How to turn off the hardware acceleration on various media players


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Here's how to turn off the hardware acceleration on various media players.

Since players are always being updated, treat these instructions as approximate.

QuickTime Player	1 Open QuickTime Player. 2 Click Edit / Preferences / QuickTime Preferences. 3 Click the Advanced tab. 4 Checkmark Safe mode (GDI only). 5 Close and restart the player.
RealPlayer	Real Player version 10 ignores its own setting for hardware acceleration. So, do this instead.
Winamp	1 Open Winamp. 2 Click Options / Preferences. 3 Under General Preferences, select Video. 4 Uncheck Allow hardware video overlay. 5 Close and restart the player.
AOL Player	Turn off hardware acceleration by following the instructions here, then capture normally with CaptureWizPro.

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