Real Player alternatives

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 3:15 pm

I had my PC reformated - I think that's what it's called - and I need an alternative to Real Player.
There has been mention of such alternatives here in the past but I don't get on so well with the search function so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Slan,
D.

Post by **Dale** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 3:18 pm

Hm. I use WINAMP for most media files. But, I can't recall if it reads .ra files. You might want to check the winamp.com site.

Dale

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 3:22 pm

I'll check them out.

I was trying to play something from the RTE archives and got a prompt to tell me that I needed Real Player to play the program.It was then that I remembered someone posting a link to a system that allows the files to be played on Windows Media Player...I think.

Slan,
D.

burnsbyrne · Post by **burnsbyrne** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 3:31 pm

My copy of Winamp (v 2.81) does not list .ra as a supported format.
Mike

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 3:40 pm

I'm fairly certain the realplayer format is proprietary.

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 3:53 pm

I use "Real Alternative"

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Rea ... native.htm

I get the impression it uses Real's codecs for video coding/deocding, but without their spyware or buggy player. It works really well for me

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 4:05 pm

Wanderer wrote:I use "Real Alternative"

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Rea ... native.htm

I get the impression it uses Real's codecs for video coding/deocding, but without their spyware or buggy player. It works really well for me

I'm pretty sure that's what I was thinking about.
I'll give it a try, Thanks.

Slan,
D.

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 4:10 pm

Wanderer wrote:I use "Real Alternative"

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Rea ... native.htm

I get the impression it uses Real's codecs for video coding/deocding, but without their spyware or buggy player. It works really well for me

Wow!

Yay!

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 4:14 pm

Congratulations wrote:
Wanderer wrote:I use "Real Alternative"

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Rea ... native.htm

I get the impression it uses Real's codecs for video coding/deocding, but without their spyware or buggy player. It works really well for me
Wow!

Yay!

Wow! and Yay! again.

I just installed it and it is spot on.

Beers on me Wanderer.

Slan,
D.

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:52 pm

Always glad to be of service

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