In news:9dr5t2hfgvke6scnsom414c7fclghohg9m@4ax.com,
freefur@somewhere.com <freefur@somewhere.com> after much thought,came up
with this jewel:
> This is a bit off topic but I cant find any other group even close to
> ask.
>
> I installed Quicktime Alternative, ver 1.5x (the latest version for
> Win98), and I am using Win98,
>
> When I began the install, a message said that it recommend I upgrade
> my activex from ver 6.x to 9.x. I declined and continued to install
> it. It also included Media Player Classic (I dont know why it needs
> that when I have the latest Media Player installed, but I let it
> install what it wanted,
>
> When done, it insists that it can not find DDRAW.DLL.
> Bullcrap, I have that file in my windows.system directory.
> I was able to find a newer version of DDRAW.DLL online, downloaded it,
> and replaced the one I had. It still will not work.
>
> Has anyone tried this thing? What is wrong with it?
>
> All I want is something to play my .MOV files, and the regular
> Quicktime, while it works, it's far too resource hungry and has this
> annoying nag screen, so I prefer not to use it. However at this
> point, I think I am stuck with Quicktime because this alternative does
> not work. It seems that shareware is not what it used to be. Far too
> much of it does not work these days, and I am always careful to get a
> version for the OS I am using.
>
> If anyone has tried this thing, please let me know what you found.
>
> Does anyone know of a SIMPLE player for .MOV files? That is all I
> want. Why does this have to be so complicated?
>
> Additionally, I try to keep ActiveX disabled as much as possible, and
> this thing wants to install more...... I dont think so.....

Perhaps it needs the version from DirectX 9.
I just installed QuickTime Alt and installed DirectX9 before
QTA,everything worked-(btw W2K)

max
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