I'm sure WPF could produce a GUI replica, but is it actually made with WPF?
I've done some searching, but I'm not able to find what GUI library they used.
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It is almost certainly all C++ with mixed Assembly against standard WIN32 APIs and DirectX. WPF came out with .NET 3.0 in late 2006 and Windows Media Player 10 came out in late 2004. I would also add that there's nothing exceptionally unique about the Windows Media Player UI given that non-square windows and leveraging DirectX for animation outside of full screen has been around since the mid 90s all the way back to NT 4.0 and Windows 95.
Nissan Fan
2010-01-06 21:32:18
DirectX eh? So it has a dependency on DirectX for the fancy GUI components?
Finglas
2010-01-06 21:35:09
Early Windows Media Player was very generic, but DirectX has been available for Windows all the way back to Windows 95 and NT 4.0.
Nissan Fan
2010-01-06 21:36:44
And that is why I use Media Player Classic. ;)
Nathan Taylor
2010-01-06 21:38:00