Microsoft殺Windows Media Player?
7 Comments Published by Chainsaw January 13th, 2006 in Rumor, Video.微軟叫Mac用戶裝Flip4Mac,原來暗示Windows Media Player for Mac將會衰亡?
雖然微軟沒有正式宣佈,但據betanews報道,科技界分析機構Jupiter Research認為,微軟先殺IE for Mac,現有再殺Windows Media Player之勢。而日後的微軟Mac BU,除了前天Roz Ho在Steve Jobs Keynote台上應允再開發Microsoft Office for Mac最少五年之外,可能只會開發有利可圖的MSN Messenger。
而Jupiter Research也觀望開發Flip4Mac的Telestream,能否將WMP 10 codec及其DRM技術引進Flip4Mac。現在知道,Flip4Mac與剛剛更新的QuickTime 7.0.4,不太穩定。Telestream應承在日內更新。
我反而想知道,現在的Windows Media Player for Mac的微軟Developers,會否如Internet Explorer for Mac的Developers,在網上大吐苦水。
Update: Flip4Mac的2.0.1更新版經已推出,解決QuickTime 7.0.4的問題。我估到為何微軟不開發WMP for Mac的原因。試想想WMP的Mac版有問題,微軟會不會有如Flip4Mac的反應神速?
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據 news.com 今日報導,應該都幾正式喇。
Microsoft has officially halted development of its Windows Media Player for the Mac and plans no future Apple Computer versions of its music-playing software, CNET News.com has learned.
微軟不開發 WMP for Mac 的原因可能很簡單,第一個市場不大,而 WMP 在 Windows 上已經站穩地步,不需要跨平台支援 WMV/WMA/ASF 來擴充 WMP 的 market share。第二個原因,是技術上的問題,熟 DirectX & DirectShow 的 Programmer 都會知道微軟把多媒體架構在 COM 和 DirectShow filter 技術上,從多媒體廠商的驅動程式到 Audio/Video/Internet/File Input 到各式各樣 Codec 到 Display/Transform Output 都是完整可以疊積木似的使用。在 Mac OS X 上並無這樣的完整架構和平台,因此寫個 WMV Plugin for QuickTime 就只需要 Codec 相關技術而不用和 WMP/COM 有太多 dependency,否則等同在開發另外一套 WMP。
flip4mac seems to have problem with 881903.com asf streams. playing a stream often resulted in a “bad url” error…so I had to install wmp 9 again