Alternate Video players and Codecs

[whuh?]

Real Player Alternative (http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm)
Can use windows media player to play real player files

Quicktime Alternative (http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm)
Can use wmp to play quicktime files

VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/)(suggested by somedude)
a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

install, have fun.

[lucky644]

It's good for people to know there are alternatives.

[HostileIntent]

well, two other good ones are Media Player Classic which will play almost anything as well as BS Player which is a great low resource video player

[Somedude]

well, two other good ones are Media Player Classic which will play almost anything as well as BS Player which is a great low resource video player

Both are codec dependant.

[Mirsky]

Personally I like Radlight but most AntiSpyware proggies flag it as containing "possile" adware.