MY BASIC VIDEO/TV/MOVIE PLAYER APPS
MEDIA BASICS
If you're going to be able to watch:
Tv
videos
movies
or just listen to music,you'll need these basics:
SHOCKWAVE
http://www.adobe.com/products/shockwaveplayer/
Shockwave & Flash Player FAQ
Shockwave & Flash Player Overview
* How do I fix almost all Shockwave and Flash Player issues?
* What is Shockwave Player?
* How do I get Shockwave Player?
* How does Shockwave Player protect my privacy?
* What is Flash Player?
* How do I get Flash Player?
* What's the difference between the Flash and Shockwave Players?
Troubleshooting
* Why doesn't Shockwave Player download properly with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5?
* How can I improve the performance of Shockwave Player?
* I'm trying to download Shockwave Player, but I can't. How can I get Shockwave Player?
* How can permissions affect installing the Shockwave and Flash Players with Windows NT and Windows 2000?
* How can I make sure my Shockwave and Flash Players are working?
* Some Web sites prompt me to download Shockwave or Flash Player, but I'm sure I have the latest version. How can I check this?
* I updated to the latest version of Shockwave Player, and my Shockwave Remote disappeared. Why?
* Why am I not receiving my Shockwave Player updates?
http://www.shockwave.com/help/faq_flashplayer.jsp
FLASH
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash
QUICKTIME
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
JAVA
http://java.com/getjava/
HERE ARE SOME NON-DOWNLOAD TV PLAYERS.
Joox.net requires a DivX plugin which you get by clicking on the plugin notice after which all your selections will play nicely for you.
HIGHLY RECCOMENDED
JOOX.NET
http://www.joox.net
In2TV
AOL's In2TV claims the largest selection of free TV shows on the Web.
You won't find this season's latest releases, but you're bound to see
memorable favorites. There are episodes of Gilligan's Island, Welcome
Back Kotter, Babylon 5, The Ben Stiller Show and more. There also is a
mix of childhood favorites like Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Jetsons and
Looney Tunes.
http://television.aol.com/in2tv
Yahoo! TV
Yahoo!'s new site sets out to be the ultimate TV watcher's companion.
To start, it features schedules for broadcast and premium programming.
You can watch preview or summary clips of the latest shows. If you
have a TiVo, you can schedule recordings from the site. You also can
join the Yahoo! TV community and rate individual series episodes.
http://tv.yahoo.com/
Link TV
Link TV is an original online source of documentaries and news. Many
of the available programs focus on foreign cultures and political and
environmental issues. The site relies on donations and encourages
activism in environmental organizations.
http://www.linktv.org/experience/
TV Land
TV Land is dedicated to the TV shows of yesteryear. Revel in memorable
scenes from MASH, Get Smart, I Love Lucy, All in the Family, The Odd
Couple and more. You can also watch recent interviews with the stars
for their insights. One of the real gems on the site is the
Retromercials section. TV commercials do not age well, but they
certainly become interesting and funny. Be sure to catch the "Where's
the Beef?" commercial.
http://www.tvland.com/video/
Discovery Channel
Watch the best of Discovery Channel's interesting mix of programs. For
example, go from dinosaur documentaries to the World's Ugliest Dog
Competition. Also check out the Video Downloads section. Alongside the
pay selections are free full-length offerings every week.
http://animal.discovery.com/beyond/
THESE NEXT ARE DOWNLOADS WHICH I USE DAILY;
HIGHLY RECCOMEMDED
Miro
download youtube,google videos and more.
vintage cartoons,tv shows [ Roy Rodgers,Dick Tracy,ect ] and whatever your heart desires ]
http://www.getmiro.com
THIS 1 HAS SOME ADULT LINKS,NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN
RECCOMENDED
Winamp
radio,tv,movies,music of all gendres
http://www.winamp.com
NEEDED CODECS FOR XP & VISTA
Vista Codec Package 4.5.1 Beta 2 [ 21 Mb | Freeware | NT/200x/XP/Vista]
Compiles the best codecs from all the big name codec packs.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Vista_Codec_Package_4.5.1_Beta_2_d5701.html
XP Codec Pack 2.3.0 Beta
Codec pack which helps you to play all major audio and video formats.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4838.html
Windows Media Encoder
Windows Media Encoder is a powerful tool for content producers who want to capture audio and video content using the many innovations in Windows Media, including high-quality multichannel sound, high-definition video quality, and support for mixed-mode voice and music content.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/encoder/default.mspx
FIREFOX BASICS
Firefox Add-ons: Common Plugins for Firefox
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:7
Acrobat Reader
By Adobe Systems
For viewing and printing Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)
Adobe Flash Player
By Adobe
Adobe Flash Player is the universal rich client for delivering effective Adobe Flash experiences across desktops and devices.
Java
By Sun Microsystems
The Java Runtime Environment enables your computer to run applications and applets that use Java technology.
Quicktime
By Apple Computer
QuickTime Player is an easy-to-use application for playing, interacting with or viewing video, audio, VR or graphics files.
RealPlayer
By Real Networks
RealPlayer enables your computer to play streaming RealVideo and RealAudio.
Shockwave
By Adobe
Shockwave Player displays Web content that has been created by Adobe Director.
RECCOMENDED VIDEO DOWNLOADER
UnPlug
by h2g2bob
UnPlug is an extension which lets you save video and audio which is embedded on a webpage - it's a video download tool.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2254
DOWNLOADERS
ViDown FLV Downloader 0.8.3
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_6_74_32587.html
Ashampoo ClipFinder 1.20
from MajorGeeks.com
Find and immediately download videos from YouTube, VideU, MyVideo & ClipFish. [License: Freeware| Requires: Win All | Size: 2.46 Mb]
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5792.html
FLV Grabber 1.5
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_5_239_33326.html
Easy Video Downloader 1.2
from MajorGeeks.com
Easily download videos from YouTube and Google Video [License:
Freeware| Requires: Win All | Size: 2.72]
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_5_239_35239.html
Get Miro
includes a Youtube and Google Videos downloader searchbox
http://www.getmiro.com
NON-DOWNLOAD TV:
JOOX.NET
http://www.joox.net
In2TV
AOL's In2TV claims the largest selection of free TV shows on the Web.
You won't find this season's latest releases, but you're bound to see
memorable favorites. There are episodes of Gilligan's Island, Welcome
Back Kotter, Babylon 5, The Ben Stiller Show and more. There also is a
mix of childhood favorites like Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Jetsons and
Looney Tunes.
http://television.aol.com/in2tv
Yahoo! TV
Yahoo!'s new site sets out to be the ultimate TV watcher's companion.
To start, it features schedules for broadcast and premium programming.
You can watch preview or summary clips of the latest shows. If you
have a TiVo, you can schedule recordings from the site. You also can
join the Yahoo! TV community and rate individual series episodes.
http://tv.yahoo.com/
Link TV
Link TV is an original online source of documentaries and news. Many
of the available programs focus on foreign cultures and political and
environmental issues. The site relies on donations and encourages
activism in environmental organizations.
http://www.linktv.org/experience/
TV Land
TV Land is dedicated to the TV shows of yesteryear. Revel in memorable
scenes from MASH, Get Smart, I Love Lucy, All in the Family, The Odd
Couple and more. You can also watch recent interviews with the stars
for their insights. One of the real gems on the site is the
Retromercials section. TV commercials do not age well, but they
certainly become interesting and funny. Be sure to catch the "Where's
the Beef?" commercial.
http://www.tvland.com/video/
Discovery Channel
Watch the best of Discovery Channel's interesting mix of programs. For
example, go from dinosaur documentaries to the World's Ugliest Dog
Competition. Also check out the Video Downloads section. Alongside the
pay selections are free full-length offerings every week.
http://animal.discovery.com/beyond/
FREEWARE TV PLAYERS:
1. Stream Your Favorite Shows Over the Internet
* ABC Full Episode Player
http://dynamic.abc.go.com/streaming/landing
* NBC Video Rewind
http://www.nbc.com/Video/
* CBS Innertube
http://www.cbs.com/innertube/
2. Roll Your Own DVR and Watch TV on Your Time
It's never been easier to turn your current or old computer into a dedicated digital video recorder with which you can schedule, record, and watch your favorite television shows—and none of these methods require any sort of pricey monthly subscription. There are tons of great media center apps, the most popular of which are Windows Media Center (XP or Vista), SageTV, BeyondTV, GBPVR, MediaPortal, and MythTV.
We're partial to Windows Media Center and
SageTV
http://www.sagetv.com/
and if you're looking to get started in this direction, we can help you out:
Windows Media Center:
BeyondTV
http://www.snapstream.com/products/beyondtv/
GBPVR
http://www.gbpvr.com/
MediaPortal
http://www.team-mediaportal.com/
MythTV.
http://www.mythtv.org/
* Turn Your Windows PC into a Media Center Powerhouse On the Cheap
http://lifehacker.com/software/hack-attack/turn-your-windows-pc-into-a-media-center-powerhouse-on-the-cheap-298408.php
* Eight Killer Media Center Plug-ins
http://lifehacker.com/software/media-center/8-killer-windows-media-center-plugins-212345.php
4. Watch On-Demand Content with Joost
Joost is a cross platform (Windows/Mac), freeware television streaming application. By partnering with different network and cable content providers, Joost provides very high quality, on-demand streams of a wide range of shows, from CSI to Aqua Teen Hunger Force (the list grows regularly). For a closer look, check out our screenshot tour of Joost. Even better, Joost just dropped their invite-only requirement, so if you haven't tried it yet, now's your chance.
http://www.joost.com/download/
5. Do It All with Miro
http://www.getmiro.com
6. Tape It Off the Internet
Previously mentioned web site Tape It Off the Internet (TIOTI) is an online television aggregator of sorts, allowing you to search for a show you want to watch and then offering several different options for viewing it. For example, if you're looking for the latest episode of Heroes, TIOTI may provide you with one link to a streaming online video of the episode, another link to a torrent to download the episode, or an additional link to buy it in iTunes—among other helpful information like episode summaries. If you've got a preferred method of streaming or downloading your favorite shows (for example, you really like BitTorrent), TIOTI probably isn't the first place you want to go. But if you've had trouble finding a show using other methods, you might get lucky and find a link that'll take you to the episode you're looking for at TIOTI.
http://lifehacker.com/software/television/download-tv-torrents-and-watch-tv-online-with-tioti-306127.php
Maksil Player 1.0.26 Beta (Freeware)
from Softpedia - Latest software
A recorded TV show player that simplifies skipping TV commercials.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Video-Players/Maksil-Player.shtml
Television: Download TV Torrents and Watch TV Online with TIOTI
Web site Tape It Off the Internet (TIOTI) is an online television portal designed to help you find and watch your favorite TV shows, either through streaming online video, BitTorrent downloads, or links to purchase the episode or season from iTunes or Amazon. The goal of TIOTI is to make finding and watching your favorite television shows easier than your regular BitTorrent experience—sort of a "non-geek" BitTorrent tracker and then some. TIOTI takes some getting used to, but if you've never been happy with the BitTorrent experience (even after our beginner and intermediate guides), Tape It Off the Internet might be worth a try.
http://www.tioti.com/
HIGHLY RECCOMEMDED
Miro
download youtube,google videos and more.
vintage cartoons,tv shows [ Roy Rodgers,Dick Tracy,ect ] and whatever your heart desires ]
http://www.getmiro.com
Radio-TV-Browsertools 2.0 (Freeware)
from Softpedia - Latest software
Surf withmMusic and watch Free-TV from browser! Record your favorite
music.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Internet-Radio-TV-Player/Radio-TV-Browsert\
ools.shtml
ItIsBlue TV description
A free service that offers 3000+ channels from 140 countries
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Internet-Radio-TV-Player/ItIsBlue-TV.shtml
JLCs Internet TV description
A program for watching over 1000 free online TV channels
JLC's Internet TV is an application that lets you watch free online TV channels. JLC's Internet TV automatically finds over 1300 channels and has an online updater.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Internet-Radio-TV-Player/JLCs-Internet-TV.shtml
RECCOMENDED
Wimamp
http://www.winamp.com
Digital TV 2050 description
The future of Television brought to you today
Digital TV 2050 is the future of Television brought to you today.
Digital TV 2050 helps you watch hundreds of TV channels, listen to hundreds of radio stations from around the world.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Internet-Radio-TV-Player/Digital-TV-2050.shtml
TVUPlayer description
A free program that enables viewers to watch high quality live Television programs around the world
TVUPlayer is a free program that enables viewers to watch high quality live Television programs around the world.
TVU networks brings you programs from around the world that you can't get from your local cable and satellite providers.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Internet-Radio-TV-Player/TVUPlayer.shtml
RECCOMENDED
Joost description
Joost is a new way of watching TV on the internet
Joost is a new way for you to watch TV on the internet. With Joost, you get all the things you love about TV, including a high-quality full-screen picture, hundreds of full-length shows and easy channel-flipping.
You get great internet features too, such as search, chat and instant messaging, built right into Joost - so you find shows quickly and talk to your friends while you're watching them. And with no schedules to worry about, you can watch whatever you want, whenever you like - as often as you want. Joost is completely free and works with most modern personal computers and Intel Mac-based computers with a broadband connection.
http://www.joost.com/
Here are many reasons, why you will want Our Sports Toolbar:
Includes a state-of-the-art Pop-up blocker, plus a cookie/history/cache cleaner.
Watch Live Sports TV right from the toolbar! Need to watch a game? Do it live!
Get notified when you receive new e-mails to your POP3, Yahoo!, Gmail, or Hotmail accounts right from your toolbar (No need to manually check your e-mails any more!)
Listen to the radio while online. Comes with over 1,500 pre-set stations that have rock, pop, country, jazz, alternative, blues, Latin, dance, oldies, and many more stations built in. Plus you can add any station you want, including sports or talk radio. Most radios take a long time to buffer, you have to open another program, and they are just not convenient. Our radio loads quickly and you can change stations in a jiffy. Takes very little bandwidth. You will find yourself using the radio button on the toolbar, because it is very easy, quick, and takes little effort or bandwidth! Welcome to the future of online radio.
Perform a search powered by Google, or use Our Search for sports and recreation searching from anywhere on the web.
Get up-to-date local and global weather forecasts. Automatically finds your local area. No more going to your homepage or a weather site. It is conveniently located on your toolbar. You will like our weather feature, as it is simple and quick, and gets right to the point!
RSS Feed is state of the art, and very easy to use. Sports and recreation content comes directly to you with ease, is very easy to delete or unsubscribe.
http://www.worldtvtoolbar.com/sportsbar/
MEDIA PLAYERS:
Aimp-
like winamp but better,it comes with an encoder and tagging tool
http://www.aimp.ru/
GODtube
http://www.godtube.com/
FlvPlayer4Free 1.9.0.0
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5713.html
# SWF & FLV Player is a powerful but tiny Flash movie player. (giveawayoftheday)
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/swf-flv-player/
VIDEO SHARING SITES
http://www.metacafe.com
http://www.video.google.com
http://www.veoh.com
Flash Movie Player description
Freeware stand-alone player for Flash animations with enhanced features
Flash Movie Player is a freeware standalone player for Shockwave Flash (SWF) animations, based on Macromedia Flash Player plug-in.
In addition to all Macromedia Flash Player abilities, it has a lot of extended features, such as animation rewinding, advanced full screen mode, .exe projectors support and playlists.
VMware Player 2.0.0.55017
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4891.html
Free Sothink FLV Player
from SnapFiles - 20 latest freeware programs
Sothink FLV Player enables you to play FLV files without the need for any other players. It supports playback of local files as well as streaming playback from an URL. The program can be associate
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/sothinkflv.html
Spider Player Basic 2.0
from MajorGeeks.com
Multimedia player as well as ripping, streaming, tag editing and more. [License: Freeware| Requires: Win All | Size: 2.20 Mb]
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5771.html
SMPlayer 0.5.51
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_6_74_27426.html
QuickTime Alternative 1.81
Updated: 2 May 2007 | Freeware | 12.3MB | Downloads: 8050530 Screenshots
Reviews [196]
QuickTime Alternative will allow you to play QuickTime files (.mov, .qt, .3gp and other extensions) without having to install the official QuickTime Player. It also supports QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages.
As a bonus, Internet Explorer will play all QuickTime movies that are embedded in a webpage. You do need a media player that is capable of playing QuickTime files. The included Media Player Classic supports it and works very well. The QuickTime Browser plugin supports Internet Explorer, Opera, Netscape and Mozilla. The QuickTime plugins include iPIX and QuickTimeVR.
Some advantages compared to QuickTime player :
- Quick and easy install
- It's easy to make an unattended installation
- No background processes
- Use a player of your own choice
- Low on resources
- Smaller size
Features of QuickTime Alternative 1.81 :
- Media Player Classic [version 6.4.9.0 rev 611]: this is a full-featured player which has internal decoding support for DVD, MPEG-2, MP3, MP2, AAC, AC3 and DTS. It also has internal support for opening Matroska and Ogg containers. Media Player Classic is also capable of playing QuickTime and RealMedia content if those codecs are installed.
- QuickTime Codecs [version 7.1.6.200]: required for playing QuickTime content.
- QuickTime DirectShow filter: allows you to play QuickTime content in all DirectShow enabled players.
Without this filter QuickTime content can only be played in Media Player Classic.
- QuickTime plugin for Internet Explorer: allows you to view QuickTime content that is embedded in a webpage. It is installed together with the QuickTime codecs.
- QuickTime plugin for Opera/Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape... allows you to view QuickTime content that is embedded in a webpage.
- Extra plugins for QuickTime: plugins for viewing some special formats that are sometimes used on webpages.
- CoreAVC: is an external filter for Media Player classic
- CoreAAC: is an AAC DirectShow filter decoder based on FAAD2.
Features of QuickTime Alternative Lite 1.81 :
- QuickTime Codecs [version 7.1.6.200]
- QuickTime plugin for Internet Explorer
- QuickTime plugin for Opera/Mozilla/Netscape
- Extra plugins for QuickTime
- DirectShow MOV parser
- DirectShow QuickTime decoder wrapper
- CoreAVC
- CoreAAC
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/quic...
RECCOMENDED
VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
RECCOMENDED
FLV Player - Reviews and free downloads at Download.com
http://www.download.com/flv-player/3000-...
RECCOMENDED
Winamp Media Player - MP3 Player, Multimedia Player, MP3 Music ...
http://www.winamp.com/
RECCOMENDED
MIRO
http://www.getmiro.com
GOM Player
This freeware media player comes with a ton of popular video codecs
preloaded. For codecs that GOM Player cannot handle, the software
automatically takes you to open source software sites to download the
appropriate files.
GOM Player can also handle partial AVI files. That means you can watch
movies while you're still downloading them. Or if you've only managed
to download part of the video, you can check it out to see if it's
worth downloading the rest.
http://www.gomplayer.com/main.html
KMPlayer
Like GOM Player, KMPlayer includes a ton of codecs for watching most
video files right out of the box. If you want to watch a file in a
proprietary format like h.264, you can specify an external decoder to
use with the media player.
KMPlayer can also handle damaged AVI files, Quicktime movies, and Real
Media files. You'll need to have RealPlayer and QuickTime installed,
or download Real Alternative and QuickTime Alternative.
http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63
rulesPlayer
This unassuming little media player is a powerhouse of video codec
compatibility. Like SMPlayer, rulesPlayer is built as a frontend for
MPlayer.
RulesPlayer includes support for multiple languages, and can handle 12
different subtitle formats.
http://rulesplayer.altervista.org/
GOM Player
This freeware media player comes with a ton of popular video codecs
preloaded. For codecs that GOM Player cannot handle, the software
automatically takes you to open source software sites to download the
appropriate files.
GOM Player can also handle partial AVI files. That means you can watch
movies while you're still downloading them. Or if you've only managed
to download part of the video, you can check it out to see if it's
worth downloading the rest.
http://www.gomplayer.com/main.html
KMPlayer
Like GOM Player, KMPlayer includes a ton of codecs for watching most
video files right out of the box. If you want to watch a file in a
proprietary format like h.264, you can specify an external decoder to
use with the media player.
KMPlayer can also handle damaged AVI files, Quicktime movies, and Real
Media files. You'll need to have RealPlayer and QuickTime installed,
or download Real Alternative and QuickTime Alternative.
http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63
rulesPlayer
This unassuming little media player is a powerhouse of video codec
compatibility. Like SMPlayer, rulesPlayer is built as a frontend for
MPlayer.
RulesPlayer includes support for multiple languages, and can handle 12
different subtitle formats.
http://rulesplayer.altervista.org/