Re: [PCWorks] Where can you ACTUALLY DOWNLOAD RealPlayer?
- From: Peter Kaulback <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:41:17 -0400
Well I have never seen WMP take back file types as you have described
Clint. Perhaps you have some setting enabled? Like Quicktime does take
back file types if you allow it to do so.
I have had the Divx player and SMPlayer use wma and wmv files with no
problems coming from WMP for quite some time.
Peter Kaulback
On 4/22/2009 4:56 AM, Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin wrote:
> 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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