Quicktime / Real Player alternatives

If you are like me then you hate when applications install a bunch of garbage on top of the main application. Or they have the nerve to think I need to be running their application 24/7, have it keep chcking for updates, phone home with usage studies, or just push bloat to my system.

Two applications I vowed to never install again was Quicktime and Real Player. These two applications are notorious for being nothing but bloatware. With alot of sites video blogging and pushing content in Quicktime format I needed something to view these. Along comes the alternatives to the rescue (I have only installed the Quicktime and it work great)

Quicktime Alternative:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm

Real Alternative:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm