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Serengeti
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posted 08-30-2005 04:27 PM

Originally posted this in Broch's thread, but I figured it's prolly info worthy of everyone's attention. There are free (both is cost, and of adware/spyware/bundled apps) programs out there for playing both Quicktime and Real media content.

I've been using both of these for quite some time, and they both rock. Highly recommended if, like me, you can't stand Real or Quicktime.

http://www.free-codecs.com/QuickTime_Alternative_download.htm
http://www.free-codecs.com/Real_Alternative_download.htm

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AcidWarp
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posted 08-30-2005 05:38 PM

There's VLC and Jet Player too.

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Scooby
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posted 08-30-2005 06:06 PM

http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/finalbuilds.htm

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack including every codec you'll ever need, real alternative, quicktime alternative, and BS-Player (a great media player)

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Cacophonous
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posted 08-30-2005 09:33 PM

I've been using 'Media Player Classic' which came with Ace Mega Codecs for years. I plays Real & Quick plus all other formats I use. Basic player.

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mynameisxanthan
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posted 08-30-2005 10:31 PM

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Originally posted by Cacophonous:
I've been using 'Media Player Classic' which came with Ace Mega Codecs for years. I plays Real & Quick plus all other formats I use. Basic player.

MPC is the shit, I use it too.

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RoGuEBiTcH
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posted 08-31-2005 12:14 AM

mplayer. I believe it builds/runs on cygwin, too.

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FS
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posted 08-31-2005 06:52 PM

Why bother with Cygwin when there's a perfectly serviceable Windows native build of mplayer.

No GUI tho, which is not so good for Tablet PCs.

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Wow, I can't believe I'm agreeing with FS on this one

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RoGuEBiTcH
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posted 08-31-2005 09:21 PM

I didn't know if it was cygwin or native. I only knew that, somehow, it ran on win32

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Mad Max
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posted 09-01-2005 10:34 AM

I use notepad, never had a problem yet.

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FS
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posted 09-01-2005 02:27 PM

my tablet PC wouldn't play any DVD movies, because Windows Media Player etc complained that they don't have a codec. Also I couldn't install a DVD Player because I didn't have a DVD drive. couldn't help it no matter what I tried, but mplayer did the trick without any hacks whatsoever

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Originally posted by FS:
Wow, I can't believe I'm agreeing with FS on this one

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RoGuEBiTcH
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posted 09-01-2005 02:58 PM

Ah yes. The Open Source way: powerful, flexible, free

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