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rekinom · 05-02-2003, 05:35 PM

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poof · 05-02-2003, 08:56 PM

Beats me. I suppose the best thing you can do is ignore, not select, anything that contains the horrible realplayer.

I know this did not answer your question, but, realplayer is just so bad, I hate it. If more people tell the vendors that realplayer sucks, maybe it will go away.

Right, fungus will go away also. Sorry I don't have a fungus cure for realplayer.

fracturedmind · 05-02-2003, 09:10 PM

Something I installed recently played .ram and .ra files also ... hmm, I want to guess at Windows Media Player 9 or Winamp ... at a blank here, and yeah ... I hate Realplayer as much as you, and I hear the pain.

Empty_One · 05-02-2003, 09:41 PM

I'm almost positive you need real player. I think wmp may be able to play older ram files, but there may have been a lawsuit, not really sure. Anyway, I had to install it if I wanted to listen to ra files under linux. Man, what a crappy player that P.O.S. is.

Yay propriatary audio formats!

BoCo · 05-02-2003, 09:55 PM

It sucks, but it's no where near as bad as Quicktime.

SecretMethod70 · 05-02-2003, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Empty_One
I'm almost positive you need real player. I think wmp may be able to play older ram files, but there may have been a lawsuit, not really sure. Anyway, I had to install it if I wanted to listen to ra files under linux. Man, what a crappy player that P.O.S. is.

Yay propriatary audio formats!

I forget what player it is, but one of them (I think xine, or maybe mplayer, or perhaps xmms, I really forget

) has a reaplayer extention. You have to install the libraries of course but no need to install the player. This is what I've done in Linux but I haven't had to play RealMedia yet so I'm not sure which player it is.

As for Windows, if there's a way in Linux I would think there's probably a way there as well, but I could be wrong.

termnl · 05-02-2003, 11:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SecretMethod70
I forget what player it is, but one of them (I think xine, or maybe mplayer, or perhaps xmms, I really forget ) has a reaplayer extention. You have to install the libraries of course but no need to install the player. This is what I've done in Linux but I haven't had to play RealMedia yet so I'm not sure which player it is.

As for Windows, if there's a way in Linux I would think there's probably a way there as well, but I could be wrong.

Xine does it fine for me. Mplayer might do it too. (in linux)

Media Player Classic can play rm files if the codecs are installed...
http://vobsub.edensrising.com/mpc.php

HelixDNA Player will do it too.
https://www.helixcommunity.org/2002/intro/client

madsenj37 · 05-02-2003, 11:37 PM

try VLC , its plays all types of formats and is availible for all types of OSs.

billcollins · 05-03-2003, 12:51 PM

mplayer for linux has realplayer extentions.... i know they have a mplayer for Windows, but i dunno if the extention is avaliable.

I hate realplayer too. Quicktime isn't a virus like realplayer, it's just coded poorly.

madsenj37 · 05-03-2003, 08:31 PM

Apple purposely doesnt code Quicktime for Windows to the same standards as they do on Mac OS. Its probably for the same reason that Internet Explorer on Mac isnt as good as Internet Explorer on Windows (features and standards wise at least). As for realplayer, its not that good on any platform that I have used it on.

bannet · 05-03-2003, 09:11 PM

Real Player does suck ha a lot of trouble with it. Just got a new player JETAUDIO I can now listen to my favorite radio station thats only support real player. I can record convert file and i think it plays real audio it can convert files to ie check it out
http://www.jetaudio.com/

a1t3r3g0 · 05-03-2003, 11:44 PM

I dunno about Quicktime being that bad. I used to hate it, but recent versions have given me no problems.

05-02-2003, 05:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
rekinom Crazy Join Date: Apr 2003	Playing Real Media without installing Real Player? Post removed. Last edited by rekinom; 06-04-2006 at 08:32 AM.

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fracturedmind Crazy Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Dallas, TX	Something I installed recently played .ram and .ra files also ... hmm, I want to guess at Windows Media Player 9 or Winamp ... at a blank here, and yeah ... I hate Realplayer as much as you, and I hear the pain. __________________ It won't give up, it wants me dead, god damn this voice inside my head.
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BoCo Fear the bunny Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Hanging off the tip of the Right Wing	It sucks, but it's no where near as bad as Quicktime. __________________ Activism is a way for useless people to feel important.

05-02-2003, 11:37 PM	#8 (permalink)
madsenj37 Still searching... Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NorCal For Life	try VLC , its plays all types of formats and is availible for all types of OSs. __________________ "Only two things are certain: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe." -- Albert Einstein

05-03-2003, 08:31 PM	#10 (permalink)
madsenj37 Still searching... Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NorCal For Life	Apple purposely doesnt code Quicktime for Windows to the same standards as they do on Mac OS. Its probably for the same reason that Internet Explorer on Mac isnt as good as Internet Explorer on Windows (features and standards wise at least). As for realplayer, its not that good on any platform that I have used it on. __________________ "Only two things are certain: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe." -- Albert Einstein

05-02-2003, 08:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
poof Psycho Join Date: Apr 2003	Beats me. I suppose the best thing you can do is ignore, not select, anything that contains the horrible realplayer. I know this did not answer your question, but, realplayer is just so bad, I hate it. If more people tell the vendors that realplayer sucks, maybe it will go away. Right, fungus will go away also. Sorry I don't have a fungus cure for realplayer.

05-02-2003, 09:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
Empty_One Addict Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI	I'm almost positive you need real player. I think wmp may be able to play older ram files, but there may have been a lawsuit, not really sure. Anyway, I had to install it if I wanted to listen to ra files under linux. Man, what a crappy player that P.O.S. is. Yay propriatary audio formats!

05-03-2003, 12:51 PM	#9 (permalink)
billcollins Tilted Join Date: Apr 2003	mplayer for linux has realplayer extentions.... i know they have a mplayer for Windows, but i dunno if the extention is avaliable. I hate realplayer too. Quicktime isn't a virus like realplayer, it's just coded poorly.

05-03-2003, 09:11 PM	#11 (permalink)
bannet Tilted Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Canada	Real Player does suck ha a lot of trouble with it. Just got a new player JETAUDIO I can now listen to my favorite radio station thats only support real player. I can record convert file and i think it plays real audio it can convert files to ie check it out http://www.jetaudio.com/

05-03-2003, 11:44 PM	#12 (permalink)
a1t3r3g0 Psycho Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1	I dunno about Quicktime being that bad. I used to hate it, but recent versions have given me no problems.