what free components do I need to download in order to watch news videos on my computer?

Answer 1

If you are encountering problems this could be because you have JavaScript turned off.
To turn JavaScript on, try contacting your computer's administrators, or follow the instructions for your browser type below:

Internet Explorer for Windows

Go to the Tools menu in IE and choose Internet Options.

Next click the Security tab.

Make sure the Internet Zone is highlighted and press the Custom Level button to open the security options.

Look for the entry near the bottom of the list which says Scripting, then Active Scripting and make sure 'enabled' is the option selected under Active Scripting.

Press OK to close the panels. Now try selecting another link to video or audio from the site.

If you are told you don't have permission to make these changes, contact your computer's administrator, or technical support.

Answer 2

That actually depends on what format the news site puts its programs out on. You should basically go to the site and try to play the news program, when you do that if you don't already have the right program it should tell you and direct you to a site to download what you need.

Answer 3

Real Player, Winamp, QuickTime(now
a RealPlayer partner), MusicMatch. To play .ram
files you need RealPlayer. QuickTime plays
.mov files, which I am skeptical of. Google
Videos do not require any special software,
but you need broadband because those are
streaming media.

Answer 4

Most of the sites require you to have windows media player or real player. 2 other major video players are quicktime, and div x.

Download these 4 and you should be able to view almost anything online....

http://www.divx.com/divx/windows/

http://www.real.com/

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/player/win.html

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/default.mspx

Websites like google video require you to have flash player installed, if you right click on a video it will say "flash player".

http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash