I got Media Player 11 64-bit edition from Microsoft, the official one from January.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en

I'm trying to install it on XP64. However, despite being the 64-bit version, it never actually installs any 64-bit player. The installer installs the 32-bit version in "C:\Program Files (x86)\windows media player" just peachy, but no 64-bit version ever is generated in C:\Program Files, and the one in x86 is showing as a 32-bit app.

Forget codec issues or compatibility or that stuff, I just want to get the 64-bit player installed. Is anyone else running into this issue?

There is no 64-bit version of WMP. As you have found out, the x64 package contains the 32-bit player, but packaged for 64-bit systems.

It's in Vista 64, so you're wrong there.

http://extended64.com/photos/rhoffman/picture2101.aspx

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/01/19/s...x64-as-default/

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This is the one I downloaded. I downloaded it BECAUSE of the bolded part.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;DisplayLang=en

Windows Media Player 11 (64-bit) is designed to work with Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.

Edited February 22, 200719 yr by S.SubZero

It's in Vista 64, so you're wrong there.

Ok, fine. I'll amend my statement. There is no downloadable 64-bit version of WMP.

It's in Vista 64, so you're wrong there.

Ok, fine. I'll amend my statement. There is no downloadable 64-bit version of WMP.

Windows Media Player (64-bit) By Microsoft

http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/details....?itemid=3119208

Along with the third link in my other post (the link for the supposedly downloadable 64-bit version of WMP), this *Microsoft site* seems to think it's a 64-bit media player.

So even if it's not a 64-bit player, why do they keep calling it as such?

Windows Media Player (64-bit) By Microsoft

http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/details....?itemid=3119208

Along with the third link in my other post (the link for the supposedly downloadable 64-bit version of WMP), this *Microsoft site* seems to think it's a 64-bit media player.

So even if it's not a 64-bit player, why do they keep calling it as such?

Because it is the 32-bit player packaged for the 64-bit version of XP. If you try to install the x86 version on XP x64, it won't work. You need the version packaged for XP x64. To differentiate this version of WMP 11 from one for 32-bit XP, they gave it the "64-bit" moniker. The only true 64-bit version of WMP is in Vista.

So, is there some way of using the 64bit version from vista in xp 64?

what will be the benefit of using media player in 64bits? i've 64 bits as well and i don't bother with it simple because media player doesn't need 64bit to run smoothly.. just install media player classic anyways or VLC

My hunch is that while the core media player is 32bit, some of the codecs and such that come with it are 64bit binaries.

This topic was SPLIT of off topic conversation and the resulting thread can be found in the Windows Vista section.

S.SubZero, the new thread is set with you as the topic starter, feel free to adjust the topic title as you see fit.

shark