Which program for which media?

[andyfromotley]

Hi guys, i store my pictures on picassa, most of my tunes ofn i tunes, (although some i convert to mp3 for the kids m3 players).

So i seem to have i tunes, quicktime. Windows and real all trying to tell me that they should be the default for all of my media types. This occasionally seems to lead to conflict. ie when i try to attch a photo to an e mail i dont get to see the photos in thumbnails every photo just shows an icon.

Is there an accepted 'list' as to which applications yyoiu should use for which? Or is there one that will do it all?

I am not a techie, i dont want too fiddle too much i just want a quiet life and my computer not to bother me! Hope i have explained this clearly.

andy.

 

[Carwash]

Use whichever you prefer.

(Except RealPlayer. No-one uses RealPlayer.

 

[Bman]

I use MPC (Media Player Classic) You can get this do play almost any type of media (providing you have the codec/s)

But it is all down to preference.

Yeah, Realplayer sucks....

 

[amnesia]

Rhythmbox and Mplayer for me...


What do you mean you're still using Windows ???

 

[HJ]

VLC media player for which ever OS you are using...

 

[Carwash]

VLC media player for which ever OS you are using...

++

 

[2Loose]

For Movies, mplayer for Linux and Mpc under windows....VLC if nothing else works for both.

For Audio I prefer Amarok for Linux and WinAmp or MediaMonkey under windows, but I think music player preference is most driven by the program that most suits your organisation and classification skills. Many prefer that massively bloated iTunes thing for example.

 

[rh100]

VLC media player for which ever OS you are using...

+100

 

[rh100]

For Movies, mplayer for Linux and Mpc under windows....VLC if nothing else works for both.

For Audio I prefer Amarok for Linux and WinAmp or MediaMonkey under windows, but I think music player preference is most driven by the program that most suits your organisation and classification skills. Many prefer that massively bloated iTunes thing for example.

I've gone back to using Windows Media Player. It rips to MP3 at a high bit rate (I don't use ogg or anything for compatibilities sake) and I agree about the organization thing - Media players not too bad for it. I did have something from Sony that came with the walkman, Sonic Stage I think - it was awful.

 

[TwickenhamCyclist]

VLC Here as well - it plays anything!!

 

[ASC1951]

Well, I'm not sure whether this is a program question, but how do I download videos from YouTube?

I want to save this swimming instruction video

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz13urOPSXU
(yes, honestly!). I have VLC, but it doesn't seem to let me do it.
Should I be using something else?

 

[Bman]

this is what i do :

Put "kiss" in the URL and that website has a nice little java applet that lets you save it as mp4 or flv.

so the url you want is turned into :

View: http://www.kissyoutube.com/watch?v=Yz13urOPSXU

 

[ASC1951]

this is what i do :

Hey, so it does! Now I can remind myself every day why I am so slow up and down the pool without PlusNet agitating for another £2.

Bongman, I am in your debt.

 

[amnesia]

Video Download Helper add-on in Firefox will help you download (and convert if you want) virtually anything from anywhere.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006