@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.

@joshl
I have absolutely no idea what you mean!

@aam2018
I've been using it for ages on Firefox, and I've never thought that there was any problem with it.
It works well, especially on sites like Vimeo, Facebook and Instagram.

@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?

@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.

@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.

@martinshaw54
They're also one of the banks that constantly nag you to install Trusteer Rapport, which doesn't support Opera.

@burnout426
Brilliant, that's it!

@burnout426
Great find, but I'm just getting error messages if I try to download the file.

@burnout426
But not for long!