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    • A Former User
      A Former User @Guest last edited by

      @joshl said in File types & Downloads:

      @burnout426 I saw something about "advanced video codec", forgot. In the third tab there. I guess it's something like AAC but for the picture...

      Tried renaming an old "H.264" file with an .avc - my system didn't recognise it:)
      I surmise I might just stick with the .mp4🙂

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      • burnout426
        burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

        You can try some free media file analyzers to examine the files. One of them might give you more details that VLC and MPC etc.

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        • sgunhouse
          sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by sgunhouse

          You could try the free media player VLC, if they still offer a version for your system. I use it instead of WMP and it plays most formats.

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          • A Former User
            A Former User last edited by

            Should I delete the RealPlayer here? It wouldn't play most files for some time now, but it still holds the file-action defaults in the folder menu and I forget where to mend it.
            It was an awesome machine while it lasted. Not for long though.

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            • A Former User
              A Former User @Guest last edited by

              @joshl
              RealPlayer hasn't been updated for years, and was always a resource hog in my experience too, so I would certainly get rid of it.
              VLC will do everything that it does, and more.
              🙂

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              • A Former User
                A Former User @Guest last edited by

                @davehawley Mourning, Dave!
                🙂

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User @Guest last edited by

                  @davehawley said in File types & Downloads:

                  RealPlayer hasn't been updated for years, and was always a resource hog in my experience too, so I would certainly get rid of it.

                  Right.
                  Just browsed through my Programs panel in the "Start" menu - didn't find the "Uninstall" option. Found RealPlayer in the "Installing and Deleting Programs" thing: should I proceed there?
                  How deep must this player thing be rooted? Anything to expect?

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                  • A Former User
                    A Former User last edited by

                    So what do you think the problem is with those mp4 videos not synching properly? Lack of MPC updates? Windows drivers? Processor deficiency?
                    Sometimes I use Firefox to "open with", it opens in my MPC and doesn't synch, then I have to stop and close it, go to the 'temp downloads' folder and rename the mp4 to mpg and start it again - now it goes with my WMP and o'k.

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                    • A Former User
                      A Former User @Guest last edited by

                      @joshl said in File types & Downloads:

                      @davehawley said in File types & Downloads:

                      RealPlayer hasn't been updated for years, and was always a resource hog in my experience too, so I would certainly get rid of it.

                      Right.
                      Just browsed through my Programs panel in the "Start" menu - didn't find the "Uninstall" option. Found RealPlayer in the "Installing and Deleting Programs" thing: should I proceed there?
                      How deep must this player thing be rooted? Anything to expect?

                      Yes, just uninstall it using the Add/Remove Programs dialogue.
                      It will probably leave loads of cr*p behind, but nothing of any consequence hopefully.
                      😃

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                      • A Former User
                        A Former User @Guest last edited by A Former User

                        @joshl said in File types & Downloads:

                        So what do you think the problem is with those mp4 videos not synching properly? Lack of MPC updates? Windows drivers? Processor deficiency?
                        Sometimes I use Firefox to "open with", it opens in my MPC and doesn't synch, then I have to stop and close it, go to the 'temp downloads' folder and rename the mp4 to mpg and start it again - now it goes with my WMP and o'k.

                        Did you try installing VLC?
                        🙂

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                        • A Former User
                          A Former User last edited by

                          Mourning, Dave!
                          No, not yet. Shoes.
                          Buy a new pair? When a few older pairs - might just need repair?:)

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                          • A Former User
                            A Former User last edited by

                            @joshl
                            I have absolutely no idea what you mean!
                            😃

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                            • blackbird71
                              blackbird71 @Guest last edited by

                              @davehawley said in File types & Downloads:

                              @joshl
                              I have absolutely no idea what you mean!
                              😃

                              I think it means he'd rather not install something new if there's any way to move forward with fixing/tweaking what he's already got on the system... not an uncommon preference where old hardware is concerned. (And/or where 'old' users are concerned, as well. 😉 😃 )

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                              • A Former User
                                A Former User @blackbird71 last edited by

                                @blackbird71
                                LOL, yes I guess so, Josh has a style all his own!
                                😃
                                I for one would not keep something as old as RealPlayer now though, when VLC is far more up to date, and works fine on my XP system.
                                🙂

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                                • A Former User
                                  A Former User @blackbird71 last edited by

                                  @blackbird71 said in File types & Downloads:

                                  😉

                                  Dinosaurs died but didn't give up.
                                  And some of them became BIRDS:)

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                                  • A Former User
                                    A Former User last edited by

                                    Ripened yesterday to eventually uninstall the Real. Rebooted afterwards...:)

                                    So far so good. I had had YouTube videos having stopped working in Opera 36, decided it could be because of some junk plugins my 360 had found for a clean-up. So I cleaned it up and concluded I could part with the Real the same time... :rip: 🙂

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                                    • sgunhouse
                                      sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                                      Doesn't seem like they have a headstone/"Rest in peace" emoji ...

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                                        A Former User @sgunhouse last edited by

                                        @sgunhouse It's a conspiracy!

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