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Multiple Media Player Nightmare

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by metnever

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I'm sick of having to use three different media players to play all media files and I don't want to download a freeware player. I also want to stick with Windows Media Player as my one and only player. Is there any plug-in or anything else that can get Media Player to play everything?

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by joseph moore

Let me guess: Real Audio (.RAM and .RM files) and .MOV files don't play in Windows Media Player. Those are the ones you are having problems with, right?
Well, there is no "fix" for that. Real Audio files are propriteritary to the Real company, so you need Real Audio Player (or whatever the new version is called now) to play them.
The same goes for .MOV files, since those are Apple Quicktime Movie files. You need the Apple Quicktime Player to play them.

Those are the realities of media content on the Internet. Not everything works in a single player. Personally, I use Winamp for MP3s, Media Player for AVI/ASF/WMA, Real Audio for their files, AND Quicktime for the .MOV files.
I keep shortcuts in the QUick Launch bar for all of these apps.

Sorry the news is not better.

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