Adobe Media Player Updated with New Features

Adobe is not satisfied just having their Flash video technology cornering the web video marketplace; the computer graphics giant is aiming to make their latest version of Adobe Media Player the de facto video hub and streaming video standard on your computer.

Adobe has released the Adobe Media Player 1.1, the front-end for Adobe's video content distribution network. Adobe Media Player is aiming to be your computer's one stop, easy to use destination for cataloging, finding, storing and of course viewing a wide variety of video content on the web. Think a video version of Apple Computer's wildly successful iTunes mp3 software and on-line music store.

Programming available for you to view on the Adobe Media Player currently includes offerings from: The Food Network, CBS, HGTV, Comedy Central, PBS, Showtime and MTV. According to Adobe, the latest version of Adobe Media Player introduces a new streamlined interface with lots of eye-candy and a deal with Sony Pictures that will allow users to watch Sony's movies on-line.

So what are you going to need to run this multimedia monster? Adobe Media Player is available for Windows and Mac OS X. Windows will need a Intel Pentium 4 2.33GHz or faster processor, XP with Service Pack 2 or Vista Home, Business, or Ultimate along with 1GB of RAM and 64MB of VRAM. Intel Mac users will need a Core Duo 1.33GHz or faster processor, at least Mac OS X 10.4.9 and above and 1GB of RAM and 64MB of VRAM.

Adobe Media Player can be downloaded from the company's website at:

http://www.adobe.com/products/mediaplayer/