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ViewOn.Tv a nifty media player built in WPF

I haven't been able to review a lot of WPF applications which is why I'm always thrilled when one comes my way. The latest I've been testing out the past couple of days is ViewOn.
Written by Ryan Stewart, Contributor

I haven't been able to review a lot of WPF applications which is why I'm always thrilled when one comes my way. The latest I've been testing out the past couple of days is ViewOn.tv a general purpose media player that has a lot of the features you'd expect wrapped up in WPF. It actually made me remember how much I love WPF applications. It has some performance issues for me on my machine but there's something about the WPF component set and user interfaces people build that really stand out to me.

ViewOn.tv lets you do everything you'd expect, you can import your music library and also play radio stations from the application. I couldn't find where to have it go out and grab the album art for me, but other than that the process was straightforward. It's got a mini mode and a cool pop-out interface when browsing the album art. The player also supports burning your playlists to a CD. In addition, you can play music directly from your devices. They say they support the iPod but I couldn't get my Zune to show up on the device menu. The interface is cleanly striking. It's basically a grayscale color theme with a single regular color that the user can chose to complete the theme. It ends up being a nice effect.

The ViewOn.tv player launched earlier this year so the version they have is still very, very early. Right now there isn't a ton to differentiate it from other media players but as I said above, there's something about the interface that I really like so I have high hopes for the application.

ViewOn.TV Screenshot
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