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bluebottle
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hI I keep getting warnings flashing to update my media player [It appears everywhere even at the side of facebook]
I have real player and windows media player which I am happy with ..my question is is this connected to them and if not how do I get rid of it I also have 'plug in is missing' signs I updated my adobe flash player yesterday please help
thank you in advance
I have to go offline now but will be back on later this morning
I have real player and windows media player which I am happy with ..my question is is this connected to them and if not how do I get rid of it I also have 'plug in is missing' signs I updated my adobe flash player yesterday please help
thank you in advance
I have to go offline now but will be back on later this morning
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There have been some fake messages appearing for people on websites, stating that the user needs to update their Flash player, but the message has been fake. Clicking the link, downloading and installing the 'software' only installs malware/viruses onto the machine. To update Flash, ensure you get it from Adobe's official website.
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VLC is fine, and it plays some files that Media Player fails at, but it plays at a lower quality than Media Player.
There are a few others, some of which |I have, but they don't seem to be necessary unless one likes Winamp and watching Shoutcast..
Windows Media Player will not play a video in 'better quality'.
I also use DIVX player this is for some online streaming this also plays in very high quality.
I'm not sure if VLC for Windows 8 will run into the same GNU General Public License problems that got it taken away from IOS. Sideloading on 8 will work so it wont disappear.
I advise anyone to get a good quality video and watch a scene in both VLC and Media Player. Then they can judge for themselves instead of watching a squabble on the web.
You are incorrect about Real Player, there are still web sites containing videos only viewable in Real Player. Some old software used Real Player and won't work without it.
I don't think it is an excellent idea to get rid of a resource without good reason. The days when disk space was a major factor are long gone. Of course it is not necessary to download and install Real Player if you have not got it already.
Just use it!
People use VLC because it works without hassle of finding codecs or re-encoding to suit.
Just use it!
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I have only used the web since CompuServe offered it as part of the service, so no doubt that was before re-encoding to suit, whatever that is, came in, and codecs are a mystery, I have used many video players and never needed to bother about them.
Advising a newbie to adopt only one piece of software for a job is not helpful for them. They get a bit lost when it goes funny, as they all do. They get a problem when it will not work on something, same as all the rest.
Incidentally, not many people experience difficulty using a search engine to find things (I assume you mean difficult by saying 'hassle'). Practice a bit getting codecs and video player software, you will soon get the hang of it.
Many often end up getting sucked in and paying good money for a piece of crap.
Defining Real Player as bloatware, I wasn't referring to wasting disc space, rather wasting resources. There is no reasonable argument as to why a person still needs to have Real Player installed.