[PCWorks] A way to play Real Media (.rm) files on MPC (Was: Re:Where can you ACTUALLY DOWNLOAD RealPlayer?)
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:47:39 -0500
John I never received your post, I only saw it when David
replied on it. I'm glad I saw it because it had the method I
really wanted, and that is MPC playing .rm files. That's the
best thing that could happen, now we don't have to jack around
with RealPlayer BS. I installed "Real Alternative" you
mentioned and now MPC will play all .rm files, so there's no
need for RealPlayer! HA!!
Karl, Ed, Hugh, David, & John, there's a few things one may
have to do to do this. Apparently the download gives you the
Codecs needed to play Real media (.rm) files on any MPC (Media
Player Classic) version. But it also installs an OLD version
of MPC, build 81. I have build 98. I don't know if this will
still work if you uncheck to install the MPC version or not, it
probably will if the Codecs are still installed.
When I would play a .rm file, or a .avi file, or other, I had
THREE different builds playing them (81, 91 and 98). That kept
happening even after "Open with....." and selecting build 98.
So I had to delete all MPC's I found on my HD except the one I
put in the "Windows Media Player" folder which was v98. That
enabled v98 to open and play ALL media types, including .rm
files.
The only problem I see is when playing .rm files, there's no
longer the seek controls. There's just stop, play & pause, the
rest are grayed out for some reason. ??
So I highly recommend it. No more RealPlayer issues.
Now there's one thing and one thing only I liked about
RealPlayer, and that's this latest version I tried a few days
ago added a "button" to all .rm embedded files that allowed you
to download the video in one click. You'd right click (or
hover) the clip and see the download link. I tried all sorts
of types of these things and NONE of them worked until I tried
the RealPlayer method. So the question now is how to get that
back without having to install the full RealPlayer? I would
you guess you cannot and you'd still have to install RealPlayer
but just delete it (the main file) along with all its intrusive
"call home" files.
-Clint
God Bless,
Clint Hamilton, Owner
www.OrpheusComputing.com
www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
www.OrpheusComputing.com/PCworks-computer-help-email-list.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Grossman"
I don't like either RealPlayer or QuickTime. They (and some
other programs,
most notably FLV players and some DVD players) automatically
take over the
Associations from other programs such as .WAV files, without
asking
permission. You then have to undo their mess by changing the
Associations
back, or by clicking on Open With...
I don't like programs that take control over the computer away
from me, even
though it is correctable. I'd rather use an "inferior" product
that is more
polite.
Clint's footer says "God Bless." Well, somehow, that's quite
different from
what I have in mind after I install those invasive,
control-freak programs.
David Grossman
> -----Original Message-----
>
>
> A while back people were pushing Real Alternative as a way of
> being rid
> of the aggravations of RealPlayer. See
> http://www.codecguide.com/download_real.htm
>
> Is this a serious option? Has anyone had any experience with
> this?
>
> It seems there's also an alternative version of QuickTime,
> which is
> another PITA.
>
> They are both on my ever-growing list of "to do" jobs which I
> never get
> around to :-(
>
> John
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin"
>
>
> > Does anyone have any idea where you can download RealPlayer
> > instead of their stupid downloader? I'd like to have the
> > REAL
> > FULL program! Any does anyone know which version is the
> > best?
> > I had the latest installed the other day and I hated it.
> > It
> > kept crashing or freezing up, kept trying to "call home"
> > even
> > with files on my PC, and even though the updater was
> > DELETED,
> > it kept trying to do this! I had to delete the scheduler
> > to
> > stop it from running all the time!
> > Thanks,
> > -Clint
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