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MP3 quality. But, the great thing about. WMA files is that they are quite a bit smaller than. MP3 files. I took a 5meg song and converted it into a. WMA file that was only 1. There are a few problems with the Windows Media Player which keeps me from recommending it. It seems to be a bit flaky and will sometimes not shut down properly. It will pause playback for about 3 secs and then restart.

It will also do this if you bring up the About dialog screen. Trying to run other applications while playing a song also seems to slow the overall system. Pros: Free. Good sound quality. WMA files take up less space than. Ability to map hardware buttons to different functions. Cons: Pauses song when exiting info screen.

Does not blank out the screen. Sometimes locks up on exiting. Your email address will not be published. Don't subscribe All Replies to my comments Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. You can also subscribe without commenting. We use affiliate links. If you buy something through the links on this page, we may earn a commission at no cost to you. Learn more. Product Information Price: Pros: Turns off display backlight for better power management.

Uses 'skins' for a more custom feel. This is a classic children's novel. The interface looks like a typical player with stop, play, pause, rewind and fast forward controls.

A status tells you how long you've been playing the content and how much content is left. Pressing the action button in will start and stop playback. You can even set bookmarks to mark specific places in the audio content. The quality of the audio is just fine for listening to this type of content. Being able to listen to books like this really nice.

I found that it made my short drives to and from work really enjoyable. I would use a cassette adapter to round the audio through my vehicles stereo. These adapters are cheap and can be bought through the Audible website or at most dept.

Price: FREE player. Pay for content. Cons: Desktop program can be a little flaky at times. MP3 and. WMA file player from Microsoft. WMA files are a special format that usually compresses even better than. MP3 files This player although free, is pretty basic. It does have the typical player features including play lists, and skins though. Play lists are implemented much better than the other players that are available.

Windows Media Player will automatically find the. WMA files on your device or CF card without you having to put them in a separate folder. You can also create different play lists and modify the order of the songs very easily.

Another nice feature is the ability to assign functions to the hardware buttons. For example, you can assign Play to the Action button, or Next track to the Up button etc. Being able to do this makes playing songs more convenient because you don't have to extract the stylus to tap the screen. I listened to both of them and couldn't hear a difference at all. A file converter doesn't come with the Windows Media Player, but you can download shareware converters easily.

Another very annoying problem with it is that it will pause the playback if you bring up a song's info and then close that info screen. Besides those 'bugs', this player also lacks screen blanking and the ability to minimize it to the task bar.

If these problems could be fixed, I'd give this player a big thumbs up Can't minimize to taskbar. About The Author. Julie Strietelmeier I created The Gadgeteer in as a fun way to share my passion for gadgets which began when I was a little kid.

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