked.

You cant be serious to be angry to a FREE program because they use another FREE software to work.

You installed Windows, i think MediaPlayer doesnt matter anymore, doesn't it? So get uninstall MediaPortal and use another one

sailort · 2008-10-03, 20:30

Guys,

I really appreciate your work and effort on this project and I don't want to make you responsible for my decisions, so please don't take my "shouts" personally.

Regards

T.

revs · 2008-10-03, 20:37

Why is it that I think that all the people complaining about WMP 11 are the ones with a less than legal copy of Windows, and thus difficulties installing WMP11? Maybe not..just a guess!

sailort · 2008-10-03, 20:47

Different story. It just annoys me today to download WMP installation over my GSM modem on different machine. Yes, I'm lazy and I didn't expect this new requirement to MP. Anyway WMP installed, MP showed main screen, I'm going to play with it. Sorry guys again to waste your energy to such thread. Better to spend it on 1.0 final to be as best as it can.

T.

Hammermensch · 2008-10-03, 20:51

u shouted it to the developer personally. And they dont do this requirement for fun.

sailort · 2008-10-03, 21:00

I've never meant it personally to anyone. Appreciation of your effort to this project is honestly, personal. Keep it goin', guys.

T.

BugsBunny · 2008-10-03, 21:02

Quote:

Latest BDA related fixes are requiring WMP11 dlls so that they can be registered.

What dlls exactly?
I'm coming from this thread:
Why will Windows Media Player 11 be a requirement?
Maybe the dlls get installed with wmfdist11.exe so the complete wmp11 would not be necessary. I'm running wmp10+wmfdist11 here just fine.

Just for the records the wmp11 installer includes the following installers if extracted:
umdf.exe
WindowsXP-MSCompPackV1-x86.exe
wmdbexport.exe
wmfdist11.exe
wmp11.exe
wmpappcompat.exe

2008-10-03, 18:57	#1 (permalink)
sailort Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 24 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	You can't be serious: Windows Media Player 11 needed to run MP? installed latest svn and when starting MP window appear stating that MP can't run without Windows Media Player 11 installed. This is a joke, right? previous versions (don't remember which one was previous) didn't needed this.Seems to me that MP turns into fragile piece of software. T.

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2008-10-03, 19:23	#2 (permalink)
stoked MP Donator Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 292 Thanks: 16 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Country: My System	MP11 is in the list of requirements. Mediaportal depends on some libraries that MP11 provide. Don't like it, don't install it, simple as that.

2008-10-03, 20:08	#4 (permalink)
Hammermensch Portal Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Age: 27 Posts: 146 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Country:	I agree with stoked. You cant be serious to be angry to a FREE program because they use another FREE software to work. You installed Windows, i think MediaPlayer doesnt matter anymore, doesn't it? So get uninstall MediaPortal and use another one

2008-10-03, 20:30	#5 (permalink)
sailort Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 24 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Guys, I really appreciate your work and effort on this project and I don't want to make you responsible for my decisions, so please don't take my "shouts" personally. Regards T.

2008-10-03, 20:37	#6 (permalink)
revs MP Donator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: London Age: 26 Posts: 1,069 Thanks: 54 Thanked 48 Times in 33 Posts Country: My System	Why is it that I think that all the people complaining about WMP 11 are the ones with a less than legal copy of Windows, and thus difficulties installing WMP11? Maybe not..just a guess!

2008-10-03, 20:47	#7 (permalink)
sailort Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 24 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Different story. It just annoys me today to download WMP installation over my GSM modem on different machine. Yes, I'm lazy and I didn't expect this new requirement to MP. Anyway WMP installed, MP showed main screen, I'm going to play with it. Sorry guys again to waste your energy to such thread. Better to spend it on 1.0 final to be as best as it can. T.

2008-10-03, 20:51	#8 (permalink)
Hammermensch Portal Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Age: 27 Posts: 146 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Country:	u shouted it to the developer personally. And they dont do this requirement for fun.

2008-10-03, 21:00	#9 (permalink)
sailort Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 24 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I've never meant it personally to anyone. Appreciation of your effort to this project is honestly, personal. Keep it goin', guys. T.