Windows Media Player 11 Grrrrrrrrrrr.....

[snakelegs]

i'm pretty sure i know the answer to this, but just in case.....(i can dream)
is it possible to get rid of windows media player 11 and go back to 10, when you have vista? like uninstall it and download version 10?

['Abd al-Baari]

Try using VLC, its much better than WMP11 :)
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

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What's wrong with WMP 11? :blind:

['Abd al-Baari]

:sl:

I'm not sure whats wrong with snakelegs' but mine wouldn't play audio to mp4 files :(

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[NoName55]

:sl:

I'm not sure whats wrong with snakelegs' but mine wouldn't play audio to mp4 files :(

only thing mine did not play was realmedia

mine is set to download codecs automatically if and when it needs any.

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That must be annoying! :-\ Mine seems to work ok :confused: can't it be reinstalled?

[NoName55]

i'm pretty sure i know the answer to this, but just in case.....(i can dream)
is it possible to get rid of windows media player 11 and go back to 10, when you have vista? like uninstall it and download version 10?

first and foremost; why? oh why sister?

[NoName55]

My one sometimes doesn't even play MP3 files...And not just any MP3 files, my entire collection of SS(HA)'s Recitations! THE ENTIRE QURAN BY SS!! :mad:

all mp3 are not encoded by same encoders that means you will let it download a few different decoders

[snakelegs]

first and foremost; why? oh why sister?

because it doesn't play a lot of the files that version 10 does!:raging:

[NoName55]

it could not find any codecs...How Microsoft of them :)

because it doesn't play a lot of the files that version 10 does!:raging:

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[snakelegs]

thanks, NoName! :sunny: maybe i will be able to live with it after all.

[NoName55]

I take that back

you can keep it as I am in no serious need of it

I applied all codecs, and it still didnt work

how do we know it is your mp3 file is broken

[NoName55]

:) wasalam

[snakelegs]

i downloaded it but haven't run it yet because i got intimidated about uninstalling other things. so i will wait for final verdict from iqram!
btw NoName, do you have anything good to say about vista? if there is something great about it, i don't know enough about computers to be able to recognize it.

[snakelegs]

well, i know you are a follower of the Nuke Microsoft Now School of thought and you know more about all this stuff than i do.
is it safe to uninstall all the stuff they want you to?

[snakelegs]

yes, it wanted to uninstall real player and it wanted to uninstall DivX and i didn't get any further cuz i worried that i might end up with bigger problems.
i understand why it wants to do this stuff, but i am afraid to let it.
vista is a big enough headache as it is!
what i really want to do is uninstall windows media player 11 and download version 10. but i am guessing that vista wouldn't stand for it - is that right?
don't want it to explode or something!

[snakelegs]

i'm all for it but..........
what if they decide to take revenge????? :scared:

[snakelegs]

true say. (sigh) we are doomed from the start. :rollseyes

[NoName55]

yes, it wanted to uninstall real player and it wanted to uninstall DivX and i didn't get any further cuz i worried that i might end up with bigger problems.
i understand why it wants to do this stuff, but i am afraid to let it.
vista is a big enough headache as it is!
what i really want to do is uninstall windows media player 11 and download version 10. but i am guessing that vista wouldn't stand for it - is that right?
don't want it to explode or something!

it uninstalls realmedia and divx from different folders only to re-install them all in its own folder. then afterwards you may install the standalone version again (you can just say no to those 2 and carry on to the end)

wasalam

[snakelegs]

thanks, NoName. i am still thinking about this because i am easily intimidated by computer stuff. but if it's perfectly ok to re-install all those programs, that shouldn't be a problem.

is it not possible to uninstall windows media player 11 and download media player 10 if you have vista?

iqram, when you re-installed the real player, was it a Big Deal with vista or did it go smoothely? (how did you survive it? :D )
another thought - if first you dragged those programs to an external hard drive, would it be easier to just put them back than to try to download the programs again?

[snakelegs]

yeah, i suspected They wouldn't let you get rid of media player 11.
can you play all the files now that you couldn't play before you downloaded the codec thingie?
if so, i think i'll go for it - since you survived it. brave i am not! ;D

[ISLAMASWEENEY]

Yes Whats Up Windows 96.

[snakelegs]

we're talking about stupid windows media player version 11 which comes on the evil, unneccessary and stupid vista that has been foisted on us innocents by the even more evil microsoft, replacing the completely fine and adequate and well-functioning and much mourned XP.

[snakelegs]

well, here's a specific example of the glories of the wonderous and marvelous (and underappreciated until it's too late) media player 10. it will play videos downloaded from youtube. (i learned how to do that here, btw - :D )
it carries on about it and asks a bunch of dumb questions, but once that is over with, it plays them happily enough.
version 11 - no. :raging:
i don't know if you have these kinds of files, but if you do - after you downloaded this codec thingy, will the reprehensible loathesome and revolting windows player 11 play them?

[czgibson]

Greetings,

I would avoid Windows Media Player like the plague - it's far too twitchy and unreliable.

I use iTunes for music, but for everything else I use VLC, which will happily play just about anything you throw at it.

Peace

[snakelegs]

i have VLC, (which i also learned about here, lol!). it's great for many things, but for some reason when i want to play a dvd from my hard drive it won't do it and you can't get past the menu page. so i've found windows player 10 to be the best all-around for the stuff i have.
(:giggling: you should see the looks i get when i tell people about this stuff and tha i learned about it on my islamic forum! it's quite worthwhile!;D )

[czgibson]

Greetings,

i have VLC, (which i also learned about here, lol!). it's great for many things, but for some reason when i want to play a dvd from my hard drive it won't do it and you can't get past the menu page. so i've found windows player 10 to be the best all-around for the stuff i have.

Weird - I've never had that problem with VLC. Computers continue to baffle me!

Btw, I've still yet to hear of any reason why I should upgrade to Vista, so I'm sticking with XP for now...

Peace

[syilla]

You're right there must be a problem with Vista...

Alhamdulillah...i'm still using XP

[snakelegs]

lol...

Are you ok with multiple media programs? Just hang in there, Service Pack 1 for Vista is coming shortly!

:)

do multiple media programs require Brilliance and Geek Brains?
my problem is mainly with the youtube files. they will play with VLC but VLC has its own issues with other files, as i mentioned. i would like one player that could handle everything.
but i guess that would be too simple.....
some folks is never satisfied. :D
ok - i'll wait awhile. please proclaim the grand arrival here.
thanks. :)

[NoName55]

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