freefur@somewhere.com <freefur@somewhere.com> wrote:
> 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.....

Install DirectX 9, sorted! Quicktime Alt and Real Alt [for real media
files] will play just about owt you need.
Media can then played through Media Player Classic, no superfluous bells
or whistles! I dumped bloated M$ WMP aeons ago.

Or, try VLC, just installed it myself and works a treat, no spyware
found so far. [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/]

Quoted from VLC site - Windows 95/98/Me users:

Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported.
No VideoLAN developer uses any of these systems, which makes them hard
to support. VLC should mostly work with them, but some incompatibilities
might appear. You might need to download The Microsoft Layer for Unicode
on Windows 95/98/Me Systems. The two MSLU files need to be put in the
C:\Windows\System\ folder.

HTH