[manic23]

It seems to me that now MS have stopped all support for 98, this superb little application is screaming out for a final update with all the updates up until the suppport stopped. Is this in the pipeline at all?

This post has been edited by manic23: 31 July 2006 - 06:13 AM

[Tullmann1]

Agreed
But it can to contain DX9, Win Media Player 9 and Internet Explorer 6

[Marius '95]

No WMP please! It's bloatware.

[erpdude8]

Marius, on Jul 31 2006, 08:37 AM, said:

No WMP please! It's bloatware.

WMP 9 is kinda bloated, Marius '95. Media Player 6.4, on the other hand, is not.

[MDGx]

One can "streamline" WMP9 to eliminate most if not all bloat c***p and spyware [examples]:

* Delete DRM [from 98SE2MP10 ReadMe]:
http://www.mdgx.com/98mp10/READ1ST.TXT

Quote

HOW TO REMOVE DRM
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DRM [Digital Rights Management]:
- Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia....ghts_management
- Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft...ndowsmedia/drm/
- WMP Mini FAQ:
http://www.zachd.com/pss/pss.html#drm

DRM built-in WMP "feature" can be completely uninstalled by deleting these
files from:
- %windir%\SYSTEM [usually C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM]:
BLACKBOX.DLL
DRMCLIEN.DLL
DRMSTOR.DLL
DRMV2CLT.DLL
MSNETOBJ.DLL
- C:\Program Files\Firefox\Plugins [example = installed only if
Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox/Opera web browsers detected in respective folders]:
NPWMSDRM.DLL
NPDRMV2.DLL
NPDRMV2.ZIP
Cut + paste lines below into Notepad or better plain text editor/viewer:
http://www.mdgx.com/toy.htm#TXT
and name it DELDRM.REG [example]:

-----Begin cut & paste here-----
REGEDIT4
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Multimedia\Components\DRM]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\Software\Microsoft\Multimedia\Components\Informational\DRM_DRM]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\DRM]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\CLSID\{760C4B83-E211-11D2-BF3E-00805FBE84A6}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\CLSID\{A9FC132B-096D-460B-B7D5-1DB0FAE0C062}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\TypeLib\{8AA720BF-7468-4DA1-97DA-66D2E41B3DDA}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\CLSID\{9EA69F99-F8FF-415E-8B90-35D6DFAF160E}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\Software\Microsoft\Multimedia\Components\Installed\DRM_DRM]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\TypeLib\{760C4B74-E211-11D2-BF3E-00805FBE84A6}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\DRM.GetLicense.1]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\DRM.GetLicense]

------End cut & paste here------

Run DELDRM.REG every time after (re)installing WMP10 Codecs + DRM for WMP9
and/or 98SEMP10 to delete these Registry keys to avoid errors after deleting
DRM files above.
BACKUP all these files + Registry keys before deleting them, in case you need
to reinstall DRM.
WMP10 Codecs + DRM for WMP9:
http://www.mdgx.com/wmp.htm#DRM10
and 98SEMP10 both install BLACKBOX.DLL, which can be deleted afterwards to get
rid of DRM.
List of files installed by WMP10 Codecs + DRM for WMP9:
http://support.micro....com/?id=891122

* Disable unique ID [from 98SE2MP10 ReadMe]:
http://www.mdgx.com/98mp10/READ1ST.TXT

Quote

HOW TO DISABLE WMP UNIQUE ID
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WMP Unique ID:
http://www.computerb...supercookie.htm
MS WMP10 Privacy Statement:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsme...10/privacy.aspx
MS WMP9 Privacy Statement:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsme...es/privacy.aspx

Unique ID built-in WMP "feature" [found as Registry GUID value] is sent (if
active) as UDP packets to MS and other multimedia servers whenever certain
copyrighted audio/video files download or stream to local computer(s).
How to disable WMP unique ID:
A. Run WMP9 [WMPLAYER.EXE] -> Tools -> Options -> Privacy tab -> uncheck "Send
unique Player ID to content providers" box -> Apply/OK.
B. Cut + paste lines below into Notepad or better plain text editor/viewer:
http://www.mdgx.com/toy.htm#TXT
and name it DELUID.REG [example]:

-----Begin cut & paste here-----
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Settings]
"Client ID"="{}"

[HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows Media\WMSDK\General]
"UniqueID"="{}"
"ComputerName"=""
"VolumeSerialNumber"=dword:00000000

------End cut & paste here------

Run DELUID.REG every time after installing system/WMP updates/patches/fixes,
multimedia software that relies on WMP APIs/encoders/decoders, server based
multimedia scripts which try to reenable WMP unique ID etc.
How to automate this process:
1. Place DELUID.REG in the same directory where WMPLAYER.EXE resides, usually
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player [default].
2. Cut + paste lines below into Notepad or better plain text editor/viewer:
http://www.mdgx.com/toy.htm#TXT
name it WMPLAYER.BAT [example] and save it in
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player [default WMP directory]:

-----Begin cut & paste here-----
@ECHO OFF
REGEDIT.EXE /S DELUID.REG
WMPLAYER.EXE %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
CLS
EXIT
------End cut & paste here------

3. Run WMPLAYER.BAT instead of running WMP executable [WMPLAYER.EXE].
4. Optional: associate ALL WMP multimedia file extensions with
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPLAYER.BAT by using Windows Explorer
-> View -> Folder Options -> File types [examples]: ASF, ASX, WAV, WAX, WM,
WMA, WMD, WMS, WMP, WMV, WMX, WMZ, WPL, WVX etc.

* And of course, one can delete all icons, play lists, tweaks, skins, demos, uninstall/detection etc files from WMP (sub)directories + %windir%\system , to free disk space.

HTH

This post has been edited by MDGx: 31 July 2006 - 09:28 PM

[PROBLEMCHYLD]

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This post has been edited by PROBLEMCHYLD: 25 September 2011 - 11:55 AM

[Marius '95]

erpdude8, on Jul 31 2006, 09:36 PM, said:

Marius, on Jul 31 2006, 08:37 AM, said:

No WMP please! It's bloatware.

WMP 9 is kinda bloated, Marius '95. Media Player 6.4, on the other hand, is not.

I know, but I still don't use it. I have it installed for it's codecs but I use ActiveMovie Control instead - AMOVIE.OCX v5.01.70.0327. Only 167,184 bytes.

This post has been edited by Marius '95: 01 August 2006 - 03:03 PM

[LLXX]

Marius, on Aug 1 2006, 03:59 PM, said:

I know, but I still don't use it. I have it installed for it's codecs but I use ActiveMovie Control instead - AMOVIE.OCX v5.01.70.0327. Only 167,184 bytes.

This is what I use too. Uses much less RAM and CPU than any other media player I've tried, since ActiveMovie was originally designed to be embedded in another document.

[MDGx]

I've also been "toying around" with AMOVIE.OCX a while back, but I like Media Player Classic [MPC] 6.4.9.0 better.
MPC has built-in codecs for most of the standards out there, unlike M$ Windows Media Player (WMP).
And MPC works also with embedded streaming media [server side scripts].
So I have replaced WMP as default internet media player with MPC.

[bilemke]

Recent find I like.. The win32 port of player.. I knew about mplayer for linux for quite some time, but the win32 port is nice now too..

http://www.mplayerhq.hu

Plus, if you want a GUI for it (since it is command line control normally)

http://mpui.sourceforge.net/

[erpdude8]

MDGx, on Aug 2 2006, 01:07 AM, said:

I've also been "toying around" with AMOVIE.OCX a while back, but I like Media Player Classic [MPC] 6.4.9.0 better.
MPC has built-in codecs for most of the standards out there, unlike M$ Windows Media Player (WMP).
And MPC works also with embedded streaming media [server side scripts].
So I have replaced WMP as default internet media player with MPC.

Media Player Classic download for Win2000/XP/2003 can also be used under WinNT4.