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RealOne Player for Mac OS X

Posted by pudge on from the it-is-about-time dept.

JakiChan writes "Finally Mac OS X users can view stunning RealAudio and RealVideo streams. OmniWeb doesn't seem to like it, but IE and Moz appear to play embedded streams just fine." Be careful, it's a beta.

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  1. "Stunning?" by 1010011010 · · Score: 2, Informative


    Oh, please. Real is not "stunning," and their software is annoying.

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    1. Re:"Stunning?" by Dark+Paladin · · Score: 3, Informative

      I completely agree.

      I don't use real. Ever. I'm trying to remember the last time I had to use it - DivX:)/Mpeg4 is just as small, and looks much better. Most movie trailers are done as Quicktime. I think the last time I *had* to use the Real format was to view the Kingdom Hearts trailer (stupid Squaresoft).

      Real is just too annoying, between the "if you don't click the 50 billion options you'll be bugged every time you blink - oh, and we'll forget them later and take control of every friggin' media type on your computer! Thanks!", and the crappy video quality.

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