Im sorry this isn't the correct place for a omputer question but i need a fast answear. Im running Vista and internet Explorer but when i try and watch vids they keep freezing and running slow Iwas using Adobe flash but it seems to be slow. Do any of you boy's know a faster free player Ican load in Cheers.

Downloaded Wimpy FLV Player in the last six months and haven't had any problems playing anything.

http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Video/Wimp ... ayer.shtml

Works in Mac and PC.

I use Nero Showtime, have had it for a long time and never had a problem.

http://downloads.phpnuke.org/en/downloa ... OWTIME.htm

I use KANTARIS no problen there.
But I really want Window media player but I cant download it as my computer is not genuine artical.
I tried download by- passing Windows with other sites but no success.

will your computer accept it from a flash drive, as i could download it, and transfer to you. though i have, plus real player, i find myself using vlc a lot, for movies. i do like the music library set up on media player though. let me know if you can do and want, i'll download it.

Thanks guys will try them do i have to take adobe off PC completely or will them players overide adobe and kick in automatically

mortiboy wrote:I use KANTARIS no problen there.
But I really want Window media player but I cant download it as my computer is not genuine artical.
I tried download by- passing Windows with other sites but no success.

There are plenty of sites where you can download media player for free,

Try
http://www.soft82.com/download/Windows/ ... dia_Player

Looks like this version is for XP, google for 'free download windows media player'

"There are plenty of sites where you can download media player for free, "

Yes I know Good chap,I have tried done everything as instructed.......Still get a Validation display!
I will try again out of interest, But my uncle Ron is going to help me sort it out! anyway
(The site you gave is from Microsoft .There are sites where one can by-pass the valadation from them)

Up to you all on this.

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/11/0 ... quirement/

vlad wrote:Im sorry this isn't the correct place for a omputer question but i need a fast answear. Im running Vista and internet Explorer but when i try and watch vids they keep freezing and running slow Iwas using Adobe flash but it seems to be slow. Do any of you boy's know a faster free player Ican load in Cheers.

You've not said which type of file you want to play.

Im not a computer head marmite i just want to watch streamed footy and boxing that does not freeze after 2 mins or just does not play.

For the none computer heads out there, here ya go. This is an outstanding media player, and does a hell of a lot. Enjoy.

http://www.gomlab.com/eng/GMP_Introduction.html

If one is looking for recommendations for Media Players, this one is highly recommended and highly thought of:

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

and can be downloaded from here:

http://www.filehippo.com/download_vlc/

vlad wrote:Im not a computer head marmite i just want to watch streamed footy and boxing that does not freeze after 2 mins or just does not play.

That's fair enough.

If you're talking about streamed videos from someone like the BBC, then you need a media player like WMP or VLC (the best, by a long shot), but if you're talking about watching vids from sites like YouTube it will be an flv file which is viewed through Flash as a plug-in in your browser.

I suspect you're talking about the latter, so we then need to determine which browser you use. As you have already stated you're not a computer head, so you probably need shooting and still use Windows IE. You need to make sure your shockwave flash plug-in is the latest version, so go to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ and do what it tells you to do.

Make sure activeX is allowed and then go to macromedia and install flash. You will be asked if you want to install the toolbar so just select "NO' and flash will finish installing.

If you have a firewall you may be asked by it to allow flash components to run so allow it.

That should sort you out. If by some miracle you use Firefox, follow the same link and do as it asks.

If this doesn't work, let us know exactly what you did and exactly what the problem is, as a few vague sentences are no use to anyone if you really want help.

Also, you can use this software, and it is awesome. I like my movies and TV shows as much as any other guy.

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/ace ... s_pack.htm

Enjoy.