Media player not working

amstel2

Hi

I have been trying to download music & videos from various sites but WMP wont open to download. I have also downloaded Real Player & am having the same prob with that. What am i doing wrong, any ideas.

My O/S is Windows Vista.

Thanks

-TangleFoot-

amstel2 wrote: »

I have been trying to download music & videos from various sites...

Care to be more specific? Wildly guessing at this juncture would be counter-productive.

amstel2

When i have downloaded in the past just had to click on a video when playing & it started to download. Recently had to have my computer fixed after losing everything. I have reinstalled WMP & Real Player but when i click on a video to download nothing happens. Hope this helps.

My browser is IE9.

tHANKS

-TangleFoot-

amstel2 wrote: »

...when i click on a video to download nothing happens.

Where? In places such as YouTube, clicking on a video just makes it play.

amstel2

What i meant was that prev if i remember right just use to click video to play then let cursor hover or right click over a video (can't remeber for sure) & a box would come up saying download video just clicked on it. Thats not happening know.

Contains_Mild_Peril

On my computer, I can use RealPlayer to download from Youtube on Internet Explorer using the "download" tab which appears at the top of videos, but it doesn't work on Firefox (I can't remember which versions I'm using but I don't think they're the latest: I resist invitations to "upgrade" if everything important works in the version(s) I'm using). My WMP is broken and I can't do much with it.

Willing2Learn

I've never tried to download videos like that or used realplayer but thought I would check on a virtual machine (as I can't sleep, I'm bored and it passes the time)

Anyhow, when installing RealPlayer and after you have accepted the license agreement, you get to the "Installations Options" screen

For the Downloading and Recording option you want to have a tick in the tickbox for "Enable Browser Download Button". This will install the optional browser plug-in, which allows you to download internet videos directly from web pages.

Click on the "Accept" button and voila. Once installation complete the download button appears whenever you hover over a video on a website.

santer_2

Have you tried with Firefox or Palemoon and net video hunter, it places a blue button in the taskbar and flashes if the video can be downloaded, click the blue button, select the video(s) click download selected.

http://netvideohunter.com/

You can watch any number of videos then click the blue button to see the list of watched videos, then select any you want

I use it with VLC Player

-TangleFoot-

amstel2 wrote: »

Thats not happening know.

That would likely be down to a browser plug-in rather than your choice of media player. Though RP might include just such a plugin, there are myriad alternatives to be found all over the 'net.

Alas, most of them don't work with IE.