I have to find a very low CPU using player that will play (and possibly transcode) the newest WMV codecs (audio and video) that most other players cannot play. WMP clogs the system so much I cannot use it unless I stop everything else.
Without that codec information, I'm not even willing to risk my system security or time, in downloading it. Details here are a good thing
It's unfortunate that thousands of morons insist on using microsoft based video codecs, when there are at least a dozen free codecs and encoders that do a better job, and are completely cross platform usable.