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Old 09-09-2002
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Windows Media Player Beta Series 9 available for download - Anyone using this yet?
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When I installed this I was presented the option of "Acquire licenses automatically for protected content". Hmmm...

Also in the release notes some issues with Roxio burning software are mentioned. Just thought I would mention incase anyone doesn't bother read the release notes before installing.
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Old 09-09-2002
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I've had it on one of my machines for a few days now since I found it mentioned at www.windowsxp.nu . Its fairly slick.

Your mention of the problems with Roxio is certainly fair and these kinds of problems between Media Player and Roxio began some time ago. I think that not installing the CD writing plug-in (do a custom install of Media Player) should probably work.
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Old 09-09-2002
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I downloaded this yestarday actually without seeing this thread. I like it so far, has some neat features. I plan on making it my default audio and video player from now on, unless of course it starts having some serious problems.
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Old 09-09-2002
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Yeah pretty neat alright, though digital CD playback is broken it seems, after several minutes no sound can be heard. Moving the playback slider a little & it fixes it, wierd.
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Old 09-12-2002
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Yeah pretty neat alright, though digital CD playback is broken it seems, after several minutes no sound can be heard. Moving the playback slider a little & it fixes it, wierd.
I found that pausing the playback and then unpausing didn't work. Had to move the slider back a little to resume playback...