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Posted by cwdjrxyz on 01/25/08 09:48
On Jan 24, 12:01 pm, "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4...@centralva.net>
wrote:
> Been using it for years. While you're at it remove that even nastier
> produce Real One Player and replace with Real Alternative
>
> http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm
Yes, if Real 11 available for your OS, you should remove Real One now,
even if you like it, because the Real 11 is just out of beta where it
had been for some time.
I have WMP11, Real11, QT, iTunes, Winamp, AVS, GOM, FLV, Media Player
Classic, Nero Show Time, Cyberlink PowerDVD, and Nero Media Player all
installed. By far the most nasty is the Nero Media Player. It very
often grabs media files for itself that have been assigned to other
players as primary. This player is part of a large Nero suite. When I
get time, I likely will remove it if that is not too much trouble. If
you carefully assign what player is primary for what media file type
and do not have conflicts, the mentioned players usually all work well
together. You have to watch out when you download a new player and
select the advanced setting for file types it offers to play. The best
thing to do is not check any file types. Then come back and check file
types as you need them to be primary on the new player. If you have
WinPatrol installed, it usually will catch a player trying to steal
files from another, and you must approve the change before WinPatrol
will let it happen. I use most of the players just for checking web
pages to see if they will work properly on a file type. If you use a
player only for testing, you can set it to be primary for no file
types. Then when you want to use the player, you first bring it up and
usually under the file tab you choose to enter a local media file or a
url. Also, it is important not to allow all of the players to start up
when you turn the computer on, or you may have a very long wait.
It is true that Apple now offers the QT download along with iTunes.
None of the players are very big files on comparison to many high
resolution video files when you often use several 1 GB vob files for a
single feature link movie. Even iTunes/QT downloads fairly fast on a
good high broadband connection if their server is not overloaded. I
usually do long downloads at night. However some of the players would
be rather slow downloads on dialup.
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