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 ^[1]

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 ^[2].

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 ^[3]

Hope this solves your problem Shadow and do enjoy the music.