Is there any reason to have Realplayer, Quicktime player and windows mediaplayer?

Question

I only use windows should i delete other two?

Answer 1

Absolutely no reason for 3 different players.
Go to http://www.free-codecs.com and download the quicktime alternative and the real player alternative if you want them.
The alternatives, let you play quicktime and real video inside of your windows media player so you only need the one.

Answer 2

Well I surf the web a lot. I started with just Windows, then some sites needed one of the three, so I just kept all three. Windows is the best, but there are places where QuickTime or RealPlayer is what they use. It wouldn't hurt keeping all three, it's not a lot of memory. It's not even a GB I Think.

Answer 3

All three are needed for different formats of videos. if like you say you only use windows media player then go ahead and deleted the other two. But if you have an Ipod or u use Itunes you will be required to install quicktime otherwise it won't work. eitherway if you decide to uninstall the other two and later you need them you can install them again.

Answer 4

You can remove Quicktime, but keep Windows Media Player.

You can install VLC Media Player it will play Quicktime files:

http://www.videolan.org/vlc

Answer 5

RealPlayer plays Media with the .RM extension. Quicktime plays media with .MOV

Windows media player plays .WMV .WMA you should keep all of them, but if you had to, you can delete Realplayer and Quick time saftly. Don't remove windows media player, its native to XP.

Answer 6

You just need windows. Quicktime is only good when you need movies or videos thats for macs. realplayer is just garbage just get rid of it.

Answer 7

I would at least keep Quicktime. It plays Quicktime movies better than either of the other two (and even does high-def).

Answer 8

Yes

I hate realplayer and quicktime. Both are way too shlow and take up space.