good FLV player?

Once again looking for a good FLV player for 98. Seems as FLV technology
develops newer FLVs won't play. Yes I have VLC. Usually plays everything
but just don't care for it. Have Winamp too. Only plays SOME FLV's with
FFDSHOW. Would like a small standalone package.

Tried ANVSOFT v2 this morning and it would be OK were it not for
'calling home' every startup checking for newer version!

Any good software you can pass along?

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Once again looking for a good FLV player for 98. Seems as FLV technology
develops newer FLVs won't play. Yes I have VLC. Usually plays everything
but just don't care for it. Have Winamp too. Only plays SOME FLV's with
FFDSHOW. Would like a small standalone package.

Tried ANVSOFT v2 this morning and it would be OK were it not for
'calling home' every startup checking for newer version!

Can't you set your firewall to block that particular software (or won't
it work at all unless it has called to mummy)? (I presume it doesn't
have a setting where you can turn off this "feature".)

Any good software you can pass along?



--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

"We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will
eventually reproduce the entire Works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the
Internet, we know this is not true." Robert Wilensky, computer science
division,
University of California Digital Library Project, 1996 (Computing 1999-12-16)

In message , someone watching
writes:
Once again looking for a good FLV player for 98. Seems as FLV technology
develops newer FLVs won't play. Yes I have VLC. Usually plays everything
but just don't care for it. Have Winamp too. Only plays SOME FLV's with
FFDSHOW. Would like a small standalone package.

Tried ANVSOFT v2 this morning and it would be OK were it not for
'calling home' every startup checking for newer version!

Can't you set your firewall to block that particular software (or won't
it work at all unless it has called to mummy)? (I presume it doesn't
have a setting where you can turn off this "feature".)

Any good software you can pass along?



--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

"We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will
eventually reproduce the entire Works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the
Internet, we know this is not true." Robert Wilensky, computer science
division,
University of California Digital Library Project, 1996 (Computing 1999-12-16)

someone watching wrote:
Once again looking for a good FLV player for 98. Seems as FLV technology
develops newer FLVs won't play. Yes I have VLC. Usually plays everything
but just don't care for it. Have Winamp too. Only plays SOME FLV's with
FFDSHOW. Would like a small standalone package.

Tried ANVSOFT v2 this morning and it would be OK were it not for
'calling home' every startup checking for newer version!

Any good software you can pass along?




No way to help you as the one application you have that works...
you don't like.

(sheesh)

someone watching wrote:
Once again looking for a good FLV player for 98. Seems as FLV technology
develops newer FLVs won't play. Yes I have VLC. Usually plays everything
but just don't care for it. Have Winamp too. Only plays SOME FLV's with
FFDSHOW. Would like a small standalone package.

Tried ANVSOFT v2 this morning and it would be OK were it not for
'calling home' every startup checking for newer version!

Any good software you can pass along?




No way to help you as the one application you have that works...
you don't like.

(sheesh)

Can't you set your firewall to block that particular software (or won't
it work at all unless it has called to mummy)? (I presume it doesn't
have a setting where you can turn off this "feature".)


Your presumption is right, no SW option to turn off! I don't use a firewall
but reply on a NAT router, HOSTS file and a few other tricks to keep things
at bay. Did consider a firewall may be the only way to stop it phoning home.
ZA on my W2K setup works well but generally like to keep software add-ons to
a minimum (better performance/stability/usability that way). And, seemed
easier to see if someone here had found something I did not!

Still looking ...

Can't you set your firewall to block that particular software (or won't
it work at all unless it has called to mummy)? (I presume it doesn't
have a setting where you can turn off this "feature".)


Your presumption is right, no SW option to turn off! I don't use a firewall
but reply on a NAT router, HOSTS file and a few other tricks to keep things
at bay. Did consider a firewall may be the only way to stop it phoning home.
ZA on my W2K setup works well but generally like to keep software add-ons to
a minimum (better performance/stability/usability that way). And, seemed
easier to see if someone here had found something I did not!

Still looking ...

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:05:58 -0500, "someone watching"
wrote:

|Once again looking for a good FLV player for 98. Seems as FLV technology
|develops newer FLVs won't play. Yes I have VLC. Usually plays everything
|but just don't care for it. Have Winamp too. Only plays SOME FLV's with
|FFDSHOW. Would like a small standalone package.
|
|Tried ANVSOFT v2 this morning and it would be OK were it not for
|'calling home' every startup checking for newer version!
|
|Any good software you can pass along?

The no frills Riva FLV player, http://rivavx.de/index.php?id=422&L=3,
has worked on 98 for any flv's I've downloaded. Free and small, so
give it a try.

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:05:58 -0500, "someone watching"
wrote:

|Once again looking for a good FLV player for 98. Seems as FLV technology
|develops newer FLVs won't play. Yes I have VLC. Usually plays everything
|but just don't care for it. Have Winamp too. Only plays SOME FLV's with
|FFDSHOW. Would like a small standalone package.
|
|Tried ANVSOFT v2 this morning and it would be OK were it not for
|'calling home' every startup checking for newer version!
|
|Any good software you can pass along?

The no frills Riva FLV player, http://rivavx.de/index.php?id=422&L=3,
has worked on 98 for any flv's I've downloaded. Free and small, so
give it a try.

Gave it a try, worked well.
Thanks
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On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:05:58 -0500, "someone watching"
wrote:

|Once again looking for a good FLV player for 98. Seems as FLV technology
|develops newer FLVs won't play. Yes I have VLC. Usually plays everything
|but just don't care for it. Have Winamp too. Only plays SOME FLV's with
|FFDSHOW. Would like a small standalone package.
|
|Tried ANVSOFT v2 this morning and it would be OK were it not for
|'calling home' every startup checking for newer version!
|
|Any good software you can pass along?

The no frills Riva FLV player, http://rivavx.de/index.php?id=422&L=3,
has worked on 98 for any flv's I've downloaded. Free and small, so
give it a try.