Vista - Mediaplayer Issues

All,

Numerous issues here with Mediaplayer...

1. wmplayer is always present in the process manager - even without firing
up the application.

2. Mediaplayer will not play any of the default visualisations. I have
tried the default video drivers and the ATI beta 2 drivers - still no joy.

3 Mediaplayer will not minimise to the 'task bar'? When you click on
minimize it should do so, with all its controls visible etc...

4. When adding Mediaplayer as a toolbar - it adds the 'address bar' instead,
and where it says 'add mediaplayer' the text is all gibberish!

Ok, this is a new build (beta2), after a format, nothing complicated on
machine.

Wondering if anyone had fixs/workarounds for any of this?

TIA

CeNo.

#4 is noted in the release notes for the build you have. It is fixed in
later builds.

1-3 sounds like you are having bad driver problems. What video card /
driver are you using?

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"CeNo" <seanomorespam@nomail.com> wrote in message
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> All,
>
> Numerous issues here with Mediaplayer...
>
> 1. wmplayer is always present in the process manager - even without
> firing up the application.
>
> 2. Mediaplayer will not play any of the default visualisations. I have
> tried the default video drivers and the ATI beta 2 drivers - still no joy.
>
> 3 Mediaplayer will not minimise to the 'task bar'? When you click on
> minimize it should do so, with all its controls visible etc...
>
> 4. When adding Mediaplayer as a toolbar - it adds the 'address bar'
> instead, and where it says 'add mediaplayer' the text is all gibberish!
>
> Ok, this is a new build (beta2), after a format, nothing complicated on
> machine.
>
> Wondering if anyone had fixs/workarounds for any of this?
>
> TIA
>
> CeNo.