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Will Media Player Classic play *everything* that Windows Media Player
plays?
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Man-wai Chang
Will Media Player Classic play *everything* that Windows Media Player
plays?
Yes, and more. It's just a codec issue. Download K-lite Codec, Real
Alternative, and Quicktime Alternatve, and you don't even need M$'
player. For music, I would recommend "foobar 2000" and its optional
components.
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honyakusha
Yes, and more. It's just a codec issue. Download K-lite Codec, Real
Alternative, and Quicktime Alternatve, and you don't even need M$'
player. For music, I would recommend "foobar 2000" and its optional
components.
I have Media Player Classic, and have installed the K-lite Codec Pack,
Real Alternative, Quick Time Alternative.
A few months ago, MPC used to play rm and ram files OK; but now it
doesn't. For instance, I'm unable to play the songs here:
http://f99.middlebury.edu/AC200A/rock_n_roll.htm
Any ideas on what settings I should make so that I can play some of
these songs here?
Suggestions gratefully accepted.
Honyakusha
H
HVS
On 13 Apr 2006, honyakusha wrote
-snip-
Have you updated the RealAlternative codecs recently?
I've often found that rm and ram files don't run -- I suspect that
Real keep changing the codecs to encourage people to use the
dreaded RealPlayer -- but that updating the RealAlternative codecs
usually solves the problem.
-snip-
I have Media Player Classic, and have installed the K-lite
Codec Pack, Real Alternative, Quick Time Alternative.
A few months ago, MPC used to play rm and ram files OK; but
now it doesn't. For instance, I'm unable to play the songs
here: http://f99.middlebury.edu/AC200A/rock_n_roll.htm
Any ideas on what settings I should make so that I can play
some of these songs here?
Have you updated the RealAlternative codecs recently?
I've often found that rm and ram files don't run -- I suspect that
Real keep changing the codecs to encourage people to use the
dreaded RealPlayer -- but that updating the RealAlternative codecs
usually solves the problem.
A
Anonymous
Will Media Player Classic play *everything* that Windows Media Player
I have discovered that I require two players in order to play the media
that I find on the Net. I use both Media Player Classic (with the
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack) and XMPlay.
I use Media Player Classic (with K-Lite Mega) to play nearly
everything. For some reason, it won't play Ogg Vorbis files or .pls
files. I use XMPlay for Ogg Vorbis and .pls even though it also plays
streams and many other filetypes too.
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Mega_Codec_Pack.htm
(Includes Media Player Classic, Real Alt, Quicktime Alt, and many, many
others.)
and
XMPlay
http://www.un4seen.com/
(Plays Ogg Vorbis plus streams and several other filetypes.)
******************************************
Two other players you can test are
VideoLAN http://www.videolan.org/
(Plays most media files)
and
Zinf http://www.zinf.org/
(Plays Ogg Vorbis plus streams and several other filetypes.)
plays?
I have discovered that I require two players in order to play the media
that I find on the Net. I use both Media Player Classic (with the
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack) and XMPlay.
I use Media Player Classic (with K-Lite Mega) to play nearly
everything. For some reason, it won't play Ogg Vorbis files or .pls
files. I use XMPlay for Ogg Vorbis and .pls even though it also plays
streams and many other filetypes too.
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Mega_Codec_Pack.htm
(Includes Media Player Classic, Real Alt, Quicktime Alt, and many, many
others.)
and
XMPlay
http://www.un4seen.com/
(Plays Ogg Vorbis plus streams and several other filetypes.)
******************************************
Two other players you can test are
VideoLAN http://www.videolan.org/
(Plays most media files)
and
Zinf http://www.zinf.org/
(Plays Ogg Vorbis plus streams and several other filetypes.)
S
Sweet Andy
Video Lan is very nice; Plays MPEG4 (Quicktime) files very well.
G
George
I have found it plays anything I throw at it as long as I have the
codecs installed, like the K-Lite Mega Codec pack. I posted a review
at:
http://georgeh123.blogspot.com/2005/08/video-player-with-codecs-and-tools-k.html
Someone left the following comment on my site and I was wondering if
everyone on this forum agrees:
i really don't think you should recommend Klite or any other megacodec
packs.
klite works by what i like to call the brute force method... it's just
a pack that installs every available codec.
i think installing CCCP as recommended by someone above me, is a better
idea.
Just compare the sizes: KLite: 33 mb setup, CCCP: 5 mb download.
(CCCP doesn't include Real Alt or QT Alt, but youcan get that on your
own).
CCCP is leaner, meaner, and most importantly, it has so far played back
EVERY single file that i've downloaded. EVERY. not a single one has
failed.
please try CCCP. i know you won't regret it.
codecs installed, like the K-Lite Mega Codec pack. I posted a review
at:
http://georgeh123.blogspot.com/2005/08/video-player-with-codecs-and-tools-k.html
Someone left the following comment on my site and I was wondering if
everyone on this forum agrees:
i really don't think you should recommend Klite or any other megacodec
packs.
klite works by what i like to call the brute force method... it's just
a pack that installs every available codec.
i think installing CCCP as recommended by someone above me, is a better
idea.
Just compare the sizes: KLite: 33 mb setup, CCCP: 5 mb download.
(CCCP doesn't include Real Alt or QT Alt, but youcan get that on your
own).
CCCP is leaner, meaner, and most importantly, it has so far played back
EVERY single file that i've downloaded. EVERY. not a single one has
failed.
please try CCCP. i know you won't regret it.
A
Anonymous
George,
This message seems better served by having its own thread rather than
being buried in the responses to another message. I think that a
spirited debate could arise from your poster's comment
I believe that this is correct.
Never heard of CCCP, I'll have to take a look at it. (Isn't that the
ensign for the Soviet Union?)
The K-Lite packs have Real Alt and Quicktime Alt built in so you don't
have to go hunt them down as separate installs. Why use CCCP when
K-Lite offers more functionality, more options to play more files, and
more chances to doubleclick-and-enjoy rather than doubleclick and go
hunting for more codecs?
Didn't the writer just admit that CCCP didn't have Real Alt or
Quicktime Alt? So how could CCCP play "everything" that the writer has
downloaded?
I'm sure that CCCP is a fine product, but if it doesn't have Real Alt
and QT Alt, then it is not as good as K-Lite.
K-Lite Mega Pack contains just about every codec on the planet, even
some that many of us will never use. But that is the point--> If you
install K-Lite, you don't have to go looking for other codecs anymore
because you already have them, even the obscure and not-often-used
codecs. That is WHY K-Lite drops 33 MB of files and players on your
drive.
If you want a watch to keep time, you can get a small watch. If you
want a watch that is also a calculator, a stopwatch, a professional
cook, plays all audio files, plays all video files, is also a cell
phone, runs Windows Vista, warms your car in the morning and makes
dinner for you at night---it that watch will probably be larger than
the typical timekeeper you found at Target or Wallmart.
Besides, 33 MB is barely noticable to a multi-Gig hard drive.
Someone left the following comment on my site and I was wondering if
everyone on this forum agrees:
This message seems better served by having its own thread rather than
being buried in the responses to another message. I think that a
spirited debate could arise from your poster's comment
klite works by what i like to call the brute force method... it's just
a pack that installs every available codec.
I believe that this is correct.
i think installing CCCP as recommended by someone above me, is a better
idea.
Never heard of CCCP, I'll have to take a look at it. (Isn't that the
ensign for the Soviet Union?)
Just compare the sizes: KLite: 33 mb setup, CCCP: 5 mb download.
(CCCP doesn't include Real Alt or QT Alt, but you can get that on your
own).
The K-Lite packs have Real Alt and Quicktime Alt built in so you don't
have to go hunt them down as separate installs. Why use CCCP when
K-Lite offers more functionality, more options to play more files, and
more chances to doubleclick-and-enjoy rather than doubleclick and go
hunting for more codecs?
CCCP is leaner, meaner, and most importantly, it has so far played back
EVERY single file that i've downloaded. EVERY. not a single one has
failed.
Didn't the writer just admit that CCCP didn't have Real Alt or
Quicktime Alt? So how could CCCP play "everything" that the writer has
downloaded?
I'm sure that CCCP is a fine product, but if it doesn't have Real Alt
and QT Alt, then it is not as good as K-Lite.
K-Lite Mega Pack contains just about every codec on the planet, even
some that many of us will never use. But that is the point--> If you
install K-Lite, you don't have to go looking for other codecs anymore
because you already have them, even the obscure and not-often-used
codecs. That is WHY K-Lite drops 33 MB of files and players on your
drive.
If you want a watch to keep time, you can get a small watch. If you
want a watch that is also a calculator, a stopwatch, a professional
cook, plays all audio files, plays all video files, is also a cell
phone, runs Windows Vista, warms your car in the morning and makes
dinner for you at night---it that watch will probably be larger than
the typical timekeeper you found at Target or Wallmart.
Besides, 33 MB is barely noticable to a multi-Gig hard drive.
P
powerstation
K-Lite Mega Pack contains just about every codec on the planet, even some
that many of us will never use. But that is the point--> If you install
K-Lite, you don't have to go looking for other codecs anymore because you
already have them, even the obscure and not-often-used codecs. That is WHY
K-Lite drops 33 MB of files and players on your drive.
Do these codecs overwrite or otherwise mess up existing codecs in windows or
DVD players etc or does it just provide the missing ones ?
H
honyakusha
Have you updated the RealAlternative codecs recently?
I've often found that rm and ram files don't run -- I suspect that
Real keep changing the codecs to encourage people to use the
dreaded RealPlayer -- but that updating the RealAlternative codecs
usually solves the problem.
Harvey,
Thanks a lot for the suggestion. Yes, after updating to the latest
codecs, associating file extensions in Firefox, the ram files do play.
Thanks again.
Honyakusha
A
Anonymous
powerstation wrote :
To tell you the truth---I honestly do not know. All I can say is that
I have read and written alot of posts about K-Lite in this forum. If
anything I wrote was incorrect, or if K-Lite screwed up someone's
machine then I'm sure at least one of us here in the NG would've heard
about it. So far I've heard no complaints about it---only praise.
Do these codecs overwrite or otherwise mess up existing codecs in windows or
DVD players etc or does it just provide the missing ones ?
To tell you the truth---I honestly do not know. All I can say is that
I have read and written alot of posts about K-Lite in this forum. If
anything I wrote was incorrect, or if K-Lite screwed up someone's
machine then I'm sure at least one of us here in the NG would've heard
about it. So far I've heard no complaints about it---only praise.
G
George
I took your advice and started a new thread with this same question at:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt....33/bea1ab626cdd0206?lnk=raot#bea1ab626cdd0206
George
http://groups.google.com/group/alt....33/bea1ab626cdd0206?lnk=raot#bea1ab626cdd0206
George
H
HVS
On 14 Apr 2006, honyakusha wrote
Glad it worked -- it's a bit of ongoing maintenance that one needs
to do with RealAlternative, I guess.
Harvey,
Thanks a lot for the suggestion. Yes, after updating to the
latest codecs, associating file extensions in Firefox, the ram
files do play. Thanks again.
Glad it worked -- it's a bit of ongoing maintenance that one needs
to do with RealAlternative, I guess.
A
Allan Higdon
A few months ago, MPC used to play rm and ram files OK; but now it
doesn't. For instance, I'm unable to play the songs here:
http://f99.middlebury.edu/AC200A/rock_n_roll.htm
On the above mentioned page, I thought I would try out NetTransport 1.87 and download the rtsp:// link for each file.
It doesn't work for me.
For some reason, I only receive a small portion of the file.
Could someone else confirm this problem?
TIA
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F
Franklin
The K-Lite packs have Real Alt and Quicktime Alt built in so you
don't have to go hunt them down as separate installs. Why use
CCCP when K-Lite offers more functionality, more options to play
more files, and more chances to doubleclick-and-enjoy rather
than doubleclick and go hunting for more codecs?
By having so many codecs doesn't it take the system extra work when
it boots up load (or pre-load) them?
Also, don't they partly sit in virtual memory (pure guess on my
behalf) waiting to be called into use?
Any comments?