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real player vs. quicktime

M

maikeru

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i am new to mac

trying to run video off of the reuters tv site

http://reuters.feedroom.com/

they say you need realplayer to watch the videos....

i hate realplayer. i hate real networks.

is there a way to trick-out quicktime to play realplayer-formated video?
 
Well the PC side has something called "Real Player Alternative"--by installing this, you only install a plugin that IE/Mozilla/etc. THINKS is the real thing, but it isn't. You can also stream real player .rm/.ram's THROUGH Media Player Classic (which Real Player Alternative runs through).

here's a link:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

If the Mac side does not have it...good luck *_*
 
Mav451 said:
Well the PC side has something called "Real Player Alternative"--by installing this, you only install a plugin that IE/Mozilla/etc. THINKS is the real thing, but it isn't. You can also stream real player .rm/.ram's THROUGH Media Player Classic (which Real Player Alternative runs through).

here's a link:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

If the Mac side does not have it...good luck *_*
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he wants to play real media on a mac and you give him a link to windows software?
 
Just use Real. It is the worse program available, but if people still insist on using it on the Web then you'll have to download it (hell, I even prefer WMV to Real).
 
i refuse to use real media or install their software on my mac.

i did break down and install windows media player.
 
No need to worry!

Actually the free Real Media Player for Mac is not that bad. I hesitated to download Real for about two years, then Frontline has a stream of it's shows on WM and Real. As it turned out RM was better that WM, at least with Frontline.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/

Try it, you won't be disappointed. And it integrates really good with Safari.
 
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