Download the Windows Media Player 9 Series Fun Pack
Published: April 22, 2003
The Windows Media Player 9 Series Creativity Fun Pack includes two exciting new sets of visualizations to enhance your music with fun, synchronized eye candy. In addition, a "blogging" plug-in can add information about your currently playing music to your Web journal. Read more about blogging and the plug-in below. To download, you can choose the full pack, with both the visualizations and the blogging plug-in, or choose just the visualizations or just the blogging plug-in.
Note Do you only want the visualizations or the blogging plug-in? No problem. Choose either the Full Fun Pack from the column at right, or the Partial Fun Pack that you prefer.
Windows Media Player 9 Series Visualizations
3D Alchemy
The 3D Alchemy Visualization Pack for Windows Media Player includes five exciting new visualizations built using the 3D capabilities of Windows XP:
| • | Classic: A classic view of Alchemy |
| • | Kaleidoscope: A new variation on a theme |
| • | Monoliths: View album art and a sci-fi themed visualization in 3D |
| • | Strange World: A futuristic world and satellite with visualizations dancing on the surface |
| • | WM Museum: A 3D museum of the many versions of Windows Media Player Note Requires 3D graphics accelerator with at least 16 MB of video memory. 
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Picture Viz 3D: Spring Edition
This all-new 3-D version of the popular Picture Viz packs lets you view your digital photos with themed backgrounds for baseball, Easter, Mother's Day, spring, graduation, and more. There are over two dozen transitions to get you started.
Blogging Plug-in for Windows Media Player 9 Series
Add more personality to your blog with this plug-in that adds the artist, song, and album name to the Windows Media Player 9 Series title bar. Blogging clients like LiveJournal, w.bloggar, Semagic, and others can then easily add that information to your next entry while you compose.
What's a Blog?
An online Web log, or "blog," is a personal Web page featuring thoughts, links, and journal entries you share with the world. Over the past few years blogging popularity has snowballed as more and more people are connecting with each other online. Showing visitors whether you're in the mood for metal, rap, baroque, or jazz while you work on your blog is a great way to enrich your site with personal information.
Which Blogging Clients Support This Plug-in?
w.bloggar
Semagic
LiveJournal Client for Windows (LJ_Win32)
Powerblog.Net
What Hosting Providers and Solutions Are Supported?
Erablog.net (via w.bloggar)
LiveJournal (via Semagic, LJ_Win32)
MoveableType (via w.bloggar)
Blogger (via w.bloggar)
B2 (via w.bloggar)
Nucleus (via w.bloggar)
BigBlogTool (via w.bloggar)
BlogWorks.XML (via w.bloggar)
Blogalia (via w.bloggar)
Drupal (via w.bloggar)
Blog City (via w.bloggar)
Other systems may also be compatible. Contact your favorite blog developer and ask them to support the blogging plug-in for Windows Media Player 9 Series.
How can a Blog developer add support for this plug-in?
To add support to your Web, Microsoft Visual Basic®, or C/C++ application, download these code samples. Note: Code samples are not supported.
Minimum System Requirements
The hardware and software requirements for Windows XP Creativity Fun Packs are as follows:
| • | Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional |
| • | A 350 megahertz (MHz) processor |
| • | 64 megabytes (MB) of RAM |
| • | 300 MB of free hard disk space |
| • | VGA video resolution monitor |
| • | CD-ROM or DVD drive, keyboard, Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device |
| • | An Internet connection may be required for some features |
| • | Windows XP–compatible sound card and speakers or headphones |
| • | 256-color video card |
| • | 3-D graphics acceleration and 16 MB or more of video memory is required for some features. The video adapter must be compatible with Windows XP. Please see the below recommended system configuration for more information. Note: You can confirm that your video adapter is compatible with Windows XP by reviewing the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) page at the Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs Web site. Type the video adapter manufacturer name in the Search box, and then select Display from the list of hardware types. |
Recommended
| • | A 500 MHz or faster processor |
| • | 128 MB or higher of RAM |
| • | Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher video resolution monitor |
| • | A video display adapter with hardware 3-D graphics acceleration and 16 MB or more of video memory, including the following: | • | Matrox G400 and G450 | | • | SiS300 | | • | Trident BladeXP 128 | | • | 3Dlabs Permedia 3 | | • | Video cards using the ATI Radeon and Rage 128 chipsets | | • | Video cards using the NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 and GeForce chipsets If you are using a video adapter containing the ATI or NVIDIA chipsets, we recommend you download and install the latest video card software drivers from the manufacturer's Web site. |
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