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need help making RealPlayer work again

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by jadavis9

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Not sure what I did, but I seem to have messed up RealPlayer and it will no longer play .mov movies shot on my camera and downloaded to my pc. It will play the samples found on the RealPlayer site. Maybe it is a firewall thing. I use Microsoft Security Essentials on this home WindowsXP tablet. I am new to this technology and could really use some help, please.

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by purpleskys

is go into add/remove programs, uninstall it, reboot, download nice fresh new copy of RealPlayer, install...try that, if it doesn't do the trick, let us know

by jadavis9

Thanks. I did that and the action is still the same

by seanferd

If something was updated, you may have lost the ability to play the files from your camera.

I'd rather suggest trying to play them in a different player - WMP, Quicktime, VLC, or whatever you might have.

PurpleSkys suggestion is very good to troubleshoot RealPlayer itself. Make sure to get any optional codecs for mov files if they are separate.

by jadavis9

I have been fighting some issues on this pc and had to reformat or reimage and start over. But I have saved all my docs, pictures, movies etc.
I'm just trying to get my pc back to a happy and useable status and then leave it alone. I'm not sure what a codec is. I wonder if some other setting somewhere is the cause of this problem. I know nothing ....

by santeewelding

That you have as yet not set down your ass in a basic class of one sort or another, swallow your pride as to how elevated you think you are above all this, and [i]learned[/i] the overall, instead of your ad hoc approach.

That you "know nothing" is clear. What also is clear to me is that you are winging it on the backs of others -- without apparent recognition or remorse.

by nicknielsen

the problem went away when you reinstalled Quicktime. This points to the codec issue seanferd mentioned.

If you are planning on doing a lot of media work, you may wish to download and install the K-Lite Codec Pack. This package contains the standard codecs required to reproduce the most common audio and video formats.

edit: fixed link

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by santeewelding

I tried to be as clear as I could be.

Heretofore, I transfer my mantle of [i]cryptic[/i] to you, CG.

by jadavis9

I have little money after being disabled 3 years ago, but I have issues that I need to ask for help in solving on my computer. I am surely not as technically knowledgeable as most of those who read and use TechRepublic, and I am unsure why you continue to follow me and say such mean stuff to me. If this continues, I must ask TechRepublic to remove my account and I will leave you alone, as you would apparently prefer. What a jerk.

by jadavis9

I guess that the RealPlayer uses the Quicktime player somehow and perhaps I had not properly installed Quicktime after reformatting my c: drive. So now it works! Cool!

by nicknielsen

As was suggested earlier, you did not have the proper codecs installed. When you reinstalled Quicktime, it also reinstalled the .mov codec RealPlayer uses to play your movies.

Educational tip - Use the Free Online Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC) to look up technical terms you are not familiar with. For more in-depth information, search Wikipedia or Ask.com

by charliespencer

If you don't want to provide a useful, practical answer, at least deliver your recommendations in a tone that might actually encourage people to follow them instead of dreading your every post. This isn't the Discussion forum; you're not helping. Had I run into responses phrased like yours when I first got here, I'd have written this site off as just another one full of flamers and newbie-haters.

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