{"id":8991,"date":"2021-11-17T05:37:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T05:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1373481"},"modified":"2021-11-17T05:37:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T05:37:17","slug":"remember-windows-media-player-microsoft-is-finally-replacing-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=8991","title":{"rendered":"Remember Windows Media Player? Microsoft is finally replacing it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image\/plugged?filter_last=1&amp;fit=1280%2C640&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2021%2F11%2FOld-new-WMP-copy.jpg&amp;signature=63893f7dea5ee976196af63e5427297a\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>When\u2019s the last time you used Windows Media Player? What about Microsoft\u2019s Groove Music app? If you\u2019re anything like me, it was probably right after getting a new computer or completing a fresh install, when you tried to play some music or videos only to remember you haven\u2019t installed foobar2000 or VLC yet.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, the antiquated Windows Media Player looks completely outdated with Windows 11\u2018s modern UI, and Groove has been lackluster since Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/farewell-microsoft-groove-we-barely-listened-to-you\">gave up<\/a> on its streaming service, so it\u2019s about time they got a replacement. The company today began to roll out the new simply named \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windows-insider\/2021\/11\/16\/new-media-player-for-windows-11-begins-rolling-out-to-windows-insiders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Media Player<\/a>\u2018 to Windows 11 Insiders in the Dev Channel.<\/p>\n<p>Media Player is a relatively minimalistic app that replaces both the old WMP and the Groove Music app; Microsoft says your library and playlists will automatically be transferred over from the latter. For now, it seems the new app will live alongside the Movies &amp; TV app, although by the look of things Media Player will eventually replace that as well.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft says Media Player \u201cis a full-featured music library that allows you to quickly browse and play music, as well as create and manage playlists.\u201d The app will show \u201calbum art and rich artist imagery,\u201d which will also be displayed in both full-screen and mini-player modes. You\u2019ll be able to browse and manage your local video library as well.<\/p>\n<p>Although I haven\u2019t been able to test the new app yet, it\u2019s a clear visual improvement over Microsoft\u2019s previous apps, more in line with Windows 11\u2019s Fluent design language.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, the old Windows Media Player isn\u2019t completely going away just yet \u2014 it\u2019ll just be tucked away under Windows Tools. Hopefully, the new Media Player means you won\u2019t rush have to rush to install an alternative right away \u2014 but the proof is in the pudding.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/bye-windows-media-player-hello-media-player\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When\u2019s the last time you used Windows Media Player? What about Microsoft\u2019s Groove Music app? If you\u2019re anything like me, it was probably right after getting a new computer or completing a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}