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September 5th, 2004, 01:10 AM
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| Best media player that doesn't enforce "digital rights"?
I'm setting up my 2nd pc with Win2k and was wondering what media player I should go with? I've had some problems recently with the Windows Media player refusing to play certain files due to "alledged" digital rights issues. I need something that will play common video and music files. Would Winamp be the one to use or something else? Thanks | 
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September 5th, 2004, 01:20 AM
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i use core media player it plays pretty much anything ive thrown at it | |
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September 5th, 2004, 02:01 AM
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Does the core media player require registration or payment to work? I read the site and wasn't sure if they want a donation or require a payment. | |
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September 5th, 2004, 02:03 AM
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theres a free version.....you have to pay for the version that plays DVDs...but i use power dvd for that | |
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September 5th, 2004, 02:34 PM
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i like winamp myself. it plays most any kind of audio format, and you can get plugins for the ones it doesn't play out of the box, like flac and monkey's audio...
there is a pay version of winamp, but it doesn't come with any features i feel justify the price.
also, if you ripped some songs with windows media player into wma on another computer, it adds DRM to it automatically. it's an option you have to turn off. | |
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September 5th, 2004, 02:44 PM
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If you have the room i would grab Quiktime, win amp (like storm said) and Real, and let windows decide what will open it. (I got 120GB of HDD) so i have them all.
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September 5th, 2004, 03:05 PM
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i use zoom player. It supports plugins, just like wmp. In fact a general rule of thumb for it is if it works in wmp, then it works in zoom player. VLC is also very good, but i'm not very fond of its ui. | |
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September 5th, 2004, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by elroy Does the core media player require registration or payment to work? I read the site and wasn't sure if they want a donation or require a payment. | Core does play everything. | |
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September 5th, 2004, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by ryogenetic If you have the room i would grab Quiktime, win amp (like storm said) and Real, and let windows decide what will open it. (I got 120GB of HDD) so i have them all. | Quicktime and Real both come bundled with spyware/adware.
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