Application Details:
| Version: | 9.0 |
| License: | Free to use |
| URL: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... |
| Votes: | 1 |
| Latest Rating: | Garbage |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 1.7.41 |
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What works
installation.
running - with the jscript dll.
Playing wma and WMV files.
What does not
Playing MP3s.
Web help button.
File properties.
Display is skewed.
HD Video has display problems.
Menu autohide flashes.
Workarounds
What was not tested
DVDs
WMA3 audio only (works OK with video)
Visualizations.
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Show | openSUSE 13.1 x86_64 | Apr 18 2015 | 1.7.41 | Yes | Yes | Garbage | Rosanne | ||
| Show | Fedora 17 | Jun 19 2012 | 1.5.3 | No, but has workaround | Yes | Bronze | an anonymous user | ||
| Show | openSUSE 11.4 x86_64 | Apr 20 2012 | 1.5.2 | Yes | Yes | Garbage | Rosanne | ||
| Show | openSUSE 11.1 | Feb 26 2010 | 1.1.39 | Yes | Yes | Silver | Rosanne | ||
| Show | Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Feb 15 2009 | 1.1.14 | Yes | Yes | Bronze | Weston |
| Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
| 3548 | .lnk file is created on the desktop together with the program icon... | NEW | View | |
| 19439 | Windows Media Player 9 displays a distorted user interface (JScriptParse_AddScriptlet is a stub) | NEW | View | |
| 38421 | Windows Media Player 9 & 10: mp3 sound plays too fast | NEW | View |
(Updated 2015-04-18)
The easiest way to install WMP9 is with winetricks. http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks
For mp3 playback to work, you must have 32 bit libmpg123 installed on your system and Wine must have been compiled with mp3 support. Not all distro packages have this. The workaround for lack of mp3 support in a distro package is to use the codec installed by WMP9 itself, l3codeca.acm. To do this, after installing WMP9 with winetricks, create a symlink named winemp3.acm in the wineprefix's /windows/system32 directory, with l3codeca.acm as the target.
Video playback does not work.
