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Thread #96513   Message #1888832
Posted By: Scrump
20-Nov-06 - 07:13 AM
Thread Name: Tech: Trouble with aggressive RealPlayer
Subject: RE: Tech: Trouble with aggressive RealPlayer
On the subject of media players, does anyone know of a simple (and hopefully free or inexpensive) player that will simply allow me to play mp3 or wav files on the computer disk, or a CD, and nothing much else?

I get fed up with Realplayer and Windows Media Player trying to download the track listing, etc. from the Internet. I already know the track titles/artists of CDs I own, and the identity of files on my disk drive (since I put them there in the first place), so I don't need all the other rubbish, including fancy 'skins' and moving images, etc. Is there anything simple that will run on Windows XP? I suspect the answer is "No, you have to move with the times and have all the bells and whistles whether you like them or not", but I thought I'd ask anyway.