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itskeiser
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      10th Mar 2008
Everyones pretty much agreeing on WMP being awful,but the only other
suggestions Ive found dont offer what I want-Anyone know a good player that
does video(especailly avi) and audio? Thanks
 
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Bjarke Andersen
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      10th Mar 2008
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Echelon writing news:EBCBDC09-55F5-46CE-BB63-(E-Mail Removed):

> Everyones pretty much agreeing on WMP being awful,but the only other
> suggestions Ive found dont offer what I want-Anyone know a good player
> that does video(especailly avi) and audio? Thanks


Awful in which terms?

I find WMP good enough rather than having 4 different players.
Cole2K codec pack, real alternative lite and quicktime alternative lite,
then WMP take all common media found on the net.

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itskeiser
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      10th Mar 2008
From what Ive read,the system resource useage is awful,and its versatility is
limited.I know a few people who do a good deal of mixings and recording and
they hate it as well. I personally dont have much of a problem with it,cept
the size and the codecs thing now and then and it never plays AVIs

"Bjarke Andersen" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?aXRza2Vpc2Vy?= <(E-Mail Removed)> crashed
> Echelon writing news:EBCBDC09-55F5-46CE-BB63-(E-Mail Removed):
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> > Everyones pretty much agreeing on WMP being awful,but the only other
> > suggestions Ive found dont offer what I want-Anyone know a good player
> > that does video(especailly avi) and audio? Thanks

>
> Awful in which terms?
>
> I find WMP good enough rather than having 4 different players.
> Cole2K codec pack, real alternative lite and quicktime alternative lite,
> then WMP take all common media found on the net.
>
> --
> Bjarke Andersen
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Bjarke Andersen
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      10th Mar 2008
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Echelon writing news:708E5FF9-3B68-43AC-8B09-(E-Mail Removed):

> From what Ive read,the system resource useage is awful,and its
> versatility is limited.I know a few people who do a good deal of
> mixings and recording and they hate it as well. I personally dont have
> much of a problem with it,cept the size and the codecs thing now and
> then and it never plays AVIs


If you dont have a problem with it, why dont you then just stick with it.

Your firends probably do not like it because it is a player (hence
the name) rather than a recorder/mixer.

Regarding your problem with AVI it is not WMP's fault, you just do not have
the proper codecs.

As mentioned in my earlier post, with the 3 mentioned packs WMP will take
almost everything (almost because rare old codecs are not included).

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Harold Druss
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      10th Mar 2008

"itskeiser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Everyones pretty much agreeing on WMP being awful,but the only other
> suggestions Ive found dont offer what I want-Anyone know a good player
> that
> does video(especailly avi) and audio? Thanks


Hi Try

VLC media player, it's good and it's free.

www.videolan.org

Good luck
Harold


 
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itskeiser
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      10th Mar 2008
Thanks-I actually had vlc for a while to play my avi's but i wasnt a fan of
its library setup

"Harold Druss" wrote:

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> "itskeiser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:EBCBDC09-55F5-46CE-BB63-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Everyones pretty much agreeing on WMP being awful,but the only other
> > suggestions Ive found dont offer what I want-Anyone know a good player
> > that
> > does video(especailly avi) and audio? Thanks

>
> Hi Try
>
> VLC media player, it's good and it's free.
>
> www.videolan.org
>
> Good luck
> Harold
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windmap
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      10th Mar 2008
I myself use KMplayer to play all my videos.Its great .
"itskeiser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Everyones pretty much agreeing on WMP being awful,but the only other
> suggestions Ive found dont offer what I want-Anyone know a good player
> that
> does video(especailly avi) and audio? Thanks



 
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itskeiser
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      10th Mar 2008
So my search for a new player caused me to be rash and I deleted wmp11,hoping
to free up space.Now that it seems Im better of with wmp11,Ive tried to
reinstall it several times but each time the install fails.I saw a similar
thread on here but cant find it,any suggestions?
As far as info,it goes through install til its at 100percent,than tells me
wmp11 could not be installed at this time,please try again or contact help.
 
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itskeiser
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      10th Mar 2008
Also tried the spup fix but that didnt help
 
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Ken Blake, MVP
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      10th Mar 2008
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:03:02 -0700, itskeiser
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> Everyones pretty much agreeing on WMP being awful,



Everyone? I don't agree. I don't use it a lot, but when I do, it meets
my needs, so I'm happy with it.


> but the only other
> suggestions Ive found dont offer what I want-Anyone know a good player that
> does video(especailly avi) and audio? Thanks


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