You might try vlc, that plays just about anything. Tom Kaufman <tomca...@comcast.net> wrote:
> I tried that "save target" thing; no soap! Quicktime just jumps right in! > As for this "default program" thing: that seems to either not work for me or > I don't understand how I'm supposed to work with it! Meanwhile (at least > for now) I have removed MR. Quicktime! I may reinstall it (once the video > in question has been delivered) but there was yet another archived show I > wanted to download (Quicktime once again intrephered) I had a discussion > with a friend of mine last night who told me that he was afraid it was just > going to cause more trouble with me being able to download things; since I > cannot see a "file association" thing in Quickttime, I decided that (at > least for now) that Quicktime was gonna have to go! Thanks all for your > suggestions and am willing to listen to more, for my fear is that Quicktime > may be the only player that will work with this video as it was taken with > an Android smart phone! > Tom Kaufman > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of > cov...@ccs.covici.com > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 4:13 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Reposting A Question > > You can set the default program for any file extension in Windows, this > should take care of your problem, it also depends on the mime type being > sent from the website. You can always do a save target as in the right > click menu on the link instead of just hitting enter as well. > > Tom Kaufman <tomca...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Hi Gary: And therein lies the problem (I cannot find anything in > Quicktime > > that deals with file associations (maybe it's there and my screen reader > > (Jaws 15) won't pick it up; maybe Quicktime doesn't allow such a thing (it > > wants to do it all) hopefully this is not the case, for that means (once I > > get the video I'm supposed to get) if it really is true that it will only > > play in Quicktime, then I have to only download Quicktime when I want to > > watch the video; then remove it from my system as I cannot have a > situation > > where some program won't let me download things! Hopefully there is a way > > around this problem! > > Tom Kaufman > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Gary > > Schindler > > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 9:01 AM > > To: PC Audio Discussion List > > Subject: Re: Reposting A Question > > > > Hi Tom, you are having a similar problem I had while trying to play a > movie. > > > > the movie had an AVI extension, so I thought winamp would play it, no > soap. > > it would come up in winamp but wouldn't play. I had to make windows media > > player the default player to play the avi file. > > > > the problem is with quicktime, I don't know of a way to change file type > > associations. if you can find out how to change the file types in > quicktime, > > > > you could disable the association. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tom Kaufman" <tomca...@comcast.net> > > To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > > Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 11:21 PM > > Subject: RE: Reposting A Question > > > > > > > Gary: I think I got to the right page you are telling me to go; problem > > > > is > > > that Winamp (that's what II want as my default player) isn't there! I > > > think > > > in Winamp preferences, I _do_ have it checked to play all file types. > > > However, when I try to download this particular podcast, Quicktime just > > > jumps on in there and plays the file; this is not what I want! I want > to > > > be > > > able to ddownload the podcast as I used to! So I need to know what it > is > > > I > > > have to do to accomplish this? > > > Tom Kaufman > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Gary > > > Schindler > > > Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 1:24 PM > > > To: PC Audio Discussion List > > > Subject: Re: Reposting A Question > > > > > > Why don't you just change the default programs in windows. I think you > are > > > using windows 7, so go into control and find default settings. > > > > > > when there, tab over to list view. hit a letter such as windows for > > > windows > > > media player and tab to where it says make default program, hit apply, > > > then > > > okay and see if that does what you want. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Tom Kaufman" <tomca...@comcast.net> > > > To: <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > > > Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 11:48 AM > > > Subject: Reposting A Question > > > > > > > > >> Hello list: A couple of days ago or so, I posted a question concerning > > > >> an > > >> audio podcast I have been trying to download. I recently installed > > >> Quicktime on my machine in anticipation of getting something that uses > > >> that > > >> program to play the file! It used to be that when I would download > these > > >> podcasts, it would give me the choice whether to listen or to save. > > >> Since > > >> I've put Quicktime on here, when I click the link, it immediately opens > > >> Quicktime and starts playing the file; this is _not_ want I want! Is > > >> there > > >> a way around this problem? Must I uninstall Qu9icktime in order to do > > >> what > > >> I want? I sure hope not, for what I am hoping to get (so it would > seem) > > >> will only play in Quicktime; it's a video that was taken of a part of a > > >> country Christmas show our band was involved in! So if anyone can come > > > >> up > > >> with a way around this problem I have (seems to me all I'd need to do > is > > >> to > > >> tell Quicktime to just "sit down and shut up until I need it".but I > have > > >> found no way to accomplish this! Any ideas? Thanks in advance! > > >> > > >> Tom Kaufman > > >> > > > > > > > > > --- > > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > > > protection is active. > > > http://www.avast.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > > protection is active. > > http://www.avast.com > > > > > > -- > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > How do > you spend it? > > John Covici > cov...@ccs.covici.com > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com
