Creative Media Player vs Windows Media Pla

Hi
Don't know if this subject has been covered before, but is there technical / quality differences between those two softwares ?
I read that Windows Media player was not that good for sound quality for instance.
Personally, i use both, more or less randomly, and i don't hear any differences.
The only thing i could say against Creative player is that sometimes he react a little bit slowly when browsing files.
Any ideas ?

Well wmp is one up on creative big time. m4a is the most uptodate complient standard for streaming audio. It also has a wider range for frequency. Being the top notch sound gurus these guys are..... I would get on making a plugin codec (with tag reading). Ive lost a small chunk of change when I first started buying the audigy 2's for system building.... People phoning me up complaining that half thier music does not work. Being the smart minded business man I am I dri've all over the place, to teach people?computer lessions. I even returned the zens?my wife and myself?bought.... Becuase of this codec. The Scandisk was cheaper... Bigger screen. More then 2 colors. Also had a larger harddri've. Oh..... Codecs..... Lots of codecs.... It can play everything. My old car cd player played all codecs... My dvd player plays every codec. Dont get me wrong here... Creative's equipment.... AMAZING!... Creative software developing...... Well, my mom told me; "If you dont have anything thing nice to say, then dont say it at all."?Now I wont buy creative products till they have a plugin. Common guys a plugin........ I am sure most people who would like to use Media souce would love a plugin. About the licenscing... If a small company can afford the licenscing, Im sure creative can. There is a private group that did the plugin for windows media player. Im sure creative can figure something out. I think... that the only time licencse come into effect is when you sell a device with media on it that is encoded with m4a. I could be wrong there.

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