Poll: What is the Preferred Format for Aviation Video Download

Dave wrote:
WMV Please! Real is always a prob, tries to take over all kinds of
stuff...

I too, dislike Real Player.

I've been using Real Alternative, a free version of Windows Media Player
Classic modified to to play Real files. It works for me.
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...lternative.htm

A Quicktime Alternative is also available.
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...lternative.htm

For videos I vote for for MPG first, WMV second, and Real never.

- John Ousterhout -

I too, dislike Real Player.

Actually, after years of berating (and hating) RealPlayer for being a system
hog, I've found their newest version to be pretty nice. It doesn't seem to
shanghai your operating system as much anymore, and it also opens more
quickly.

And almost anything is better than Quicktime, although their newest version
is better, too.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Actually, after years of berating (and hating) RealPlayer for being a
system hog, I've found their newest version to be pretty nice. It doesn't
seem to shanghai your operating system as much anymore, and it also opens
more quickly.

It probably opens more quickly because it's booted as soon as you log in.
In other words, it uses up system resources even when you don't need it,
just so it can look faster if and when you do need it.

And almost anything is better than Quicktime, although their newest
version is better, too.

I doubt you'd find many to agree to that statement. I had to go through
some hoops to stop Quicktime from starting up every time I logged on to my
PC (as I would with Real as well). But I still find it worse than Real.
It's definitely a step up from them, at least in my opinion.

Pete