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Why will Windows Media Player 11 be a requirement?
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<blockquote data-quote="gxtracker" data-source="post: 310968" data-attributes="member: 14004"><p>While this can be true to a small degree, you really are playing with fire when you start manually managing services like that. The print spooler is a perfect example of this; I used to run an RSS program on my HTPC that would format the RSS feeds for my torrent program - and it required the Print Spooler service to be running for it to function properly.</p><p></p><p>Was that program an example of poor programming? sure, but thats not the point. Sometimes apps have certain dependancies and requirements from the OS that you just cant forsee or control - especially when you consider a program like MediaPortal is so dependant on the underlying OS with its usage of the .NET framework.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I know you're using this as an example, but it has nothing to do with MP. I hope you asked the WMP development team this question too...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I believe that directshow changes and updates can also be released with new WMP iterations, and since MP uses the WMP engine for the playback of video, you'll just have to accept the fact that WMP updates and MP updates work hand-in-hand with each other. This will always be the case until MP has its own built in playback engine.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Somehow I doubt somebody on the development team said to themself "Hey, lets force WMP11 on everyone just to piss them off!" Obviously it was required for a technical reason. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> Maybe you'll find your answer in the Mantis: <a href="http://mantis.team-mediaportal.com/main_page.php" target="_blank">MediaPortal Bugtracker</a> or maybe in the changelog.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gxtracker, post: 310968, member: 14004"] While this can be true to a small degree, you really are playing with fire when you start manually managing services like that. The print spooler is a perfect example of this; I used to run an RSS program on my HTPC that would format the RSS feeds for my torrent program - and it required the Print Spooler service to be running for it to function properly. Was that program an example of poor programming? sure, but thats not the point. Sometimes apps have certain dependancies and requirements from the OS that you just cant forsee or control - especially when you consider a program like MediaPortal is so dependant on the underlying OS with its usage of the .NET framework. I know you're using this as an example, but it has nothing to do with MP. I hope you asked the WMP development team this question too... I believe that directshow changes and updates can also be released with new WMP iterations, and since MP uses the WMP engine for the playback of video, you'll just have to accept the fact that WMP updates and MP updates work hand-in-hand with each other. This will always be the case until MP has its own built in playback engine. Somehow I doubt somebody on the development team said to themself "Hey, lets force WMP11 on everyone just to piss them off!" Obviously it was required for a technical reason. ;) Maybe you'll find your answer in the Mantis: [url=http://mantis.team-mediaportal.com/main_page.php]MediaPortal Bugtracker[/url] or maybe in the changelog. [/QUOTE]
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