Windows Media Player 9 Released

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Microsoft has just released Windows Media Player 9.

Today Microsoft Corp. announced the immediate availability of Windows Media® 9 Series, the next-generation digital media platform that offers benefits for hardware and software vendors, the media and entertainment industry, consumers in the home, and organizations looking to communicate and train more effectively.

Microsoft also announced a new licensing program for Windows Media Audio and Video 9 Series that enables device manufacturers and software developers to build high-quality digital audio and video features into a broader range of their products -- with longer terms and lower prices than those of other technologies such as MPEG-4 and MPEG-2.

New Windows Media Licensing: Unleashing the Full Potential of Digital Media

The new licensing terms available today cover the following key components of the Windows Media Format:


Windows Media Audio and Video 9 Series codecs , which provide state-of-the-art audio- and video-compression technologies for digital media content.

Windows Media file container (also known as the Advanced Systems Format, or ASF), which enables digital content to be both stored and delivered over a wide variety of networks

Windows Media streaming protocols , which enable playback of streamed content


The terms enable licensees to develop implementations of Windows Media Audio and Video 9 Series codecs in a wide range of environments, including hardware devices and non-Windows® -based computers, and to include the Windows Media codecs in their products in any file container and at costs significantly lower than for other technologies, such as MPEG-4 and MPEG-2. For example, unit pricing for Windows Media Video 9 (WMV 9) on devices and non-Windows platforms is 10 cents per decoder, 20 cents per encoder and 25 cents for both encoder/decoder. By comparison, MPEG-4 video is more expensive, with a unit price for decoder, encoder and encoder/decoder licensing of 25 cents, 25 cents and 50 cents, respectively. There is also a significant content use fee for MPEG-4, while there are no content use fees for the Windows Media Audio and Video codecs.

Windows Media is the leading digital media platform, used by consumers, content providers, solution providers, software developers and corporations throughout the world. The Windows Media 9 Series platform includes Windows Media Player 9 Series; Windows Media Services 9 Series, the powerful streaming server feature in Windows .NET Server 2003 for distributing content; Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for content creation; Windows Media Audio and Video 9 Series for the best-quality audio and video; Windows Media Digital Rights Management to help protect content; and the Windows Media Software Development Kit for use by software developers to develop digital media products and services. Windows Media Player, available in 26 languages, is now the leading media player.

[A!exutzul©]

deci mplayer 9 e ceva nasol... sunt si alte playere care desfac filem trase pe jumatate de pe net, si care sug resurse mai putine... daca vrei totusi mplayer, iti recomand mplayer 8.0, da nu ala care vine cu xp-ul.. e un kit mai stabil pe net, nu mai stiu ce adresa.. tre cautat.
sau daca te intereseaza da-mi un pm si o sa il pun pe ftp


Salut !