File types & Downloads
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joshl 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.
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davehawley 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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joshl 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?
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joshl last edited by
So what do you think the problem is with those
mp4videos 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 themp4tompgand start it again - now it goes with my WMP and o'k. -
davehawley 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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davehawley last edited by davehawley
@joshl said in File types & Downloads:
So what do you think the problem is with those
mp4videos 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 themp4tompgand start it again - now it goes with my WMP and o'k.Did you try installing VLC?
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joshl 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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blackbird71 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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davehawley 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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joshl last edited by
@blackbird71 said in File types & Downloads:
Dinosaurs died but didn't give up.
And some of them became BIRDS:) -
joshl 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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