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22-Oct-2004, 09:06 PM #31
I noticed you have RealAlt but not QuicktimeAlt. If you need a copy of it, I have one(its a hard program to find).


And uh...since this is a thread about a site full of freeware, here's a site with hundreds of freeware games.
www.acid-play.com
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22-Oct-2004, 09:30 PM #32
I didn't place Quicktime alternative because the official Quictime isn't really that bad (isn't packed with unnecessary bells and whistles like Realplayer).
Thanks for the freeware games site. Downloading a couple of them now
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02-Nov-2004, 06:27 AM #33
Excellent Reference on freeware sites
I like it! If you would like to add more title please feel free to list any in my Freeware Directory
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02-Nov-2004, 07:08 AM #34
Hehe - love the way you used your google adverts
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02-Nov-2004, 08:25 AM #35
Yeah, and you have SmartBarXP but not this one: DesktopSidebar http://www.desktopsidebar.com/ And if you want to see what DesktopSidebar looks like, go to: http://forums.techguy.org/t289451.html and take a look. Liz
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02-Nov-2004, 08:34 AM #36
i hear you people talking about an alternative to quicktime. does quicktime have adware/spyware? is it full of 'premium' filth like the realplayer? i have a few .mov files id like to view, but im paranoid about spyware.
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02-Nov-2004, 02:16 PM #37
Thanks liz I've known about both for a while now. I may even replace smartbarxp with desktop sidebar because smartbarxp has always been in beta testing phase.

Quicktime doesn't have any spyware. I don't really know why people would want to create an alternative.
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04-Nov-2004, 12:21 AM #38
Basically, the alt players make it so that you can play about any media file in the program that comes with them, Media Player Classic(pretty much WMP 6). The biggest use of it is to make it so that you dont need the player, all you get is a codec. Much smaller I think, but I havnt used either RealAlt or QuicktimeAlt for a while now.
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23-Nov-2004, 08:21 PM #39
BTW, I now have a freeware forum:
http://decentdownloads.x-istence.com/Forum/
Feel free to jump in
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23-Nov-2004, 10:14 PM #40
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Originally Posted by Big-K
Basically, the alt players make it so that you can play about any media file in the program that comes with them, Media Player Classic(pretty much WMP 6). The biggest use of it is to make it so that you dont need the player, all you get is a codec. Much smaller I think, but I havnt used either RealAlt or QuicktimeAlt for a while now.
I haven't tried the RealAlt but did try the QTAlt and it was a fairly big download and just as hard to get rid of when I tried.
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09-Dec-2004, 02:49 AM #41
Should also try this:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) 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.
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16-Dec-2004, 03:52 PM #42
BTW, recently added truckloads of new content to both my freeware site and forum.
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26-Jan-2006, 03:50 AM #43
Wish I could delete the post above. Due to unforeseen circumstances which I can't disclose we have now moved to http://www.freedecentdownloads.com
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