Anderton Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 I foolishly tacked this question on to an existing thread and then I realized - DOH! That's what polls are for. So, vote! Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talcott Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 Quictime :thu: Windows Media is allright,but a little glitchy on a Mac. Real Player is wretched. Talcott Ahh! Let us proclaim absolute truths. Let us dishonor war, No...glorious war does not exist. -Victor Hugo http://www.composerguitarist.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve LeBlanc Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 Real Player's rep is ruined. Quicktime crashes computers too often, I think it uses too many system resources or something. Windows Media...always works...that's the point right? :) Quicktime used to be my choice but it's just too problematic I think. http://www.youtube.com/notesleb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spokenward Posted May 14, 2002 Share Posted May 14, 2002 I'm appalled. I just voted for Windows Media. QuickTime is fine and preferred, but too few servers actually take advantage of streaming services. I am not a big fan of downloads, but when I do choose to download video I select QuickTime. Mostly I have audio apps open and I hate opening another application (like Real). But I nearly always have a browser open so I tend to click and take a peek at the video and bail quickly if it doesn't interest me. Nearly all of my commercial work is delivered in Real formats. Here the interest is in content control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazy Hill Posted May 14, 2002 Share Posted May 14, 2002 [quote]Originally posted by spokenward: [b]I hate opening another application...[/b][/quote]Me too! Ufuk Onen www.UfukOnen.com Ankara, Turkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovepusher Sly Posted May 14, 2002 Share Posted May 14, 2002 QuickTime man! Then convert to other formats. Easy to go back and forth between iMovie and QuickTime. My Sony Mavica stores images as QuickTime picture files. IMO a lot of people get locked into a player cause of the platform thry're on, I'm glad I'm on a Mac and got locked into QuickTime. Sly :cool: Whasineva ehaiz, ehissgot ta be Funky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip McDonald Posted May 14, 2002 Share Posted May 14, 2002 Not Real media.... Preferably mpeg, then QT if it works... Guitar Lessons in Augusta Georgia: www.chipmcdonald.com Eccentric blog: https://chipmcdonaldblog.blogspot.com/ / "big ass windbag" - Bruce Swedien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calfee Jones Posted May 14, 2002 Share Posted May 14, 2002 The fact that Windows Media is easier to use on the PC is probably another example of the evil Microsoft empire using it's operating system to block others' software. That said, I would like to use one of the others, but the Windows Media player is the only one that works all the time. Half of the time when I try to use Quicktime or Real Player it tells me I need to update to a new version. Forget it! :mad: - Calfee Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagevibe Posted May 14, 2002 Share Posted May 14, 2002 Real media almost NEVER works. Quicktime is Apple - I'm afraid it will pervert the moral stature of my PC. Windows Media almost always works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbox Posted May 14, 2002 Share Posted May 14, 2002 On a Mac, QuickTime is the only stable solution. It's also the most elegant solution. The other two are possibly the buggiest apps currently installed on my G4. On a related topic, I'm tired of bad PC ports to Mac. RealMedia and Windows Media both fit easily into that category. I wouldn't mind it so much if I could conveniently elect to not have them installed on my machine. However, the sites I visit generally force one to use RealMedia or Windows Media in order to gain access to audio or video. QuickTime seems to be an option, at best, one-third of the time. Enthusiasm powers the world. Craig Anderton's Archiving Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted May 14, 2002 Share Posted May 14, 2002 Real Player is the devil :evil: ! Talk about spy/bloatware! Quicktime for Mac is great, but they never did a good job implementing it on the Windows platform. Windows Media Player 7 is totally bloated, but it works most of the time. I like where if it doesn't have the codec needed that it will try to download it from the web. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve LeBlanc Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 [quote]On a Mac, QuickTime is the only stable solution. It's also the most elegant solution. The other two are possibly the buggiest apps currently installed on my G4.[/quote]Yeah the Windows Media player is buggy on Mac but when it's embedded in a webpage properly it shouldn't have any problems. I use both Mac and Windoze...Windows Media when done right has the least problems in my experience. http://www.youtube.com/notesleb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tusker Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 I've always wanted to like Quicktime, but it's really a mess in Windows. So WMP right? No I still have less problems with the nasty old real audio. Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offramp Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 Quicktime. Never had a problem with it. WMP, on the other, has given me nothing but fits. Always seems to be 'just one more thing' you gotta click on or download or tweak just to watch a freaking 240x120, blocky, aliased short flick. Too much hassle. I've upped my standards; now, up yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techristian Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 I found that I could make the most COMPACT ,BEST QUALITY music videos using the WINDOWSMEDIA ENCODER. Dan http://musicinit.com/pvideos.html TEACHMEDRUMS.COM My Music Videos RED PILL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip McDonald Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 I will not install Real Player on my system again. A) It sneakily always changes your settings around B) It's spyware C) It puts annoying little things on my toolbar D) It doesn't work half the time, anyhow. My biggest beef is that it asserts itself in the most pretentious manner possible... It doesn't even ask! The spyware situation with G2 was the last straw. Guitar Lessons in Augusta Georgia: www.chipmcdonald.com Eccentric blog: https://chipmcdonaldblog.blogspot.com/ / "big ass windbag" - Bruce Swedien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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