[jaws-uk] Re: Accessible DVD players

From: "Amro Bilal" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 01:10:53 +0100

Hi Jamie, have you tried Media Player Classic? This is a media player with a
codec pack to play almost any audio/video formats out there including Real
media formats. MPC is a very friendly application to use with a simple
interface to match. It's a truly awesome application! However, it could be a
little confusing to install for people who are not very comfortable with
computers. This is not to scare anyone off but just a disclaimer as it were,
and in any case if one just accept the defaults through the installation
process they shouldn't run into any problems.

For this app to function properly though, the horrid Real Media Player should
be uninstalled from your computer first. This was the case when I last checked
so I stand corrected if anyone else has a more up to date information on this.

For anyone using Jaws, note that Jaws keeps reading the status bar when MPC is
playing a media file. But this is a very simple issue to solve. Either you-
Maximise MPC (Alt Enter for full screen) and Jaws will go silent. Or, in Jaws
Config Manager for MPC set Screen Echo to none . That's- Config Manager>Set
Options>User Options>Screen Echo.

The version of MPC which I would recommend to use is the Mega version (K-Lite
Mega Codec Pack 5.90) because it includes support for Real Media files
(RM/RMVB). 5.90 is the latest release. There're five variants of the MPC/K-lite
Codec Pack which are basic, standard, full, mega and corporate. You can read
more about the differences between the five variants and download the K-Lite
mega Pack from the below links-

http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm

http://www.filehippo.com/download_klite_mega_codec/

I'm not a heavy media user on my computer, but I've been using MPC for quite a
long time now and I'm very happy with it. I love its simplicity, its clean
install/uninstall operation, the fact that it's neat and small and it doesn't
try to take over my computer like some other media players, and yet to come
across a media format that it can't play. I first got into it to avoid Real
Media Player but I use it for all my media purposes now.

Hope that is of some help.

Amro

----- Original Message -----
From: Jamie Cuthbertson
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 10:16 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Accessible DVD players

Hi there,

Actually, it was only when I went to the download site that it dawned on me
that WMP is just Windows Media Player - dohhhh, what a twit I am!

My problem is that Windows Media Player doesn't play the DVD that I'm trying
to view as it says that it doesn't have the appropriate codecs. I was trying
to find a way of either getting the appropriate codecs for Windows Media Player
or getting another player programme that would have the codecs included.
Either way I wanted to do it as cheaply as possible.

Thanks and sorry for being thick! (Smile)

Jamie

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From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of john coley
Sent: 17 May 2010 21:22
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Accessible DVD players

Hi Jamie, it's free. Here's the link to the download page.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1d224714-e238-4e45-8668-5166114010ca
John.

----- Original Message -----
From: Jamie Cuthbertson
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 9:14 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Accessible DVD players

Hi Ken,

Thanks for the information. Is WMP a free download or is there a cost?

Jamie

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From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Ken Reid
Sent: 15 May 2010 20:45
To: Jaws Users
Subject: [jaws-uk] Accessible DVD players

Jamie,

Like you, I haven't had occasion to do this very often. But on the odd
time I have wanted to play a DVD I have found WMP does the job straight out of
the box. I've never been prompted to buy anything extra to make it work.

I wonder if there are version issues at play? I'm using version 11 of WMP,
on Windows Vista with Jaws 10.

I've only used WMP to play a DVD, I have no idea how to go about cutting
clips and all that fancy stuff.

Regards,

Ken

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