Comments on: What's new for audio in Windows 7?

Here's a rundown of the most important new audio-related features that will be incorporated into Window 7's Media Player and Media Center interface.

[orphu]

Interesting changes. One feature that I miss in WMP11 that was present in 10 was the ability to select music to play (by album, artist, etc.) directly from the docked mini-player without maximizing the app. Hopefully that made the cut...

[petersadosky]

The pic looks great. Keep up the good work, MS!

[boe_d]

I don't think the media player is that bad as is but I'm certainly glad they are trying to improve it.

What I would LOVE to see is them make it more of a HT system like Kaleidescape. I'd prefer not to use proprietary hardware or pay a fortune to create my home DVD ripping/library playback center

http://www.kaleidescape.com

If they built something like that, I could easily see paying $400 for the deluxe or enterprise version of Windows7.

[anonymuos]

Nothing new for pro audio and MIDI? Disappointed that still WaveRT isn't supported to external interfaces!

[DLWilson61]

The more I here about Windows 7 the better it is sounding. I just have one question...ABout a year ago I was in desperate need of a new laptop, my old one was a dinasaur. The only ones available to me at the time were Vista models. I got a desent one with only minor complaints about Vista, mostl;y annoiances, Does Microsoft plan on offering any sort of upgrade package to current Vista owners at any sort of discount, due to all the problems it has had. (I'm fortunate enough to have several XP PC's in the house still to rely on as back ups for me)

Thanks for any input you may have

DLWilson

[PocketDrummer]

They need to make improvements to the way audio works in windows. OS X has had Core Audio for YEARS and it's vastly superior to the clunky windows way...

Windows just keeps getting more and more for general grandma use and less for professionals. Not to mention, they're barely releasing anything legitimate enough to call it a full version release. A slight GUI upgrade and a few little fixes here and there. That's a patch, guys. It's just Vista 1.2

[phoneking]

Does anyone know if WMP 12 will have support for FLAC?

[leroy5471]

I just bought a new HP laptop with Window 7 on it. When I transferred my music files to the new computer, and when I try to play them, I get a female voice every 10 seconds or so saying something I can't understand in a monotone. It messes up the music. These are MP3 files that I am trying to play.
any ideas on how to solve my problem.