RealPlayer 10 now available for OS X (supports QuickTime fil...

MacBytes · Jun 30, 2004, 11:25 AM

Category: 3rd Party Software
Link: RealPlayer 10 now available for OS X (supports QuickTime files)
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dombi · Jun 30, 2004, 01:35 PM

Download link:
http://www.real.com/freeplayer/?rppr=rnwk

bousozoku · Jun 30, 2004, 01:57 PM

Remember that this is a beta, not a production version.

danbalsh · Jun 30, 2004, 03:10 PM

Wow, soooooooo much better than RealOne, it actually feels like a Mac OS X application now and not some put together crap!

idkew · Jun 30, 2004, 03:36 PM

so how much spyware does it install?

Mudbug · Jun 30, 2004, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by idkew

so how much spyware does it install?

how much space ya got?

nagromme · Jun 30, 2004, 03:40 PM

OS X has never allowed RealPlayer to be as obnoxious as it was in OS 9... but I still have nightmares about the 9 days! Messed up every system setting and screwed up the opening of unrelated files... like text documents! A company that would even TRY to take over opening of SO many document-types makes me nervous.

But it's been OK for me in X--and useful for iTunes music shopping

I'm on modem and I don't always want the full-quality (slow) preview... so I go to Amazon and find many of the tracks there on CD, where they can be previewed with Real. Terrible quality, but very quick. Once I know I have the right song, I click Buy in iTunes

Lancetx · Jun 30, 2004, 03:45 PM

Just say no! This won't make it's way on any of my Macs anyway.

Makosuke · Jun 30, 2004, 03:47 PM

I downloaded this last night (was surprised to see it on Real's servers just after midnight when I looked just for the heck of it), and I've got to say it's a HUGE improvement over the previous version.

I was never a big Real fan, and the old version was a total mess, but it was the only way for my wife to watch her news streams without using the even-worse WMP.

The new beta looks better, the video seems to be crisper (either better post-processing, or the site I'm using feeds a different video format if your player supports it), playing starts faster, you can now skip around in a streaming clip and it'll start playing almost immediately (instead of either a long delay, or stalling entirely), you can resize or drag the window without the video freezing, and it seems faster in general.

I don't trust whatever Real is doing in the background, but they're still a necessity for some sites, and the free player just went from being a total joke to a relatively nice piece of software, and this is just the beta.

(Now if they'd just drop the silly overdone Windows-style interface for something a bit more Mac-standard...)

Butler Trumpet · 03:52 PM

Yeah... still not free... only for 14 days. And what sucks more... is that on OS 9 or a stupid PC its free. I dont get it.. thats retarted.

Edit: OK never mind.. I was looking at Real One Player... .difference.

a_iver · Jun 30, 2004, 03:51 PM

Woo hoo I better download it right away. I always needed a virtual paper weight.

AmigoMac · Jun 30, 2004, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Butler Trumpet

Yeah... still not free... only for 14 days. And what sucks more... is that on OS 9 or a stupid PC its free. I dont get it.. thats retarted.

Edit: OK never mind.. I was looking at Real One Player... .difference.

It's free and it's beta...it has been messing my brower and I deleted realone which let me hear my old radio stations...

Porchland · Jun 30, 2004, 04:00 PM

Good: NPR's "Fresh Air"
Bad: Intrusive shilling
Good: A major player developing for Mac
Bad: Intrusive shilling

dizastor · Jun 30, 2004, 04:09 PM

Non event, I've never had a reason to use realplayer... any video worth viewing online is in a format quicktime recognizes, and for everything else there is VLC and sadly WMP.

So.. woohoo for realplayer!

MacNCheeze · Jun 30, 2004, 04:11 PM

Why would you want Real Player on your Mac? I can't believe Real Networks is still around. Not worth the risk.

-----------
Still waiting to buy my Mac...

Windowlicker · Jun 30, 2004, 04:12 PM

the only thing i use real player for is to watch south park. for a while ago I trashed my real one and changed to mplayer with real media too.

I might try this real player 10 when it reaches the final version. for now, I'm good with just downloading the beta and putting it on a backup disc later on.

sinisterdesign · Jun 30, 2004, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Butler Trumpet

Yeah... still not free... only for 14 days. And what sucks more... is that on OS 9 or a stupid PC its free. I dont get it.. thats retarted.

Edit: OK never mind.. I was looking at Real One Player... .difference.

yeah, i don't think any of us are rushing out to buy One. sometimes they do those timed trials w/ betas to force you to get the actual final release at a later date, albeit normally longer than 14 days.

i haven't downloaded this yet, but may tonight just b/c the other posts have said it's a marked improvement over the previous POS player. i've also been leary of Real since the days of OS9 when it would try to hijack every media type on your computer.

lately, i've been a fan of Mplayer b/c it plays just about everything you throw at it (although the fact that it doesn't constrain proportions when you resize is kinda' annoying)

mmmbop · Jun 30, 2004, 04:31 PM

Just wait until the stripped-down, non-spyware version appears as a download through the BBC's site. You won't get any of the that RealOne non-sense.

sunnfun · Jun 30, 2004, 04:33 PM

I'm listening to european radio a lot and they are almost 99% either WMA or RM... Is there a way to use RealPlayer with AirTunes? THAT would be cool!

nsb3000 · Jun 30, 2004, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MacNCheeze

Why would you want Real Player on your Mac? I can't believe Real Networks is still around. Not worth the risk.

-----------
Still waiting to buy my Mac...

The same reason I have Windows Media player installed on my Mac...because of the content available exclusively the Real (OR WMA) format online. NPR, the BBC World Service, Air America Radio, PRI, just to name a few...and none of these have QuickTime streams. Realone player has been a system resource hog, and I hope this version is better.

nsb3000 · Jun 30, 2004, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sunnfun

I'm listening to european radio a lot and they are almost 99% either WMA or RM... Is there a way to use RealPlayer with AirTunes? THAT would be cool!

I was thinking this as well. Apple should give you the option of having Airtunes send out all sound from your Mac...

iGary · Jun 30, 2004, 04:40 PM

Eff Real Player, having to give a credit card, and their suck-ass player.

Not this Pilgrim.

stylewriter · Jun 30, 2004, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Butler Trumpet

Yeah... still not free... only for 14 days. And what sucks more... is that on OS 9 or a stupid PC its free. I dont get it.. thats retarted.

Edit: OK never mind.. I was looking at Real One Player... .difference.

They have always had a free version, thery just hide it well. To get the truly free version you have to look in the top right hand corner of their page for this link

Look directly under "Free Games", annoying but free.

stylewriter · Jun 30, 2004, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nsb3000

I was thinking this as well. Apple should give you the option of having Airtunes send out all sound from your Mac...

It's a lot more likely now that Real has released most of their protocols open-source via Helix. I'd expect to see a lot more streams requiring Real now that Red Hat is standarizing on Real.

wrc fan · Jun 30, 2004, 05:08 PM

Hopefully this means better quality MLB.tv, which is the only things I use the Real Player for. My Cube can't even play the Windows Media stream at a decent frame rate, while Real at least gets a decent framerate. So that's why I use Real.

Jun 30, 2004, 11:25 AM	#1
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Jun 30, 2004, 01:35 PM	#2
dombi macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2003	Download link: http://www.real.com/freeplayer/?rppr=rnwk __________________ www.beszeljukMac.com - Macintosh News, Tips and Tricks for the Hungarian Mac User Community

Jun 30, 2004, 03:40 PM	#7
nagromme macrumors 601 Join Date: May 2002 Location: Blinking blue dot	OS X has never allowed RealPlayer to be as obnoxious as it was in OS 9... but I still have nightmares about the 9 days! Messed up every system setting and screwed up the opening of unrelated files... like text documents! A company that would even TRY to take over opening of SO many document-types makes me nervous. But it's been OK for me in X--and useful for iTunes music shopping I'm on modem and I don't always want the full-quality (slow) preview... so I go to Amazon and find many of the tracks there on CD, where they can be previewed with Real. Terrible quality, but very quick. Once I know I have the right song, I click Buy in iTunes __________________ nagromme Would you like a treatment?

Jun 30, 2004, 03:49 PM	#10
Butler Trumpet macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Louisville	"free download" ha Yeah... still not free... only for 14 days. And what sucks more... is that on OS 9 or a stupid PC its free. I dont get it.. thats retarted. Edit: OK never mind.. I was looking at Real One Player... .difference. __________________ Last edited by Butler Trumpet : Jun 30, 2004 at 03:52 PM.

Jun 30, 2004, 03:51 PM	#11
a_iver macrumors member Join Date: Jan 2004	Woo hoo I better download it right away. I always needed a virtual paper weight. __________________ Deck of Cards: $1.29. Card Table: $14.99. "101 Solitaire Variations" book: $6.59. Finding a cheaper replacement for the one thing Windows is ideal for: priceless.

Jun 30, 2004, 01:57 PM	#3
bousozoku Retired (Moderator emeritus) Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Gone but not forgotten.	Remember that this is a beta, not a production version.

Jun 30, 2004, 03:10 PM	#4
danbalsh macrumors member Join Date: May 2003	Wow, soooooooo much better than RealOne, it actually feels like a Mac OS X application now and not some put together crap!

Jun 30, 2004, 03:36 PM	#5
idkew macrumors 68020 Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: where the concrete to dirt ratio is better	so how much spyware does it install?

Jun 30, 2004, 03:45 PM	#8
Lancetx macrumors 65816 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Texas	Just say no! This won't make it's way on any of my Macs anyway.

Jun 30, 2004, 03:47 PM	#9
Makosuke macrumors 68040 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The Cool Part of CA, USA	I downloaded this last night (was surprised to see it on Real's servers just after midnight when I looked just for the heck of it), and I've got to say it's a HUGE improvement over the previous version. I was never a big Real fan, and the old version was a total mess, but it was the only way for my wife to watch her news streams without using the even-worse WMP. The new beta looks better, the video seems to be crisper (either better post-processing, or the site I'm using feeds a different video format if your player supports it), playing starts faster, you can now skip around in a streaming clip and it'll start playing almost immediately (instead of either a long delay, or stalling entirely), you can resize or drag the window without the video freezing, and it seems faster in general. I don't trust whatever Real is doing in the background, but they're still a necessity for some sites, and the free player just went from being a total joke to a relatively nice piece of software, and this is just the beta. (Now if they'd just drop the silly overdone Windows-style interface for something a bit more Mac-standard...)

Jun 30, 2004, 04:00 PM	#13
Porchland macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Georgia	Good: NPR's "Fresh Air" Bad: Intrusive shilling Good: A major player developing for Mac Bad: Intrusive shilling __________________ * 17-inch PowerBook, 1.5 GHz G4, OS X 10.5.4 * 2 GB iPod nano silver with Nike+ (his) * 1 GB iPod shuffle pink (hers) Yes we can!

Jun 30, 2004, 04:09 PM	#14
dizastor macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Los Angeles	Non event, I've never had a reason to use realplayer... any video worth viewing online is in a format quicktime recognizes, and for everything else there is VLC and sadly WMP. So.. woohoo for realplayer! __________________ ejc on Twitter

Jun 30, 2004, 04:11 PM	#15
MacNCheeze macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Portland	Real who? Why would you want Real Player on your Mac? I can't believe Real Networks is still around. Not worth the risk. ----------- Still waiting to buy my Mac...

Jun 30, 2004, 04:12 PM	#16
Windowlicker macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Finland	the only thing i use real player for is to watch south park. for a while ago I trashed my real one and changed to mplayer with real media too. I might try this real player 10 when it reaches the final version. for now, I'm good with just downloading the beta and putting it on a backup disc later on. __________________ I was elected to lead, not to read.

Jun 30, 2004, 04:31 PM	#18
mmmbop macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: London	Just wait until the stripped-down, non-spyware version appears as a download through the BBC's site. You won't get any of the that RealOne non-sense.

Jun 30, 2004, 04:33 PM	#19
sunnfun macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On the sunny side :-)	AirTunes anyone? I'm listening to european radio a lot and they are almost 99% either WMA or RM... Is there a way to use RealPlayer with AirTunes? THAT would be cool!

Jun 30, 2004, 04:40 PM	#22
iGary macrumors Demi-God Join Date: May 2004 Location: La Villa Strangiato	Eff Real Player, having to give a credit card, and their suck-ass player. Not this Pilgrim. __________________ Mac Pro Octophallus 2.8 \| 13" UMBP 2.26

Jun 30, 2004, 05:08 PM	#25
wrc fan macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In a world where LPs are made like pancakes	Hopefully this means better quality MLB.tv, which is the only things I use the Real Player for. My Cube can't even play the Windows Media stream at a decent frame rate, while Real at least gets a decent framerate. So that's why I use Real.

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