When I tried installing the app on the stable version of Windows 11, it displayed an error that said, your computer needs to be running Windows 11 Build 22471 or above. You may switch between the Light and Dark themes for the app, or set it to follow Windows' theme. Head to the Settings to choose your Music and Video library folders. You can filter the view by using the Genres menu. The new Media Player lets you sort tracks by name, artist, album or release year.

The Music library remains identical to Groove's, you can access your collection by Songs, Albums and Artists. Right-click on a track or a video in your library, to set it to play next, add it to a playlist. button lets you view the song's Properties, access the built-in Equalizer, control the Playback Speed, Cast to device, and toggle Zoom to fill. The Mini player mode has been retained, it displays the album cover art, and has the play/pause, previous and next track buttons. Clicking the speaker icon brings a volume control slider in to view. It lets you shuffle the playlist, jump between previous and next tracks, rewind by 10 seconds or fast-forward by 30 seconds, and toggle repeat mode. The playback control bar at the bottom is nothing fancy. The sidebar has a search bar at the top and shortcuts to various areas like Home, Music Library, Video Library, Play Queue and Playlists. You can access them using the sidebar to the left edge of the screen. Files that you open will be added to the music or video library automatically. The start page lets you Open a media file, Open a folder and play all the media inside it, or open a URL to play a video or music stream. The new Media Player for Windows 11 has a sleek interface that isn't dissimilar to Groove Music's, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.

The app is Microsoft, obviously it is safe, but it never hurts to check.Ĭredit: u/Sharkstax Overview of the Media Player for Windows 11 Here's the result on VirusTotal, spoiler alert, it's clean. Note: Firebox blocked the download for some reason, claiming it is a potential security risk. It will update the Groove Music player to Media Player. Download the installer, execute it, and run the app.

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