Free MP4 player without spyware?

[Dave Schwartz]

Can anyone suggest a good, free MP4 player that does not load you with spyware?

I have been recommending VLC but they have become "bad guys."

Any ideas?


Dave

[Longshot6977]

Originally Posted by Dave Schwartz

Can anyone suggest a good, free MP4 player that does not load you with spyware?

I have been recommending VLC but they have become "bad guys."

Any ideas?


Dave

I was going to recommend VLC since I use it without problems. Just uncheck the nonsense during install. How did they become '"bad guys"?

[michiken]

(Switch to Linux).

MPlayer

SMPlayer for Windows

[JustRalph]

QuickTime?

Downloaded from apple.......

[rosenowsr]

It's not the people that created VLC that install the crapware, it's the site that you download it from that adds the junk to it. The trick is to find a download site that doesn't install junk files to the program.

I think if you go directly to www.videolan.org you should get a clean install.

just a suggestion ymmv.

[jerry-g]

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[Dave Schwartz]

Thanks for the VLC affirmations. I use that as well. And it is where I send my users.

However, I got a report today that the newest install came with a price but I am assuming the user installed the wrong product.

I guess I am still sending them to the right place.

Real Player and Quick Time: Can you play a LOCAL MP4s with them or only in a browser? I thought the shrunk the screen.

[Longshot6977]

Originally Posted by JustRalph

QuickTime?

Downloaded from apple.......

QT may need additional codec files to play MP4's correctly on your PC. Better off sticking with VLC since it can play just about any file format.

[yesman3000]

then try simple tv
download

[PaceAdvantage]

Someone notified me that the links you were posting were in Russian and one contained malware...so please stop posting them until this can be confirmed as not being harmful.

[Dave Schwartz]

PA, I really hope you are kidding. Nothing would surprise me these days.

[tupper]

Originally Posted by Dave Schwartz

Thanks for the VLC affirmations. I use that as well. And it is where I send my users.

However, I got a report today that the newest install came with a price but I am assuming the user installed the wrong product. I guess I am still sending them to the right place.

VLC is open source, which means it's free as in "beer," and it is also free as in you can tinker with it and modify the source code. It is included in probably every Linux/Unix distro's repository.

Because it is open source, it is extremely unlikely to contain malware, trojans, viruses, etc., when it is obtained from it's home page or when it is downloaded from a Linux/Unix distro repository.

I think that the Videolan site might have a donations form, but they would not force anyone to pay nor is it likely that they would they make one go through download/installation steps in which donations were requested. Furthermore, there would be no crapware bundled.

The open source software world is very different from the proprietary software world.

[tupper]

Originally Posted by michiken

(Switch to Linux).

MPlayer

SMPlayer for Windows

Two versions of an excellent open source multimedia player.