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Play RM files, not using REAL MEDIA PLAYER

22 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/play-rm-files-not-using-real-media-player.36242/

Charley
Charley Original post #1
Sep 12, 2006 at 5:16 PM
Anybody knows LESS resource friendly softwares that can play Real Media Player files.

The OS is Win98 SE.
Rollercoaster
Sep 12, 2006 at 5:33 PM
real media player alternative :)
rakeshishere
Sep 12, 2006 at 5:33 PM
VLC media player---the ultimate in its uniqueness
Rollercoaster
Sep 12, 2006 at 5:34 PM
VLC doesnt play realmedia afaik
D
Sep 12, 2006 at 5:38 PM
Real Media player alternative for RM format
Quicktime alternative for Apple Quicktime format
VLC player for everything else
And don't forget to install K-Lite Codec pack.
rakeshishere
Sep 12, 2006 at 5:51 PM
Rollercoaster said:
VLC doesnt play realmedia afaik

I have vlc 0.8.4a and b4 posting my opinion i jst checked whether it plays rm or not:rolleyes: and it does play rm files with ease
dIgItaL_BrAt
Sep 12, 2006 at 6:05 PM
+1 for Real Alternative
ilugd
ilugd #8
Sep 12, 2006 at 7:00 PM
as rakeshishere pointed out, I too have heard that the latest version supports realmedia. But this site says otherwise
*www.videolan.org/vlc/
in the features
*www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html

Unfortunately I do not have any realmedia files readily available on my pc to check out.

RealMedia Alternative works quite well and is lightweight from my experience
rakeshishere
Sep 12, 2006 at 7:13 PM
ilugd said:
as rakeshishere pointed out, I too have heard that the latest version supports realmedia. But this site says otherwise
*www.videolan.org/vlc/
in the features
*www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html

Unfortunately I do not have any realmedia files readily available on my pc to check out.

RealMedia Alternative works quite well and is lightweight from my experience

But i didnt use the latest version:confused: to check if i could play rm files..I had 0.8.4a and the latest version is 0.8.5 ;)




ilugd
ilugd #10
Sep 12, 2006 at 7:40 PM
So they removed support for realmedia files in the latest version? Why would they do that?

Oh, ok, but where do we get 0.8.4a
Third Eye
Third Eye #12
Sep 12, 2006 at 9:08 PM
Media Player Classic !
it_waaznt_me
Sep 13, 2006 at 9:25 AM
VLC never supported RM files .. Better is to install RM codecs with Ace Mega Codec or K Lite and use BSPlayer or MPClassic ...
I never install RealPlayer .. I suspect it as a spyware ... :|
Charley
Charley #15
Sep 13, 2006 at 2:47 PM
Cool !

I'll go with Real Media Alternative then. Was looking for more smaller softwares. Anyway 6mb [RMP] is small.

Ty all.
rakeshishere
Sep 13, 2006 at 3:31 PM
Hey all of u guys r confirm that new version of VLC doesnt support RM files :confused:.I was surprisd hearing that..:eek:And b/w why would they do that in the latest version:(.ME had the old version from some chip cd and i use vlc rarely if cannot play files wmp:)
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it_waaznt_me said:
VLC never supported RM files .. Better is to install RM codecs with Ace Mega Codec or K Lite and use BSPlayer or MPClassic ...
I never install RealPlayer .. I suspect it as a spyware ... :|

IF VLC never supported RM files then how did i play and check it:wink:...JUst say the latest version doesnt support RM files:) and me too think Real player is some sort of spyware and you can have the proper use of all its functions only if u have purchased the full version which is some what suckin:mad:
Rollercoaster
Sep 13, 2006 at 8:24 PM
may be the files u played were renamed wrong and were infact not RM.

i have several RM videos and they dont play with VLC
rakeshishere
Sep 13, 2006 at 8:32 PM
Rollercoaster said:
may be the files u played were renamed wrong and were infact not RM.

i have several RM videos and they dont play with VLC

AFter u said it ..I checked it again to confirm myself and it did play rm files ..I checked its extension and confirmed by all means that it is an RM file and i am using VLC:(
it_waaznt_me
Sep 14, 2006 at 8:32 AM
Are those video files ..??? Cant be. .. VLC does play some RA files (audio) through Cook but the support is limited ...
altimate
altimate #20
Sep 21, 2006 at 5:02 PM
Use k-lite codec pack to add the codecs in ur windows media player
And u can play many damn VDO files in ur windows media player classic.
QwertyManiac
Sep 21, 2006 at 5:07 PM
rakeshishere said:
AFter u said it ..I checked it again to confirm myself and it did play rm files ..I checked its extension and confirmed by all means that it is an RM file and i am using VLC:(
Well, test the file using a tool like GSpot to identify what format/codec it really has/uses.
P
Sep 21, 2006 at 5:11 PM
well, i'm using windows media player 11 and it is playing .rm and .rmvb files without any problems and that too at a better quality than real player. I never use real player