default player

When a video player is installed, it usually becomes default player for all video files. Now I installed another player, but default player is still the previous one as I can see in Windows Explorer. I want to know how I can change the default ...

Message posted on the June 3rd, 2013 - 1:02 PM ET

Free AVS DVD Player test

Even though most commercially sold PC’s are equipped with a DVD player, not all of them have the adequate software. Even if they do, usually they will come with either Power DVD or WinDVD, which often only have “limited” functionality and will ...

Review published on the October 1st, 2007 - 4:45 AM ET

Use Windows Media Player from the task bar

This tip will allow you to use Windows Media Player, the audio and video player delivered with the Windows operating system, from the task bar.

Tips & Tricks published on the February 19th, 2008 - 8:43 AM ET

Presentation of the Samsung Player Addict 16GB PDAPhone

Released at the end of the month, the Samsung Player Addict SFR version has some serious clout: 5 Mega pixel digital camera, 16 GB of storage space and WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS connections. This multipurpose handset also has a tactile layer over ...

Review published on the September 29th, 2008 - 12:17 PM ET

SRS Labs’ All New MyTunes Pro HD for iPad and MyTunes Pro for iPhone Music Player Apps Hit iTunes App Store

SRS and Hip Hop Artist, Murs, Collaborate to Launch New Music Player Apps; Users Can Enter to Win 1 of 3 Brand New iPads Featuring MyTunes Pro HD.

Press published on the March 21st, 2012 - 6:00 AM ET

TheStage.tv Announces the New Spotlight Player

First Video Player that Gives Emerging Original Artists a Simple Way to Engage Fans through Donations, Online Music Sales and Social Media Exposure.

Press published on the June 15th, 2011 - 8:00 AM ET

Test: Xbox 360 HD-DVD Player

The cheapest HD-DVD player on the market is finally here and our first impressions are good. The image quality offered by this new technology is impressive and won’t leave you indifferent. The only thing to see now is whether it is worth buying, ...

Review published on the December 28th, 2006 - 6:00 PM ET

Brightcove Launches Native Player Solution for Premium Video Apps on Apple iOS & Google Android Devices

New software development kits bring together the speed and performance of native smartphone and tablet video players with the Brightcove media API, advertising, analytics and digital rights management Brightcove ...

Press published on the February 27th, 2013 - 6:15 AM ET

detect when media player is done playing sound file

I play mp3s from a VB6 program using Media Player by adding a reference to "Windows Media Player", on my XP system the file is here: c:windowssystem32msdxm.ocx. I use this approach: Dim Player As MediaPlayer.MediaPlayer Set Player = ...

Message posted on the March 6th, 2012 - 2:34 PM ET

Rhythmbox transcoding to portable player

When I drag a song to my portable player, using Rhythmbox, it transcodes to the song to mp3. But the bitrate is too low, and I cannot get it to change. I have tried changing the format settings in Preferences, Music, Library Structure, but that ...

Message posted on the June 14th, 2013 - 9:20 PM ET

XviD codec for W98 and Media Player Classic.

Any recommendations, bearing in mind this: I have one by 'Koepi' (XviD-1.1.0-Beta1-16012005 _Beta Release_) that plays fluently, but will not let me change aspect ratio to correct for badly made files. Removing it lets me see DivX but not XviD, and ...

Message posted on the June 3rd, 2012 - 2:12 PM ET

Ubuntu 12.04 Flash Player Issue

Hi. For last several weeks I face a Flash Player problem in Ubuntu 12.04. I open a video to watch. Then, sometimes it opens but several times it occurs error and black screen appears. I looked for solves on the internet and I did almost all the ...

Message posted on the May 30th, 2013 - 6:00 PM ET

Bug#658564: daisy-player: Hangs while loading, both from disc and directory.

Package: daisy-player Version: 7.0.4.1-1 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, The program hangs with the message "Reading Ö..." displaying in the top left corner directly after startup. Nothing seems to happen after that... This ...

Message posted on the February 4th, 2012 - 12:10 AM ET

Flash Player 11 under Debian Lenny

Hash: SHA1 Hi, I'm still using Debian Lenny, and would like to use Flash Player 11 under my Iceweasel (aka Firefox). I've downloaded the necessary file from <http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/> (running 32 bits), three times ...

Message posted on the February 1st, 2012 - 11:10 AM ET

but player