I am entirely irritated with my x64 based system. Not only is most software not written for it, some x32 software doesn't function properly with it.
For example, WMP will not open MP3s within web browsers. Instead, I have to download the MP3 and open it manually, a INCREDIBLY ARCHAIC proposition. I cannot reinstall WMP until they come out with a newer version than the one i have installed right now, because on VISTA its integrated into the OS. If I attempt to update to the version they have on the Microsoft website I end up getting a "your version is newer" msg. Quicktime works, but the seek bar that is blacked out. I can't see the progress bar/pause/play button/volume.
I NEED A EMBEDDED MEDIA PLAYER FFS. THIS IS CRAZY HOW LONG x64 BIT SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN OUT AND YET THERE IS STILL REALLY REALLY REALLY DUMB PROBLEMS WITH IT. With VLC I am able to open media up in a browser. Only two problems with it, one of which i can deal with. When I click on a link to listen to say a MP3, I begin to hear the audio. This please me. What pisses me off is the "Waiting for video" line thats displayed in the middle of the browser window. There is never going to be video, so why should this be there? Now, I can live with that problem, simply ignore it. But what I cannot deal with is the utter lack of the ability to control ANYTHING within that page. No volume, no progress bar, no play/pause.
PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST ADD THIS SO I CAN HAVE A MEDIA PLAYER FOR MY WEB BROWSERS. I NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM 4 YEARS AGO WITH MY ANCIENT MACHINE AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT NOW WITH BETTER TECHNOLOGY.
P.S. Apologies for the feathers I have just ruffled. I spent good money on this machine and would like it to, at the very least, simple tasks, 'specially ones I have grown accustomed to.