Re: [PCWorks] Where can you ACTUALLY DOWNLOAD RealPlayer?
- From: David Grossman <dgrossman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:39:36 +0300
If MPC changes Registry settings, doesn't that mean that - effectively - it
is installed?
David Grossman
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pcworks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:pcworks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Clint
> Hamilton-PCWorks Admin
> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 11:56 AM
> To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PCWorks] Where can you ACTUALLY DOWNLOAD RealPlayer?
>
>
> Again, there is no installer nor "install" process for MPC, if
> that's what you mean. When you download it, all you're
> downloading is "mplayerc.exe" (or sometimes it's zipped and
> that's inside) and that's the player itself, nothing else. It
> uses a .ini file for most settings (maybe all), and that file
> is configured/reconfigured each time you change any options on
> the player. It has a couple of dozen or so tabs in the View >
> Options area and when those are changed, it either adds those
> changes to the Registry, or the .ini file. But it saves a lot
> of time if you simply right click a file, "Open With...." and
> select MPC (and then selecting "Always open with"...), as
> opposed to going into its Formats area and checking boxes
> there.
>
> XP's WMP version just doesn't like anything else playing "its"
> files and it will do anything it can to circumvent your choice.
> -Clint
>
> God Bless,
> Clint Hamilton, Owner
> www.OrpheusComputing.com
> www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
> www.OrpheusComputing.com/PCworks-computer-help-email-list.html
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Kaulback"
>
> Clint, did you install it or run it from the executable? If the
> latter
> then xp wmp functioned properly.
>
> MPC uses ffmpeg which was recently updated so maybe the
> realplayer files
> are more correctly played. Real media has been playing hard
> ball with
> anyone else playing their media.
>
> So much for anti monopoly controls, they must be learning from
> Apple and
> Microsoft ;)
>
> Peter Kaulback
>
> Peter Kaulback
>
> On 4/20/2009 11:50 PM, Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin wrote:
> > That's why I use MPC because it's so clean, light, and
> > stealthy. It doesn't even need to be installed. BTW, MPC is
> > not the M$ 6.4 version, it's a tweaked 6.4 version done by
> > "Gabest". It will play far more file types than the basic M$
> > version (including FLV, DivX, and now Real Media formats). I
> > don't think the Gabest people mess with it anymore, I believe
> > another place has taken the project and now have the updates
> > for it.
> >
> > It's even worse than taking over file associations. When I
> > finally got MPC to play the Real Media files, the real M$ WMP
> > XP version pulled its 'stunt' once again and tried to totally
> > take over all video files. I couldn't click a video file
> > without that POS putting up the "Setup Media Player" BS.
> > This
> > was after I had already deleted "wmplayer.exe" and
> > "setup_wm.exe" files. I then remembered that those files
> > also
> > have to be deleted from the dllcache folder in order to
> > finally
> > rid yourself of its obnoxious intrusive behavior.
> >
> > I still had a problem with MPC playing .ram files. I would
> > even right click and "Open with...", and MPC was not only not
> > in the list, but even after browsing to its folder and
> > SELECTING it, it still would not show up in the Programs list
> > to play the file! I had to drag the .ram files to MPC to
> > play
> > them! So I had to go into the Registry to:
> >
> > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mplayerc.ram\shell\open\command
> >
> > ("mplayerc" is MPC), and at the right pane put the path to
> > the
> > location of MPC in order to be able to simply click the .ram
> > files and have MPC play them. It still had the path of XP's
> > default WMP there. So if anyone has problems getting their
> > media player to play certain files, check the keys for the
> > file
> > extensions in that Registry area and make sure the path is
> > correct.
> > -Clint
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Peter Kaulback"
> >
> > Ugh, I despise QuickTime/iTunes and WMP, all plagued with
> > DRM.
> > And,
> > pretty much all programs want to take over file associations
> > now. MS
> > wanted to lock down all associations in windows 7 to MS
> > defaults but
> > they thought otherwise. Eventually ;)
> >
> > I use eMusic for music downloads, Winamp for audio playback,
> > Exact Audio
> > Copy or EAC for ripping, and DivX for video playback. Each is
> > free and
> > play pretty much every format available.
> >
> > However, whenever I want an audio stream from CBC I have to
> > use
> > Real
> > Alternative but that has been quite awhile since many streams
> > end up on
> > Youtube now. Eventually they do.
> >
> > Peter Kaulback
> >
> > On 4/20/2009 12:21 AM, Hugh Vandervoort wrote:
> >> I'd like to have all the time I wasted on Real Player and
> >> getting it
> >> under control. And don't get me started on Acrobat.
> >>
> >> I use Winamp almost exclusively. It handles most media types
> >> and has
> >> thousands of streaming radio stations and the ability to
> >> record what you
> >> hear. I haven't seen real player for years.
> >> WMP is my choice for ripping, and VLC for all other media
> >> chores except
> >> recording, where I use Nero.
> >>
> >>
> >> David Grossman wrote:
> >>> I don't like either RealPlayer or QuickTime. They (and some
> >>> other programs,
> >>> most notably FLV players and some DVD players)
> >>> automatically
> >>> take over the
> >>> Associations from other programs such as .WAV files,
> >>> without
> >>> asking
> >>> permission. You then have to undo their mess by changing
> >>> the
> >>> Associations
> >>> back, or by clicking on Open With...
> >>>
> >>> I don't like programs that take control over the computer
> >>> away from me, even
> >>> though it is correctable. I'd rather use an "inferior"
> >>> product that is more
> >>> polite.
> >>>
> >>> Clint's footer says "God Bless." Well, somehow, that's
> >>> quite
> >>> different from
> >>> what I have in mind after I install those invasive,
> >>> control-freak programs.
> >>>
> >>> David Grossman
>
>
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