For the Windows OS, the RealPlayer version 9 subsumed the features of the separate program, RealJukebox. Subsequent versions of the software were titled 'RealPlayer G2' (version 6) and 'RealOne Player' (version 9), while free 'Basic' versions as well as paid 'Plus' versions, the latter with additional features, have also been offered. Then, version 4.01 of RealPlayer was included as a selectable Internet tool in Windows 98's installation package. The first version of RealPlayer was introduced on Apas 'RealAudio Player' and was one of the first media players capable of streaming media over the Internet. The program is powered by an underlying open-source media engine called Helix. RealPlayer is also available for other operating systems Linux, Unix, Palm OS, Windows Mobile, and Symbian versions have been released. The media player is compatible with numerous container file formats of the multimedia realm, including MP3, MP4, QuickTime File Format, Windows Media format, and the proprietary RealAudio and RealVideo formats. RealPlayer, formerly RealAudio Player, RealOne Player and RealPlayer G2, is a cross-platform media player app, developed by RealNetworks. Windows, macOS, Linux, Solaris, Android, BeOS, Symbian, and Palm OSĮnglish, Chinese ( Simplified and Traditional), German, French, Korean, Italian, Japanese, and Portuguese I've also heard that Any Video Converter is pretty good for recovering corrupt AVI files, though I haven't tried it myself - any corrupt files I've had weren't worth trying to recover.Windows: 22.0.6.305 (April 5, 2024 26 days ago ( )) It turns out that not all have uninstallers, some either fail to install correctly or conflict with something or in some way get broken, and trying to identify codec DLLs to delete by searching in the System32 folder is both dangerous if you make a mistake, and is tedious in any case - though at least CCleaner can handle the registry tidy-up afterwards. Also, if you're running 64-bit Windows, you probably need the 64-bit and 32-bit versions of the codec - 32-bit applications will still need the 32-bit codec.īTW - it turns out that setting a system recovery point is a good idea before doing anything involving installing/removing codecs. If that doesn't help (and since you already tried Microsofts Media Player anyway), my first guess would be that the codec didn't get installed and configured correctly, or is buggy - it may be a good idea to uninstall and reinstall, and to look for new versions. Get the standard or full K-Lite pack - the basic one doesn't include media player classic.Īn extra bonus is that as well as installing a bunch of new codecs, the K-Lite installer also tries to detect existing broken ones and replace or remove them. You can get this in a few downloads such as Quicktime Alternative, Real Alternative, and (probably the best option) the K-Lite Codec pack.

One possibility is to try Media Player Classic. This means installing new codecs into Windows won't allow VLC to play any more files than it already could. VLC can usually play pretty much anything you throw at it, but IIRC doesn't use codecs installed in Windows - only the ones it has built in.

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