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I hope this is the right forum...I tried watching a downloaded movie (legally) two days ago and wound up frustrated instead. Could you help answer some questions?
During the course of the movie, played through my PC with the built-in Media Player, the visual and audio kept stopping after about 40 minutes. When it happened a few more times, I gave up.
The next day, friends at work said that Microsoft's media player was the culprit and not reliable and suggested I download Quicktime from Apple. This, they said, would help me with it.
Question: I did download Quicktime, but when I inserted the DVD, the MSN media player still played it and did the same stopping. How do I guide the Quicktime to play the DVD? The MSN media player seems very dominant.
What is the Media Player Classic? Should I download it? What is the best way to watch movies on your PC?
Thank you.
Follow Ups:
Hi, I'm looking to purchase a new Dell, and use as a 2nd video source, just to avoid the family fueds.
I believe if you open the QT properties in the Control Panel, you can choose it to play certain file types by default. Maybe this works visa-versa with WMP too. Worth checking anyways.
What's the processor speed and how much RAM do you have in your box?
Have you tried closing all other apps. and starting from a fresh boot?
I use WinDVD & never have any problems.
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