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| Newer page: | version 5 | Last edited on Monday, September 29, 2003 7:08:08 pm | by CraigBox | Revert |
| Older page: | version 2 | Last edited on Wednesday, August 6, 2003 1:18:20 am | by SimonCrosby | Revert |
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-Real Player is a commercial streaming audio/video solution. A competitor to WindowsMedia et al. Check
it out at http://www
.real
.com/
.
+[
Real Player|http://www.real.com/]
is a commercial streaming audio/video solution. A competitor to WindowsMedia et al. There is a RealPlayer for Linux; alternatively you can get [MPlayer] and
it can link to the RealPlayer libraries and play Real clips with that
. They usually have the extension __
.rm__ or __.ram__
.
-RealPlayer clips usually end with
.RM or .RAM
.
+The best news from Real for a while is the announcement of the HelixCommunity: http://www
.helixcommunity
.org/
-There is a
RealPlayer for Linux
; alternatively
you can get [MPlayer] and it can link to the RealPlayer libraries and play Real clips with that.
+RealPlayer forced MatthiasDallmeier to reinstall Windows after it highjacked all the default settings. %%% ''His fault
for using Windows in the first place.
;) Wait -
you can use Windows?'' --AristotlePagaltzis
-The best news from Real for a while
is the announcement
of the HelixCommunity: http:/
/www
.helixcommunity
.org/
+''!RealOne
is a disgustingly [Bloat]ed piece
of software - full of features you don't want but Real wants you to use, such as content channels
/browsers or whatever
.'' --SimonCrosby
+
+''A word of warning - The people that make RealPlayer (and it's latest incarnation RealOne) have a long history with SpyWare
. Any which one version of RealPlayer may send of all sorts of information to Real.com, and might install other SpyWare without notifying you. (Comet-cursor, Gator, Bonzi-buddy, etc etc) - use with caution!'' --MarcelVanDeSteeg
-SimonCrosby: RealOne is a disgustingly bloated piece
of software - full of features you don't want but
Real wants you to use
, such as content channels/browsers or whatever. RealPlayer forced MatthiasDallmeier to reinstall Windows after it highjacked all the default settings
.
+I've __never__ seen RealPlayer install any spy ware short
of what it reports to
Real.com
, which is easily turned off
. -- CraigBox
