MEDIA BASICS
If you're going to be able to watch:
videos
movies
or just listen to music,you'll need these basics:
SHOCKWAVE
http://www.adobe.com/products/shockwaveplayer/
FLASH
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash
QUICKTIME
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
or use this instead:
QuickTime Alternative 1.81
Updated: 2 May 2007 | Freeware | 12.3MB | Downloads: 8050530 Screenshots
Reviews [196]
QuickTime Alternative will allow you to play QuickTime files (.mov, .qt, .3gp and other extensions) without having to install the official QuickTime Player. It also supports QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages.
As a bonus, Internet Explorer will play all QuickTime movies that are embedded in a webpage. You do need a media player that is capable of playing QuickTime files. The included Media Player Classic supports it and works very well. The QuickTime Browser plugin supports Internet Explorer, Opera, Netscape and Mozilla. The QuickTime plugins include iPIX and QuickTimeVR.
Some advantages compared to QuickTime player :
- Quick and easy install
- It's easy to make an unattended installation
- No background processes
- Use a player of your own choice
- Low on resources
- Smaller size
Features of QuickTime Alternative 1.81 :
- Media Player Classic [version 6.4.9.0 rev 611]: this is a full-featured player which has internal decoding support for DVD, MPEG-2, MP3, MP2, AAC, AC3 and DTS. It also has internal support for opening Matroska and Ogg containers. Media Player Classic is also capable of playing QuickTime and RealMedia content if those codecs are installed.
- QuickTime Codecs [version 7.1.6.200]: required for playing QuickTime content.
- QuickTime DirectShow filter: allows you to play QuickTime content in all DirectShow enabled players.
Without this filter QuickTime content can only be played in Media Player Classic.
- QuickTime plugin for Internet Explorer: allows you to view QuickTime content that is embedded in a webpage. It is installed together with the QuickTime codecs.
- QuickTime plugin for Opera/Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape... allows you to view QuickTime content that is embedded in a webpage.
- Extra plugins for QuickTime: plugins for viewing some special formats that are sometimes used on webpages.
- CoreAVC: is an external filter for Media Player classic
- CoreAAC: is an AAC DirectShow filter decoder based on FAAD2.
Features of QuickTime Alternative Lite 1.81 :
- QuickTime Codecs [version 7.1.6.200]
- QuickTime plugin for Internet Explorer
- QuickTime plugin for Opera/Mozilla/Netscape
- Extra plugins for QuickTime
- DirectShow MOV parser
- DirectShow QuickTime decoder wrapper
- CoreAVC
- CoreAAC
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/quic...
JAVA
http://java.com/getjava/
HERE ARE SOME NON-DOWNLOAD TV PLAYERS.
Joox.net requires a DivX plugin which you get by clicking on the plugin notice after which all your selections will play nicely for you.
HIGHLY RECCOMENDED
JOOX.NET
http://www.joox.net
In2TV
AOL's In2TV claims the largest selection of free TV shows on the Web.
You won't find this season's latest releases, but you're bound to see
memorable favorites. There are episodes of Gilligan's Island, Welcome
Back Kotter, Babylon 5, The Ben Stiller Show and more. There also is a
mix of childhood favorites like Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Jetsons and
Looney Tunes.
http://television.aol.com/in2tv
Yahoo! TV
Yahoo!'s new site sets out to be the ultimate TV watcher's companion.
To start, it features schedules for broadcast and premium programming.
You can watch preview or summary clips of the latest shows. If you
have a TiVo, you can schedule recordings from the site. You also can
join the Yahoo! TV community and rate individual series episodes.
http://tv.yahoo.com/
Link TV
Link TV is an original online source of documentaries and news. Many
of the available programs focus on foreign cultures and political and
environmental issues. The site relies on donations and encourages
activism in environmental organizations.
http://www.linktv.org/experience/
TV Land
TV Land is dedicated to the TV shows of yesteryear. Revel in memorable
scenes from MASH, Get Smart, I Love Lucy, All in the Family, The Odd
Couple and more. You can also watch recent interviews with the stars
for their insights. One of the real gems on the site is the
Retromercials section. TV commercials do not age well, but they
certainly become interesting and funny. Be sure to catch the "Where's
the Beef?" commercial.
http://www.tvland.com/video/
Discovery Channel
Watch the best of Discovery Channel's interesting mix of programs. For
example, go from dinosaur documentaries to the World's Ugliest Dog
Competition. Also check out the Video Downloads section. Alongside the
pay selections are free full-length offerings every week.
http://animal.discovery.com/beyond/
THESE NEXT ARE DOWNLOADS WHICH I USE DAILY;
HIGHLY RECCOMEMDED
Miro
download youtube,google videos and more.
vintage cartoons,tv shows [ Roy Rodgers,Dick Tracy,ect ] and whatever your heart desires ]
http://www.getmiro.com
THIS 1 HAS SOME ADULT LINKS,NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN
RECCOMENDED
Wimamp
http://www.winamp.com
RECCOMENDED
VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
RECCOMENDED
FLV Player - Reviews and free downloads at Download.com
http://www.download.com/flv-player/3000-...
OTHERS:
GOM Player
This freeware media player comes with a ton of popular video codecs
preloaded. For codecs that GOM Player cannot handle, the software
automatically takes you to open source software sites to download the
appropriate files.
GOM Player can also handle partial AVI files. That means you can watch
movies while you're still downloading them. Or if you've only managed
to download part of the video, you can check it out to see if it's
worth downloading the rest.
http://www.gomplayer.com/main.html
KMPlayer
Like GOM Player, KMPlayer includes a ton of codecs for watching most
video files right out of the box. If you want to watch a file in a
proprietary format like h.264, you can specify an external decoder to
use with the media player.
KMPlayer can also handle damaged AVI files, Quicktime movies, and Real
Media files. You'll need to have RealPlayer and QuickTime installed,
or download Real Alternative and QuickTime Alternative.
http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63
rulesPlayer
This unassuming little media player is a powerhouse of video codec
compatibility. Like SMPlayer, rulesPlayer is built as a frontend for
MPlayer.
RulesPlayer includes support for multiple languages, and can handle 12
different subtitle formats.
http://rulesplayer.altervista.org/
CODECS
Along with Basic Downloads,you'll need Basic Codecs as well:
K-Lite Codec Pack Full 3.4.7 Beta
K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codec is short for Compressor-Decompressor. Codecs are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular movie formats and even some rare formats.
The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs:
* It it always very up-to-date with the latest versions of the codecs.
* It is very user-friendly and the installation is fully customizable, meaning that you can install only those components that you really want.
* It has been very well tested, so that the package doesn´t contain any conflicting codecs.
* It is a very complete package, containing everything you need to play your movies.
* There are 3 packages available: Basic, Standard, and Full.
This Full Pack contains even more codecs. It also has encoding support for various formats. This package is for power users and people who do their own encodings
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_6_210_13694.html
Vista Codec Package 4.5.1 Beta 2 [ 21 Mb | Freeware | NT/200x/XP/Vista]
Compiles the best codecs from all the big name codec packs.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Vista_Codec_Package_4.5.1_Beta_2_d5701.html
XP Codec Pack 2.2.0 [ 5.54 Mb | Freeware | Win All]
Codec pack which helps you to play all major audio and video formats.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/XP_Codec_Pack_d4838.html
Windows Essentials Codec Pack is a collection of the most essential Audio and Video DirectShow Codecs and Filters for Windows, that enables you to play and view almost all music and video files downloaded from the Internet. It adds support for (S)VCDs and XCDs as well as 3GP, AAC, AC3, APE, AVI, DivX, 3ivx, DAT, h.264, x264, Nero Digital, DTS, FLV, FLAC, HD-MOV, MPEG-1/2, M4A, MP3, MP4, MO3, MOD, MKV, OFR, TTA, OGG/OGM, S3M, Vorbis, VOB, XviD, XM, WV, UMX and many other formats. Essentials Codec Pack also includes Windows Media Player Classic. An integrated auto-update can automatically check for updated codecs.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/essentials-...
Windows only: Freeware app CodecInstaller searches your computer for commonly used codecs and displays which codecs you have installed and which codecs you need. CodecInstaller can even download and install missing codecs. Additionally, you can point CodecInstaller at a specific file and CodecInstaller will tell you exactly which codecs you need to play the file. CodecInstaller requires the .NET 2.0 runtime and is a free download for Windows only.
http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-...
MEDIA PLAYERS:
FlvPlayer4Free 1.9.0.0
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5713.html
# SWF & FLV Player is a powerful but tiny Flash movie player. (giveawayoftheday)
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/swf-flv-player/
VIDEO SHARING SITES
http://www.metacafe.com
http://www.video.google.com
http://www.veoh.com
Flash Movie Player description
Freeware stand-alone player for Flash animations with enhanced features
Flash Movie Player is a freeware standalone player for Shockwave Flash (SWF) animations, based on Macromedia Flash Player plug-in.
In addition to all Macromedia Flash Player abilities, it has a lot of extended features, such as animation rewinding, advanced full screen mode, .exe projectors support and playlists.
VMware Player 2.0.0.55017
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4891.html
Free Sothink FLV Player
from SnapFiles - 20 latest freeware programs
Sothink FLV Player enables you to play FLV files without the need for any other players. It supports playback of local files as well as streaming playback from an URL. The program can be associate
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/sothinkflv.html
Spider Player Basic 2.0
from MajorGeeks.com
Multimedia player as well as ripping, streaming, tag editing and more. [License: Freeware| Requires: Win All | Size: 2.20 Mb]
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5771.html
SMPlayer 0.5.51
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_6_74_27426.html
QuickTime Alternative 1.81
Updated: 2 May 2007 | Freeware | 12.3MB | Downloads: 8050530 Screenshots
Reviews [196]
QuickTime Alternative will allow you to play QuickTime files (.mov, .qt, .3gp and other extensions) without having to install the official QuickTime Player. It also supports QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages.
As a bonus, Internet Explorer will play all QuickTime movies that are embedded in a webpage. You do need a media player that is capable of playing QuickTime files. The included Media Player Classic supports it and works very well. The QuickTime Browser plugin supports Internet Explorer, Opera, Netscape and Mozilla. The QuickTime plugins include iPIX and QuickTimeVR.
Some advantages compared to QuickTime player :
- Quick and easy install
- It's easy to make an unattended installation
- No background processes
- Use a player of your own choice
- Low on resources
- Smaller size
Features of QuickTime Alternative 1.81 :
- Media Player Classic [version 6.4.9.0 rev 611]: this is a full-featured player which has internal decoding support for DVD, MPEG-2, MP3, MP2, AAC, AC3 and DTS. It also has internal support for opening Matroska and Ogg containers. Media Player Classic is also capable of playing QuickTime and RealMedia content if those codecs are installed.
- QuickTime Codecs [version 7.1.6.200]: required for playing QuickTime content.
- QuickTime DirectShow filter: allows you to play QuickTime content in all DirectShow enabled players.
Without this filter QuickTime content can only be played in Media Player Classic.
- QuickTime plugin for Internet Explorer: allows you to view QuickTime content that is embedded in a webpage. It is installed together with the QuickTime codecs.
- QuickTime plugin for Opera/Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape... allows you to view QuickTime content that is embedded in a webpage.
- Extra plugins for QuickTime: plugins for viewing some special formats that are sometimes used on webpages.
- CoreAVC: is an external filter for Media Player classic
- CoreAAC: is an AAC DirectShow filter decoder based on FAAD2.
Features of QuickTime Alternative Lite 1.81 :
- QuickTime Codecs [version 7.1.6.200]
- QuickTime plugin for Internet Explorer
- QuickTime plugin for Opera/Mozilla/Netscape
- Extra plugins for QuickTime
- DirectShow MOV parser
- DirectShow QuickTime decoder wrapper
- CoreAVC
- CoreAAC
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/quic...
RECCOMENDED
VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
RECCOMENDED
FLV Player - Reviews and free downloads at Download.com
http://www.download.com/flv-player/3000-...
RECCOMENDED
Winamp Media Player - MP3 Player, Multimedia Player, MP3 Music ...
http://www.winamp.com/
RECCOMENDED
MIRO
http://www.getmiro.com
GOM Player
This freeware media player comes with a ton of popular video codecs
preloaded. For codecs that GOM Player cannot handle, the software
automatically takes you to open source software sites to download the
appropriate files.
GOM Player can also handle partial AVI files. That means you can watch
movies while you're still downloading them. Or if you've only managed
to download part of the video, you can check it out to see if it's
worth downloading the rest.
http://www.gomplayer.com/main.html
KMPlayer
Like GOM Player, KMPlayer includes a ton of codecs for watching most
video files right out of the box. If you want to watch a file in a
proprietary format like h.264, you can specify an external decoder to
use with the media player.
KMPlayer can also handle damaged AVI files, Quicktime movies, and Real
Media files. You'll need to have RealPlayer and QuickTime installed,
or download Real Alternative and QuickTime Alternative.
http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63
rulesPlayer
This unassuming little media player is a powerhouse of video codec
compatibility. Like SMPlayer, rulesPlayer is built as a frontend for
MPlayer.
RulesPlayer includes support for multiple languages, and can handle 12
different subtitle formats.
http://rulesplayer.altervista.org/
GOM Player
This freeware media player comes with a ton of popular video codecs
preloaded. For codecs that GOM Player cannot handle, the software
automatically takes you to open source software sites to download the
appropriate files.
GOM Player can also handle partial AVI files. That means you can watch
movies while you're still downloading them. Or if you've only managed
to download part of the video, you can check it out to see if it's
worth downloading the rest.
http://www.gomplayer.com/main.html
KMPlayer
Like GOM Player, KMPlayer includes a ton of codecs for watching most
video files right out of the box. If you want to watch a file in a
proprietary format like h.264, you can specify an external decoder to
use with the media player.
KMPlayer can also handle damaged AVI files, Quicktime movies, and Real
Media files. You'll need to have RealPlayer and QuickTime installed,
or download Real Alternative and QuickTime Alternative.
http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63
rulesPlayer
This unassuming little media player is a powerhouse of video codec
compatibility. Like SMPlayer, rulesPlayer is built as a frontend for
MPlayer.
RulesPlayer includes support for multiple languages, and can handle 12
different subtitle formats.
http://rulesplayer.altervista.org/