text: difference between windows media player 11 beta 2 and windows media player 11, the official download.? i downloaded the wmp 11 beta 2 pack, and saw the microsoft just released the first non-beta version of wmp 11.  do i have to redownload the non-beta version, or is it the same as beta 2. beta software is software that is not fully ready to be released, but is being made available so that people can test it.  you will definitely want to download the non-beta version because it is the final version of wmp11.  beta programs usually have some bugs still in them.