Hi
Has anyone tried it? I'm installing media players onto my new pc and I thought I would use it instead of Real One. What's your opionion of it compared to the original? Are there any downsides to it?
Thanks
Garry.
Real Alternative?
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Barbed Wire Kiss Barbed Wire Kiss https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=6926
- KVRian
- 1353 posts since 28 Apr, 2003 from The brief past.
"God...He's my favourite fictional character." Homer.
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- KVRist
- 302 posts since 25 Jun, 2005
It's good, it plays .rm clips via media player classic which is very basic.. but hey, it works without all the crap that real installs, you cant go through the real network channels as you can with the real one player, but if you all you want is .rm playback.. Its ideal.
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- KVRAF
- 4074 posts since 28 Apr, 2004
mp classic is much more pleasant, real (while no doubt being very fully featured) just installs shite eveywhere, fills up your toolbar and is generally overly over complex.
i'm sure you can turn all of that off though, i just can't be bothered. it's no doubt very good if set up right.
steve.
i'm sure you can turn all of that off though, i just can't be bothered. it's no doubt very good if set up right.
steve.
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- The Teach
- 8273 posts since 23 Jul, 2002 from flatness
do it ... just grab the quicktime alternative too while youre at it ...
slainte
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- KVRian
- 781 posts since 26 Feb, 2004 from UK
yep, i use real and quicktime alternative they are great.
The upsides of using them as opposed to the actual players is you don't have to put up with the buggy, sluggy overbloated pieces of shite they actaully are
The upsides of using them as opposed to the actual players is you don't have to put up with the buggy, sluggy overbloated pieces of shite they actaully are
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Lawnmower Of The Damned Lawnmower Of The Damned https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=29783
- KVRian
- 850 posts since 16 Jun, 2004
I completely agree.Pawel wrote:yep, i use real and quicktime alternative they are great.
The upsides of using them as opposed to the actual players is you don't have to put up with the buggy, sluggy overbloated pieces of shite they actaully are
Excuse all the blood.
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- KVRian
- 680 posts since 3 Jan, 2003 from Around the Greater Tokyo area of Japan
The only thing I use nowadays is VLC. It plays everything IMHO, and even if it does a slightly less-than-satisfactory job of playing obscure formats (e.g., some crazy-ass Xvid/Ogg file with insane VBR), it's still an improvement over something like WMP which won't even load the file. But honestly I've never tried VLC with any RealMedia because I avoid that format like the plague...
And another nice feature of VLC (aside from the price - free!) is that you can just download a zipped archive and run the executable from your desktop in case you don't have the necessary access privileges to do a full-blown installation... i.e. a computer at work!
And another nice feature of VLC (aside from the price - free!) is that you can just download a zipped archive and run the executable from your desktop in case you don't have the necessary access privileges to do a full-blown installation... i.e. a computer at work!
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- KVRAF
- 7413 posts since 8 Feb, 2003 from London, UK
I couldn't find an ALAC (quicktime) codec for VLC. Nor have I seen realmedia codec(s) for it. And I can't get it to use my Echo soundcard. So I generally stick with Foobar2000 (new beta has ALAC). But VLC is a very nice player.
What's the URL for the *alternatives, btw?
What's the URL for the *alternatives, btw?
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- KVRian
- 901 posts since 1 Dec, 2003
Just Google "Real Alternative" and "Quicktime Alternative"pljones wrote:What's the URL for the *alternatives, btw?
There's loads of download spots. Here's one...
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video ... native.cfm
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video ... native.cfm
I'm not familiar with a main download site, if there is one.
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Barbed Wire Kiss Barbed Wire Kiss https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=6926
- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1353 posts since 28 Apr, 2003 from The brief past.
Shit, I hadn't considered an alternative to quicktime! That would be great as I hate that it always asks me to upgrade to pro when starting up.
I'm also thinking of using winamp, as it's already my music player. I need to find a plugin to control the volume of multiple instances first though as I like to watch some videos while playing music. But then again I'm reading a thread on winamp's site which makes the whole procedure of setting up winamp to play mov and rm files very complicated.
Interestingly, according to afterdawn.com there's a hack called RealMedia Splitter that allows WMP to play rm files - as long as Real/Alternaive is installed of course.
I'm also thinking of using winamp, as it's already my music player. I need to find a plugin to control the volume of multiple instances first though as I like to watch some videos while playing music. But then again I'm reading a thread on winamp's site which makes the whole procedure of setting up winamp to play mov and rm files very complicated.
Interestingly, according to afterdawn.com there's a hack called RealMedia Splitter that allows WMP to play rm files - as long as Real/Alternaive is installed of course.
"God...He's my favourite fictional character." Homer.
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- KVRAF
- 2327 posts since 13 Apr, 2004 from Vancouver, Canada
Agreed... Both are really good if all you want is either Real or Quicktime format playback...pHz wrote:do it ... just grab the quicktime alternative too while youre at it ...
slainte
Damn do I hate it when these software companies take hold of your OS and force you to have things THEIR way... Ghaaa... I'll never say anything good about realnetworks after the last time I installed their player...
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- KVRAF
- 7413 posts since 8 Feb, 2003 from London, UK
Found it: http://www.codecguide.com/Landphil wrote:I'm not familiar with a main download site, if there is one.pljones wrote:What's the URL for the *alternatives, btw?
And I'd missed vlc 0.8.2 being released, which I spotted on their "other downloads" page. Every little helps... (And I managed to get vlc082 to talk to my Echo Mia, which is nice. It still crashes much more than foobar...)
Still, vlc 0.8.2 won't play this quicktime stream
