Microsoft wants you on Windows 11’s modern Media Player, but it uses 3.5x more RAM and paywalls codecs
The June 12 update brings Media Player 11.2605.14.0 with useful fixes: custom caption styling through Windows settings, an indexing banner, fewer playback failures, required playlist names, better queue stability, clearer missing codec errors, and some visual polish.
Good. I’m glad Microsoft has not abandoned it.
But then you actually open a video.
VLC opens it instantly. Legacy Windows Media Player opens it instantly. The modern Windows 11 Media Player takes a few seconds just to start playing.
The RAM numbers are even worse. Modern Media Player sits around 377MB idle in my testing. Legacy Windows Media Player sits around 103MB.
A 17-year-old media player from the Windows 7 era still feels faster, lighter, and more confident than the “modern” app shipping with Windows 11.
And then there’s the codec problem. HEVC is the default video format on modern phones, but Windows 11 still pushes users toward a paid codec extension while VLC just plays the file.
Bug fixes are nice. However, a media player has one job: open fast, run light, and play the video.
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If you somehow got it to FH4 too, that would be the dream 🙌
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@onepiecenetflix I don’t get it… Why was this scene’s intensity not translated into the live-action adaptation??? This was one of the most surreal scenes of my childhood… I was absolutely certain going in that this scene would receive justice… Just why
Samsung Galaxy Gear Sport 2017
vs.
Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic 2025
@Samsung why does it look like design has evolved backwards? Gear sport nailed the squircle... I wish you would go back to your roots...
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If I'm reading the documentation correctly, it looks like we just lost unique shapes in macOS app icons.
Any irregular shape will autoscale into the new roundrect icon shape with a border around it. Many app icons will have to be remade. #WWDC25
@SiloSeries a sincere thank-you for sidestepping zombies and cannibals. Had this not have been the case, I woulda left the show right there... Seriously well written show... Hats off 🙌
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@SiloSeries incredible season S2 and an incredible ending. I am subscribed to Apple TV+ only for this show. The show is one of the best written shows of all time! 🙌 Story writing, direction, cinematography, props, actors, setting 11/10. 🎉
#Silo#Siloseason2#AppleTV
@IGN@IGN you really should consider retracting this review. I have questioned your credibility many times before (Loki season 2, NFS unbound, etc.) but this is the last straw... Before there's damage to your image, please respond. #TransformersOne is nothing short of greatness 🙌🙌🙌