Windows Media Player 6.0 Readme.txt

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Welcome to the Windows Media Player.

This document gives an overview of the product.
Please see the following sections:

- What's New
- Known Issues


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What's New
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The Windows Media Player replaces the ActiveMovie control as 
well as the Microsoft NetShow Player. The new player takes over 
the class IDs of the previous players. After installing the new 
player, applications that used the old class IDs will continue 
to function normally.

This version of the Windows Media Player enables playback of 
the following formats: 

   Audio files
   MIDI
   MPEG files
   QuickTime files
   RealMedia
   Video files
   Windows Media files


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Known Issues
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- Video Distorted on Playback

When using certain video display cards with Windows Media 
Player various redraw problems can occur when a clip is being 
played. The problem can manifest itself as blocks on the images, 
as purple or green streaks across the images, or as jittery motion. 
To correct this problem, change the YUV flipping property on the 
Windows Media Player property pages using the following procedure: 

1. On the player, click Properties on the File menu. 
2. On the Properties sheet, click the Advanced tab. 
3. On the Advanced tab, select Video Renderer from the Filters 
   in use box, and click Properties. 
4. On the Filter Properties sheet, click the DirectDraw tab. 
5. Clear the YUV Flipping check box, click OK, and then close 
   the Properties sheets. 


- Error: Failed to Initialize on Boot

When restarting your computer after installing the player,
you may receive an Initializing IOS error.  To correct this problem:

1.Boot Windows 95 in Safe mode or to a command prompt. 
2.Perform one of the following two steps: 
    - Edit the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files and disable any
      references to Smartdrv.exe. To disable a line, type "rem"
      (without quotation marks) at the beginning of the line.
    - Rename Smartdrv.exe to another name.
3.Restart your computer normally. 

For more information, please see support article: Q157924
Err Msg: "IOS Failed to Initialize" on Boot


- Resgistration error after uninstall

If your system contained ActiveMovie 1.0 prior to installing the 
new player, an uninstall of the player will display a registration
error after the reboot of the system.  The error, 
"Error registering OCX [path]\quartz.dll" can be dismissed and 
your system should continue to function normally.


- Favorites not Working

If you installed the Beta version of the Windows Media Player,
you may encounter some links on the favorites menu that do not 
work.  New links are populated during the install of the released 
version of the player.  Please delete the Beta links.


- Rebuilding applications with the Windows Media Player Control

When an application, such as a Visual Basic application, that 
previously used the Active Movie of NetShow control is built on 
a machine that currently contains the Windows Media Player, the 
Windows Media Player must be distributed with the new application 
in order for the newly built application to work properly.


- Failing to Initialize ddraw.dll when using Player Plugin for Netscape

Netscape Navigator version 4.04, running on Windows NT, causes the 
DirectDraw dynamic link library to fail to initialize. When this happens, 
Navigator uses a different drawing DLL than ddraw.dll to display the video. 
This problem in not related to the Windows Media Player plug-in, and 
only happens in version 4.04 of Navigator running on Windows NT.