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OddbOd · 06-10-05, 09:51 AM

No there is no fix, the assumption has always been that since WMP comes bundled with Windows based PDAs there really isn't any demand for an alternative player. FFMPEG support is planned for Betaplayer (which includes support for WMV/WMA without using any Microsoft libraries) but that could take a while as it is not in the interests of an open source project to promote a closed source video/audio format.

There is no WMP9 for the X50 and even if there was it still wouldn't work as the required libraries need to be in fixed locations within the ROM which would mean overwriting the current libraries and breaking WMP10 in the process.

06-10-05, 09:51 AM	#10 (permalink)
OddbOd Aximsite Minor League Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 208 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	No there is no fix, the assumption has always been that since WMP comes bundled with Windows based PDAs there really isn't any demand for an alternative player. FFMPEG support is planned for Betaplayer (which includes support for WMV/WMA without using any Microsoft libraries) but that could take a while as it is not in the interests of an open source project to promote a closed source video/audio format. There is no WMP9 for the X50 and even if there was it still wouldn't work as the required libraries need to be in fixed locations within the ROM which would mean overwriting the current libraries and breaking WMP10 in the process.