Video player for Windows, that doesn't use DirectX?

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Chaos Master

hi.

Is there any video (MPEG/AVI/QuickTime) player for Windows 98, that
doesn't need DirectX, or works with an older version of DirectX?

I would like something more advanced than standard Windows Media Player.

I have the standard DirectX that comes with Windows 98 (DirectX 6.0,
AFAIK) and I don't want to upgrade to DirectX 9, specially considering
that I don't do games.

... I found mplayer at http://www.mplayerhq.hu but I couldn't get it to
work, it tells me that cannot initialize DirectX?

[]s
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Chaos Master®, posting from Canoas, Brazil - 29.55° S / 51.11° W

"Now: the 3-bit processor, with instructions:
1. NOP - does nothing, increase PC.
2. HLT - does nothing, doesn't increase PC
3. MMX - enter Pentium(r) emulation mode; increase PC
4. LCK - before MMX: NOP ; after MMX: executes F0 0F C7 C8
5. HCF - Halt and Catch Fire"
 
 
Rich_on 29-Dec-2004 said:
Is there any video (MPEG/AVI/QuickTime) player for Windows 98, that
doesn't need DirectX, or works with an older version of DirectX?
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Have you tried VideoLAN
http://www.videolan.org/
I would like something more advanced than standard Windows Media Player.
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don't know if you would consider it more advanced but it plays everything I
have thrown at it.
 
Have you tried VideoLAN
http://www.videolan.org/


don't know if you would consider it more advanced but it plays everything I
have thrown at it.
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VLC is good but only plays files that it 'knows' about from it's built in
codecs. One must wait till an update is developed before it plays a new codec.
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=5849 or
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=6367 for example.

I installed VLC on a w98SE & XP computer that I deliberately stripped of ALL
video/audio codecs. VLC FAILED to play. Once the codecs were re-installed to
enable media player to work, then VLC worked. This is a known flaw with several
of the development gurus. You MUST have some codecs installed for VLC to work.
It still has hiccups with some divx/xvid variants too.

I am still searching for a STANDALONE video player that will play ANYTHING on
the pc but WITHOUT needing any external codecs...... I've yet to find one nor
do I think one will ever be produced :)

ozzy
 
ozzy wrote:

VLC is good but only plays files that it 'knows' about from it's built in
codecs. One must wait till an update is developed before it plays a new codec.
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=5849 or
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=6367 for example.

I installed VLC on a w98SE & XP computer that I deliberately stripped of ALL
video/audio codecs. VLC FAILED to play. Once the codecs were re-installed to
enable media player to work, then VLC worked. This is a known flaw with several
of the development gurus. You MUST have some codecs installed for VLC to work.
It still has hiccups with some divx/xvid variants too.
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I have the standard codecs that came with Windows ... I only want to
watch AVI and MPEG anyway.

Will try VLC.

[]s
--
Chaos Master®, posting from Canoas, Brazil - 29.55° S / 51.11° W

"Now: the 3-bit processor, with instructions:
1. NOP - does nothing, increase PC.
2. HLT - does nothing, doesn't increase PC
3. MMX - enter Pentium(r) emulation mode; increase PC
4. LCK - before MMX: NOP ; after MMX: executes F0 0F C7 C8
5. HCF - Halt and Catch Fire"
 
I wish I had jo's angel tonight:
But loads of avi files will be Divx...
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I know this, but the main purpose (95% of the videos) will be MPEG.

[]s
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Chaos Master®, posting from Canoas, Brazil - 29.55° S / 51.11° W / GMT-
2h / 15m


"Now: the 3-bit processor, with instructions:
1. NOP - does nothing, increase PC.
2. HLT - does nothing, doesn't increase PC
3. MMX - enter Pentium(r) emulation mode; increase PC
4. LCK - before MMX: NOP ; after MMX: executes F0 0F C7 C8
5. HCF - Halt and Catch Fire"
 
ozzy schreef:
I am still searching for a STANDALONE video player that will play
ANYTHING on the pc but WITHOUT needing any external codecs...... I've
yet to find one nor do I think one will ever be produced :)
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You can't play everything without external codecs. Many codecs are
proprietary and there are problems with patents in some countries.
 
ozzy schreef:


You can't play everything without external codecs. Many codecs are
proprietary and there are problems with patents in some countries.
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Yes but VLC performs a good attempt at that end goal. :) There are other
standalone players that others have mentioned too.

A similar aspect to this is Irfanview & the [OT] program called Graphics
Workshop Professional. They both allow viewing ANY picture format without any
other external program requirements. If it can be done for pictures then I am
now beginning to re-think that there is still hope for the video world too :)

ozzy
 
ozzy started:
Yes but VLC performs a good attempt at that end goal. :) There are other
standalone players that others have mentioned too.

A similar aspect to this is Irfanview & the [OT] program called Graphics
Workshop Professional. They both allow viewing ANY picture format without any
other external program requirements. If it can be done for pictures then I am
now beginning to re-think that there is still hope for the video world too :)
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IrfanView still requires plug-ins for viewing various image formats...
XnView is much better at this aspect, IMHO.

[]s
--
Chaos Master®, posting from Canoas, Brazil - 29.55° S / 51.11° W / GMT-
2h / 15m


"Now: the 3-bit processor, with instructions:
1. NOP - does nothing, increase PC. / 2. HLT - does nothing, doesn't
increase PC
3. MMX - enter Pentium(r) emulation mode; increase PC / 4. LCK - before
MMX: NOP ; after MMX: executes F0 0F C7 C8
5. HCF - Halt and Catch Fire / 6. EPI - Execute Programmer
7. DPC - Decrease PC"
 
ozzy schreef:
Yes but VLC performs a good attempt at that end goal. :) There are
other standalone players that others have mentioned too.
Click to expand...

But it for sure doesn't support WMV with DRM and similar formats.
A similar aspect to this is Irfanview & the [OT] program called
Graphics Workshop Professional. They both allow viewing ANY picture
format without any other external program requirements. If it can be
done for pictures then I am now beginning to re-think that there is
still hope for the video world too :)
Click to expand...

There are hundreds of graphics formats, IrfanView only supports those that
you are most likely to find.
 
From:
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<snippet>
hi.
Is there any video
(MPEG/AVI/QuickTime) player for
Windows 98, that doesn't need DirectX,
or works with an older version of
DirectX? .....

</snippet>
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Hello, Chaos Master;

I have & use Win_98SE, too.

I found Gspot's Video Appliance freeware program has all the video
codecs, i need that are missing.
So far, it has id'ed & played every file type i've thrown at it.

Sorry to say, "Not sure, if it utilizes DirectX."

It's a little hard to work with until you understand it, however i've
have become depend on it's abilities.
I love the Drag & Drop feature for loading video files from my Windows
Explorer file manager.
Hope this will ring the bell for ya!

S_H

Gspot v2.21
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
 
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