To disable video overlays in RealOne Player, go to Tools ???
Preferences ??? Hardware ??? Video card compatibility. Move
the slider to the left until Enabled optimized video and disable
overlays appears beneath.
Simplify Your Media Players
The Windows Media Player has lots of interesting features and gadgets,
most of which just get in the way when all you want to do is play a simple
video. Of course, it looks downright minimalistic compared with Real Networks??™
cumbersome RealPlayer. Fortunately, you have a few choices.
To switch to the simpler Windows Media Player window, just press Ctrl-2 to
switch to Skin Mode. (Or, press Alt to show the normally hidden menu, and
then select View ??? Skin Mode.) The default skin is ???Corporate,??? but you can
choose another skin by clicking Alt and selecting View ??? Skin Chooser.
Alternatively, Media Player Classic, available for free at http://sourceforge.net/
projects/guliverkli/, can take the place of Windows Media Player, RealPlayer,
and QuickTime Player. It has a slimmed-down interface (shown in Figure 4-6),
doesn??™t need to be installed (it??™s just a standalone .exe file), and plays just about
any video format. (Really, it??™s just replacement ???shell??? that ties into the playback
engines that come with the aforementioned media player applications.)
Aside from the streamlined interface and its ability to handle just about any
video format, Media Player Classic has several features that make it worth
using.
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