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nania
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_ 		22. January 2008 @ 06:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I thought this player would play 95% of everything you find but I can't even play a single file. This is a new OS install and I haven't configured or run Windows Media Player so I'm thinking this may be the problem. I'd rather not have to use WMP because of the security issues so how can I get VLC to work?
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nania
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_ 		22. January 2008 @ 17:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I just noticed that alot of the videos I tried opening in VLC were .rm files. I also didn't install any codecs or filters. Will VLC work with the realalternative filter? What are the recommended filter/codecs to accompany this player?
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varnull
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_ 		22. January 2008 @ 19:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Use real-alternative for rm files.. vlc will play them, but only if it's patched or tweaked about quite a bit.. even then the playbeck is patchy.. or convert them ;)

There is a note on the vlc site about older os problems.. which may or may not be relevant to 2003..

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Windows 95/98/Me users: Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported. No VideoLAN developer uses any of these systems, which makes them hard to support. VLC should mostly work with them, but some incompatibilities might appear. You might need to download The Microsoft Layer for Unicode on Windows 95/98/Me Systems. The two MSLU files need to be put in the C:\Windows\System\ folder.
Looking at am rmvb file I have here.. It will not play in mine either.. audio codec is cook.. video codec is RV40
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nania
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_ 		23. January 2008 @ 06:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
varnull
Thanks for the response. I'm getting playback on about half of my stuff now. Does ffdshow work with VLC?
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