So I tried out the Napster plug-in for WMP9 (members of Napster can click here to install immediately). I figured it was worth a try, but it sucks, big time. So if you run it from the install web page it tries pulling up WMP but after a couple seconds of WMP saying “Opening…” the entire thing goes white and I had to close WMP. So I open it again and then go to Premium Services then Napster and it just does the same thing. I’ve even tried turning off all my plugins so I just don’t know what’s up with it. When I get some time I’ll try and figure it out I suppose.

So I mentioned other plugins. I’ve tried out most of the plugins that are available from WMPLugins.com. Here are the few I still use:

• First is the Nero Fast CD-Burning Plug-in, this is a must for anyone that burns CD’s in WMP. I usually use this method since it’s sometimes quicker than doing it from within Nero itself. It will automatically use your Windows Media Library to pull the album info from the files you’re burning. It will also allow you to remove the 2 second gap between tracks. Plus it’s fast
• The second is the TweakMP PowerToy. This is one of those one time use plug-ins since you set the settings then forget it.
• LyricsAMP is another kick ass plug-in. When running, it will automatically search a couple different lyrics sites and pull the lyrics for the currently playing song and place it in your library. It’s pretty darn cool and so much easier than Google!
• Oh and possibly the most important is apart of the Windows Media Player 9 Series Fun Pack. The Blogging Plug-in, with this installed it makes WMP display the artist and song that’s currently playing in the titlebar. This plug-in allows different blogging apps to read that out and place the information in a blog entry automatically. Furthermore if you use MSN Messenger and Messenger Plus! 2.5 you can also use this Song2Nick plug-in for Messenger Plus! and it will auto update your Messenger name to the currently playing song. It also works with WinAmp and MusicMatch!

All of those plug-ins work well together and really do enhance the built in capabilities for WMP and Messenger . Enjoy!