Despite the sheer amount of available formats littering the web, finding a quality media player for your latest digital acquisition isn’t always easy. An all-in-one media hub, whether it provides merely the bare essentials or all the bells and whistles, is a necessary staple in today’s digital world of files. Fortunately, there are media players that stand out, whether you need to play a variety of formats, tag and sort your libraries, or simply listen to your favorite audio files. Here are our top picks for the best media players for PC, Mac and more! Usb display for mac files.

Windows Media Player 11 is designed to work with all editions of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), and can also be used to restore Windows Media Player and related technologies to N and KN editions of Windows Vista.

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Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP adds a lot of useful bells and whistles to your music and video files, succeeding in many ways as a competitor to iTunes for Windows. A tree-style file directory makes it easy to find the music you want quickly, and a simple search box gets you where you want to go immediately. A five-star rating system lets you rate your music, then organize it by rating, so it's easy to group your favorite songs. Drag-and-drop functionality and a handy Create Playlist button take any confusion out of the process of making your own playlists.

Creating the perfect mix CD is equally as easy--simply drag and drop songs into a Burn List in the right panel, then click Start Burn to finish. Ripping was reasonably fast on our test machine, and the program let us pick our preferred bit rate and audio file type. The biggest new feature in WMP11 is the ability to sign up with paid music and video services. Without registering, we were able to browse various sites and compare prices among services including XM Radio--all from the Windows Media Player interface. We like the new, cleaner look, and the back and forward buttons make it easier to navigate.

The ability to sort music by year released makes for some great reminiscing. Overall, we think the latest Windows Media Player offers almost everything you need for every type of media, making it a solid choice for an all-in-one jukebox. Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP offers great new ways to store and enjoy all your music, video, pictures, and recorded TV. Play it, view it, and sync it to a portable device for enjoying on the go or even share with devices around your home all from one place. Simplicity In Design: Bring a whole new look to your digital entertainment. More of the Music You Love: Breathe new life into your digital music experience. All Your Entertainment in One Place: Store and enjoy all of your music, video, pictures, and recorded TV.

Enjoy Everywhere: Stay connected with your music, video, and pictures no matter where you are. Check out the new Media Sharing feature. Reply by ganerd on January 21, 2015 LOL Fortunately it was NOT able to be installed:( You were spared.

Being a CIS degree and former certified MS product instructor, I have a better understanding of your true blessings:) It is a HUGE memory hog, painfully slow start up even stalls out other memory hogs like IE browser, and it tends to LOSE songs, especially those not specifically licensed to you. Microsoft's Personal Privacy/Security Problem, since June 28, 2001, when they settled with the US antitrust suit. According to MS' own whistle blowers, to reduce their huge anti-trust fines, secretively agreed to include government spyware in ALL their products reporting pornography, pirated media, etc.

TOO MANY other, better, more secure media players out there to even try? Reply by ganerd on January 21, 2015 LOL Fortunately it was NOT able to be installed:( You were sparred. Being a CIS degree and former certified MS product instructor, I have a better understanding of your true blessings:) It is a HUGE memory hog, painfully slow start up even stalls out other memory hogs like IE browser, and it tends to LOSE songs, especially those not specifically licensed to you.

Microsoft's Personal Privacy/Security Problem, since June 28, 2001, when they settled with the US antitrust suit. According to MS' own whistle blowers, to reduce their huge anti-trust fines, secretively agreed to include government spyware in ALL their products reporting pornography, pirated media, etc. TOO MANY other, better, more secure media players out there to even try?

Reply by ganerd on January 21, 2015 LOL Fortunately it was NOT ale to be installed:( You are obviously a beginner. Being a CIS degree and former certified MS product instructor, I have a better understanding of your true blessings:) It is a HUGE memory hog, painfully slow start up even stalls out other memory hogs like IE browser, and it tends to LOSE songs, especially those not specifically licensed to you. Microsoft's Personal Privacy/Security Problem, since June 28, 2001, when they settled with the US antitrust suit. According to MS' own whistle blowers, to reduce their huge anti-trust fines, secretively agreed to include government spyware in ALL their products reporting pornography, pirated media, etc. TOO MANY other, better, more secure media players out there to even try? Reply by ganerd on January 21, 2015 ROTFLMAO!!! Unfortunately it came on mine also:( You are obviously a beginner.