After a little searching around, I finally found a decent replacement for QuickTime. It’s called QuickTime Alternative. If set up right, it allows you to play QuickTime files such as Mov files in Media Player.
QuickTime has been one of those pains in the side pieces of software from the first time I ever installed it. The first time I needed it, it came as part of a game, and it overwrote the newer version of QuickTime that was already installed, thus corrupting it. Since then I have tried to avoid installing and using it. And pretty much every time I have had to use it since, I have found the player even slower, with more features I don't want to use. With the addition of ITunes messing up the registry and my files it has become even more of a nuisance. I don't buy music; I hardly even listen to music. I don't need ITunes.
The next most annoying media player is Real Audio Player. With its ads and spamtacular registration Its hardly worth installing
For it there is also a codec Real Alternative for Real Audio Player, but it doesn’t work with steaming audio, which is what you would want Real audio for in the first place. So it doesn’t seem to be worth it yet.
This time I’ve decided to keep my computer as clean of junk software as I can.
Other popular junk software I’m trying to avoid? Well, Let’s see: WinZip, QuickTime, ITunes, RealAudio, WinRar. Oh yeah and Symantec’s antivirus. I have had enough headaches because of it, I don’t want it.
