How To Play QuickTime Files In Windows Media Player? [Reader Query]
One of our readers Shadow sent us a query which asked us:
How do you change files from Quick Time media player to Windows media player? My friend just uploaded a slipknot album, the only problem is, I have windows and he has quick time. So I can’t listen to it.
Well this is a common problem faced by many people, since they do not have the Quick Time player provided by Apple. There is a simple solution though that will allow you to play quick time audio and video files in windows media player.
Related: How to Play Real Media Files (.rm, .rmvb, etc) in Windows Media Player
Playing QuickTime Files in Windows Media Player
If you do not want to install QuickTime player from Apple, there is a alternative which will allow you to view QuickTime files like (3gp, qt, etc) in Windows Media player. The alternative would involve installing the K-Lite Codec package, which installs the required codecs to play QuickTime files in Windows Media Player.
To learn more and download about K-Lite Codec package, you can take a look at our earlier post where we told you How To play any file format in Windows Media Player.
Quick Time Alternative
If you would not mind installing a additional player on your PC, QuickTime Alternative is a lightweight player that will allow you to play all the QuickTime files.
QuickTime Alternative is basically a trimmed down version of QuickTime that contains only the essential components needed for playing QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages.
Download QuickTime Alternative
Hope this solves your problem Shadow and do enjoy the music.
Related Topics Similar to This Article: »
Recent Activity: »
Author: Keith Dsouza
I am the editor-in-chief and owner of Techie Buzz. I love coding and have contributed to several open source projects in the past. You can know more about me and my projects by visiting my Personal Website.I am also a social networking enthusiast and can be found active on twitter, you can follow Keith on twitter @keithdsouza. You can click on my name to visit my Google+ profile.Keith Dsouza has written 4449 articles for us.
The author of this post can be contacted at keith@techie-buzz.comComment Using Facebook
2 Responses to this Article | Share your Opinions/Comments
We moderate comments to prevent spam. Moderation is done within few hours. Please try and stay on topic and refrain from using abusive language. If you think there is a problem with this post, please email the post author or send us an email at tips@techie-buzz.com with the URL and the problem you see and we will rectify it as soon as we can.
can it possible in media player. to play a song only a 1min then change contineously after 1 min
What if I don’t want to install anything? Is there any way to play a .MOV file without users having to contact IT to get something loaded on their system?