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If you are using Windows, you can install Quicktime Alternative. Get it from http://www.free-codecs.com/

Same problem in Media Player Classic from QuickTime Alternative when playing a local file. I renamed to a shorter filename with your long filename tip, and now it works. :I

You know there's an alternative right?

Actually, the problem with realplayer was solved with realplayer alternative.

No more spyware, advertising, crappy "traybarprograms" clogging your system. No more autostart. No more shit. Just a codec that plays the fc*** files in the player of your choice.

Thanks for that. Have a good evening.

If you need to play RealMedia files but despise the official player, you can try the Media Player classic with the RealMedia codecs.

try this http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alte rnative.htm

but i use quicktime alternative...and it works!

I've been using it for the last year or so for exactly the same reason as you, and not had a problem.

Downloading the DivX codec didn't work well for me (2.8 GHz P4, Windoze XP SP1, WiMP 9). Here's what did work: FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2005-03-03 SSE. I also got sound instead of "corrupted(?) silence" as an earlier poster reported.

One thing that sucks about Quicktime... there is no full-screen mode, unless you pay for it, at least it is that way with Windows. However, if you don't want to pay for it, you can try Quicktime Alternative

QuickTime Alternative
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alte rnative.htm/

Get it here. However, it seems to have problems playing some specific files that lock up Media Player Classic. I have no idea what's up with that. Others are seeing this too.

Will this finally mean there's a realiable way to get rid of Realplayer?

On that note, there is some software out there that lets you play Realmedia files without installing that evil tripe onto your Windoze box. Behold Real Alternative

Real Audio has been one of the main reasons I find myself booting Linux daily instead of Windows, since there is a fantastic clean real audio player for UNIX variants.

Dude, no need to burden yourself with booting Linux... Real Alternative

And, before you ask, yeah, there is a similar codec pack for Quicktime. The Google incantation for it will be left as an excersize to the viewer. :-)

But why would the California Institute of Technology make it available only in real media format? They have a direct download link for real player but why not instead link the less intrusive real alternative It is nice to see that being a major technical university still does not even make you qualified to admin a small LAN of windows machines.

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternati ve.htm

Although less annoying, there's a Quicktime alternative too:

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alte rnative.htm

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternati ve.htm

Although less annoying, there's a Quicktime alternative too:

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alte rnative.htm

Actually you don't need RealPlayer. You can use RealAlternative with MediaPlayerClassic.

Works great for me.

Actually you don't need RealPlayer. You can use RealAlternative with MediaPlayerClassic.

Works great for me.

Haven't you heard of Real Alternative? This piece of software (codecs?) lets you view Real movies in WMP (or any other DirectShow player). And by the way, there's also QuickTime Alternative.

Haven't you heard of Real Alternative? This piece of software (codecs?) lets you view Real movies in WMP (or any other DirectShow player). And by the way, there's also QuickTime Alternative.

Try http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternati ve.htmReal alternative It does what RealPlayer does without the bloatware/adware which Realplayer has. It uses windows media classic which is a fairly lightweight media player for video mostly.

Go here to download the codec.

Aaah. So your argument against homosexuality boils down to the "proof" in the bible, yet your views on it have nothing at all to do with the only source of negative feeling that you have been so far able to provide. In other words, not only are you dogmatically upholding outmoded beliefs from an ancient text, but you are also denying that your grievances come from this source.

I obviously disagree with the "it's-disgusting-so-i-don't-want-my-children-to-se e-it" argument, but I find it more worrying that you do not seem to recognise that your prejudices against something that doesn't affect you in any way, could be coming from a more sinister source.

In closing, for the benefit of people who do believe that homosexuality is wrong solely on what's written in the Bible, I would like them (you?) to see a two and a half minute segment from a comedy series that screened in my home country some time ago. The segment is not immoral or in any way offensive to the Bible. It basically consists of an interviewer asking the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Dr Peter Jensen a question about a passage in the Bible (using comedic devices). Note how the Archbishop refuses to answer the very simple question, and has to resort to a humorous retort to avoid the embarrassment from doing so.

Paste the following link into RealPlayer, or download Real Alternative if you don't like Real Player (as I don't). You will have to remove the space between "story" and "11.rm" at the end for it to work.

rtsp://media1.abc.net.au/cnnnn/20031023_2100/story 11.rm

My point is that blindly following any source, be it the Bible, (a limited view of) the media, your mother, or your friend's cat is a recipe for unfounded intolerance and undue friction.

http://www.free-codecs.com/CoreVorbis_download.htm

Get Quicktime Alternative then? Works great for me. There isn't anything wrong with .mov AFAIK, and the download/installation of that package I linked to is quite quick and painless (Cable modem user speaking here, 7.5MB for latest ver), I really recommend Media Player Classic even if you don't want to get the Quicktime Alternative (It's bundled with the Alternative).

And I have to agree that the Quicktime player is one I avoid almost as much as the Real player. Eww to both of them. I do agree though that Xvid would be nice, just because choice == good. :)

What to do if you find yourself with a computer that's unable to play Realaudio, and you're at your wits' end with no hope of HHGTTG:

Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far.

Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far, which, given your current circumstances is more likely:

Consider how lucky you are that it won't be troubling you much longer.

Yeah, real clever. Showing that they have learned from past mistakes and have tried to correct them in their latest version.

"Tried to correct them," or, "Actually corrected them?" I will admit that I won't get within 20 feet of a Real product (I'd rather install something like Real Alternative), and so I don't know how much less crap Real 10 is, but simply from the interviewee's reply it sounds like it's still crap. For example, perhaps you can more easily (which is not the same as just "easily") turn off all of the background processes, but Real never should've started them in the first place. Real made their bed, now they get to sleep in it. One slightly-less-crap release isn't enough to erase years of abuse.

Heaven forbid they actually TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION! No. Slashdot hypocrites want nothing less than self immolation.

Self-immolation for Real would be a good start.

As far as Window's Media Player Messaging Center popping up with ads an shit, of course not! That is what Windows Messager is for!

Except that Windows Messenger:

1. Is easy to turn off (Tools->Options, Preferences tab)
2. Doesn't sign you up for alerts automatically. You won't get alerts (which are not adverts, but information like traffic reports, or what games your XBox Live! friends are currently playing) unless you sign up for specific alerts.
3. Has other redeeming qualities, like acting as a great IM client (all of my friends and I use Windows/MSN Messenger for IM; of course, my friends aren't 14 year old girls, else I'd probably use AIM instead).
4. Is not unnecessarily tied to a media player. Windows Messenger is tied to collaboration and communication tools like Outlook, Outlook Express, and certain components of Office, but that makes sense. It's not integrated with Windows Media Player, because that doesn't make sense. (Messenger may require WMP for some of its A/V collaboration features, but WMP does not require Messenger at all)

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   Give credit where credit is due. Real 10 (9?) was invasive and evil. Real 10 is a different animal and allows simple control over all of that.

   
   

   Credit, like respect, must be earned. You are entitled to neither, nor is Real. Until Real can consistently and reliably demonstrate that their sole goal is not to fuck me over six ways from Sunday, I'll stay away from their product.

Has anyone tried the ACE Codec Pack? Note that this site has the k-lite codec pack too.

Install Real Alternative, and you can play .rm files without installing RealOne or Realplayer.

Besides spyware, what annoys me is "user agents". Quicktime, RealPlayer, and Winamp all have little TSR's that load at start-up and eat megabytes of memory for "quality assurance" and "ease of use" purposes. I don't know how many times I've tried to disable qttask.exe or realsched.exe in my start up only to have it come back unexpectedly.

Besides spyware, what annoys me is "user agents". Quicktime, RealPlayer, and Winamp all have little TSR's that load at start-up and eat megabytes of memory for "quality assurance" and "ease of use" purposes. I don't know how many times I've tried to disable qttask.exe or realsched.exe in my start up only to have it come back unexpectedly.

You might not believe this, but there is a program called Real Alternative (as well as Quicktime Alternative) that allows you to play RealAudio and video with a third-party client. I installed it the other day...it works, and it doesn't force a reboot like Real's player.

RealAlternative

Even liberal news outlets such as DemocracyNow.org, Fair.org's Counterspin, and Air America Radio have, or still use Real exclusively, leaving me to shake my head at how little the proponents of "freedom" understand the world they are now living in.

The trick with qttask.exe is that you've got to rename the executable. qttask.exe.bak or the like.

Even with Sysinternals' ProceXP, Spybot, Ad-Aware, BHODaemon, Hijackthis, ect, I can't find the damn thing's entry point.

As far as Real goes, I'd recommend Real Alternative instead.

Sure there is. Go here, http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternati ve.htm Plays all the Real content that I have ever been interested in (which I can admit is very little.) (Additionally there are links to a Quicktime Alternative and Media Player Classic at that site as well.)

According to this post the patent fees for a DVD player work out to be about $20. The author is effectively anonymous, so hard to verify, but the DVD 6c fees are listed here and they are only part of the picture, so $20 may be the real deal.

Given that half the cost of the system goes to the patent holders (remind anyone of Microsoft?), it is no wonder that China has licensed On2 Technology's VP6 codec for a reported flat $2 a player for there own hi-def video disc standard.

That should get them out from under the thumb of the big-corp licensing fees at home and lead to a flood of DVD players in the USA that also support VP6. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if within a year or so we start seeing asian bootleggers who currently do VCDs and SVCDs switch over to bootleg VP6 discs that are higher quality than even any DVD.

Wouldn't that be some global karma for the pigopolists in hollywood? I, for one, am actually rooting for China on this.

Right, Live-Streams do rock! I mainly use Winamp for it however.

Just checked the link you posted. Its cool - and it works with Real Alternative (thats right, I'm still on Windooze! :)

But then again, maybe the Real Alternative-Build relies on Helix...and so its a Good Thing(TM) after all!
BTW: Yes, I am jealous about the going-back in the stream-feature... :)

Well, on Windows, there is probably no better player than Media Player Classic, which already can run Real stuff via Real Alternative. Also, mplayer is available for windows, though I've not tried playing Real with it outside Linux.

As for Real themselves, I kinda like what they are doing now, but old grudges die hard. I am torn between wanting to support people doing the right thing and feeling they haven't been punished nowhere near enough for past things yet.

Well, you can download Quicktime Alternative if you don't want to install quicktime. See also Real Alternitave

Well, you can download Quicktime Alternative if you don't want to install quicktime. See also Real Alternitave

Yeah, the spyware problem is so bad that I refuse to connect to any Real stream because I'd have to use RealPlayer. If Real weren't so underhanded about the spyware stuff, I'd be a lot more sympathetic toward their argument. As it is, Apple good, Real bad, even if Real happens to be right.

If you're using a windows box you can get Real Alternative.
Download Here

If you're using Linux there are w32 codec packages floating around for you to install which will allow you to play almost any media format. I'm not sure what is available for Macs since I don't own one.

Also, in this case shouldn't it be Apple bad, Real bad?

You forgot the real alternative choice. And it works in Mozilla 1.7.1 for windows.

I am working in multimedia production, including video. For lossless video compression (yuy, yuv or rgb) you can use HUFFYUV. The original site have vanished but some goggling will lend you to this.

I used it for lossless outputs, lossless hi-res projections etc... stable and all, it think it's free software.

I am working in multimedia production, including video. For lossless video compression (yuy, yuv or rgb) you can use HUFFYUV. The original site have vanished but some goggling will lend you to this.

I used it for lossless outputs, lossless hi-res projections etc... stable and all, it think it's free software.

Don't Laugh (sorry for the RM file - use if you don't have it already).

You don't need to install realplayer if you use windows. Media player classic with real alternative works with this site, I just tried it.

Sites hosting real alternative seem to come and go. This link looks legit though I havn't tried it. I'm really cautious about exe's from the web these days.

Quicktime alternative is also worth getting. On one computer I had to
experiment with the directx settings to get it to play video properly.

Yeah, because the second they do, someone would write a better implementation of it, then someone would port it to mplayer, then nobody would ever need to use Real's software again.

There already is a better implementation. One without the annoying UI. One that doesn't take any opportunity to associate itself with all media file extensions. One that plays real media files. One that is the Real Alternative, hey it comes with Windows Media Player Classic too!

why don't you try Real Alternative? all the Real-only content, none of the crap!

So it looks like I will be sticking with Real Alternative

Why do some many open source developers limit their program to just the linux world? On my main workstation (XP box - don't work, I have linux servers just about everywhere), I have Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird, FileZilla, Nvu, OpenOffice, VideoLAN, GAIM, Dev C++, and many more.

I'm going to wait until the trailer is in a video format that doesn't require me to run bloated software, before I see it.

My dear Cinderella, you shall go to the ball.