Video player for avi and mp4 ONLY

[Clannad_92]

hi there...
soon i have to leave my home...i feel pity of my lil bro because in my desktop there is no video player...
so i want some suggestion on what video player for avi and mp4 ONLY...
the reason? i have tons of anime (most of them are ecchi anime, not hentai)...

i have thought about selecting avi and mp4 option in k-lite, but what if he select "open with k lite"...

so basically i want 2 thing;
1. video player for avi and mp4 ONLY
2. if above not available, can you all tell me how to prevent the "open with k lite"?

thanks~

[vuzedome]

VLC? Associate all avi and mp4 with it and you're done.

[Bob2004]

So, wait, am I right in thinking that you want to block him from being able to play any type of video other than avi and mp4? Why on earth would you want to do that? And if that's not the case, what's wrong with just using Windows Media Player?

[Clannad_92]

VLC? Associate all avi and mp4 with it and you're done.

gonna try them...

So, wait, am I right in thinking that you want to block him from being able to play any type of video other than avi and mp4? Why on earth would you want to do that? And if that's not the case, what's wrong with just using Windows Media Player?

youre right...i never thought of WMP (well, i removed them)...gonna try them

(click to show/hide)

hmmm, why did i remove WMP...

[Freedom Kira]

Do you always download non-ecchi to avi/mp4 and all ecchi to other formats or something? o.O

[megido-rev.M]

As far as AVI an MP4 go, they are standard formats and practically all media players are supposed to support playback for them. Why inhibit other formats though?

[vuzedome]

As far as AVI an MP4 go, they are standard formats and practically all media players are supposed to support playback for them. Why inhibit other formats though?

It should be obvious what Clannad_92 is trying to do. Trying to keep all the ecchi stuff which are in MKV away from the lil-bro.

[megido-rev.M]

^ Then perhaps it could work, so long as said lil-bro knows nothing about installing video players.

[Clannad_92]

Do you always download non-ecchi to avi/mp4 and all ecchi to other formats or something? o.O

well, almost all anime that i owned is ecchi in mkv(from this site, look at my active and wishlist)

As far as AVI an MP4 go, they are standard formats and practically all media players are supposed to support playback for them. Why inhibit other formats though?

It should be obvious what Clannad_92 is trying to do. Trying to keep all the ecchi stuff which are in MKV away from the lil-bro.

ahahaha...so true

^ Then perhaps it could work, so long as said lil-bro knows nothing about installing video players.

good thing that he doesnt know anything...



btw, i have tried WMP alone(no codec) and guess what, MKV cant be played...so me and my anime is safe...
but the thing is, if an anime, let say conan, is in mkv, i have to convert them to avi or mp4...
and thanks to this >

And if that's not the case, what's wrong with just using Windows Media Player?

[Bob2004]

btw, i have tried WMP alone(no codec) and guess what, MKV cant be played...so me and my anime is safe...
but the thing is, if an anime, let say conan, is in mkv, i have to convert them to avi or mp4...
and thanks to this >

And if that's not the case, what's wrong with just using Windows Media Player?

What version of Windows do you have? And I don't mean just XP/Vista/7, but also Home Premium/Professional/Ultimate/etc. If you have, I think it's Professional or above, you can use local security policies to block users from executing specific programs - thus allowing you to leave MPC or whatever installed so you can open mkv files, but block your brother from accessing it.

Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy. Right Click on Software Restriction Policies on the left and add one. Then Right click on the Additional Rules subitem that appears, choose New Hash Rule, point it to the program you want to block (eg. MPC), make sure it's set to disallowed, and click OK. Presto, the application is blocked.

Only thing is, that might block everyone from running it, including you. Under Software Restriction Policies > Enforcement, you can set it to not apply to administrators (so if you're an admin, but your brother's not, he'll be blocked but you won't), but I don't think you can get much more fine-grained control than that easily.

There's probably a more elegant solution for applying rules to specific users or groups, but I'm no expert on systems administration, so I'm not sure what it would be.

EDIT: If you have Windows 7 Enterprise or Ultimate, you can use Applocker to block a specific user from executing a specific application. Local Security Policy > Application Control > Applocker.

[Clannad_92]

What version of Windows do you have? And I don't mean just XP/Vista/7, but also Home Premium/Professional/Ultimate/etc. If you have, I think it's Professional or above, you can use local security policies to block users from executing specific programs - thus allowing you to leave MPC or whatever installed so you can open mkv files, but block your brother from accessing it.

Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy. Right Click on Software Restriction Policies on the left and add one. Then Right click on the Additional Rules subitem that appears, choose New Hash Rule, point it to the program you want to block (eg. MPC), make sure it's set to disallowed, and click OK. Presto, the application is blocked.

Only thing is, that might block everyone from running it, including you. Under Software Restriction Policies > Enforcement, you can set it to not apply to administrators (so if you're an admin, but your brother's not, he'll be blocked but you won't), but I don't think you can get much more fine-grained control than that easily.

There's probably a more elegant solution for applying rules to specific users or groups, but I'm no expert on systems administration, so I'm not sure what it would be.

EDIT: If you have Windows 7 Enterprise or Ultimate, you can use Applocker to block a specific user from executing a specific application. Local Security Policy > Application Control > Applocker.

might worth mentioning it...Win7 Ultimate64...
and thanks for the tips, but i dont think i'll use it + my desktop is public, anyone can use it (my family)...with the WMP thinggy that you suggest (still wondering why i removed it), my lil bro can watch conan without opening my anime~

thanks again~

[FlyinPenguin]

I use MPlayer with the SMplayer front end in both Linux and Windows (for the rare 1% of the time I actually use it) and it works flawlessly for avi and mp4 playback, as well as any other format you throw at it (including 10bit). I am using it in 64bit environments btw.

I used to use MPC-HC in Windows but as of late it seems to be very unstable, at least for me.