I want my real player

No, I'm glad that that bloat infested pile of dung, that is RealPlayer
does not work on x64, good riddance....

 

Hello Rob!

I just saw your msg. I have recently posted a msg, with an attachment of
a Realplayer version which works with WinXP64, on PlanetAMD64. If you
still want Realplayer, you can read this thread:

http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php?showtopic=14888&st=0&p=149258&#entry149258

Or just download the file:

http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=2123


Kind Regards
LDJ

 

Version 10.5
Build 6.0.12.1235

 

I personally consider it a waste of time when there is a feature Media
Player already built into Windows.

 

I'm another person who considers Real Player to be a drag on a machine. Many
times I've found it running in the background on machines that were
mysteriously crashing. Disabling it usually fixes the problem. I don't like
how it assumes you want it running all the time just because you use it now
and again. Nothing wrong with it when you need it, but I want it to be off
when I'm done...

 

There seems to be a trend that many companies now play with. You
application becomes large and bloated, so the fix, make a startup
"speed-up" launcher, that loads all the DLL's into memory, so when your
user runs the program, they are amazed by how fast it starts. Little do
they know, it's been sat there all this time, using 50MB of their memory,
just in-case they want to run Acrobat Reader/Real Player/Microsoft
Office/One of the other culprits.

 

Quick Time is another one that gives me fits. I have a dial up at home, and
I randomly get nags from QT about upgrading or connecting to a server or
whatever, when I'm not on line. Sometimes I'll get half a dozen pop ups
before it gives up. I appreciate the occasional nag, but I don't need it
every 10 seconds...

 

You can disable it's ability to automatically check for updates
as well as stop it from starting with windows & remove the stupid
icon from the system tray.
And I couldn't agree more - it is a pain in the ass - but then again,
"free" crap is usually just that: crap.

 

I sign in to my real.com account (since I used to be a paying member and
have access to the Gold version)...

Then click Download real player 10 (it's 10.5 actually)...

I see no mention of a web install unless it was added in the last 36 hours.

-Rob

 

... which for me, installs but doesn't run. Who knows, maybe a reboot 'll
fix it... I'll try later.

-Rob

 

To those complaining about Windows Media Player being the only one required
player..

Maybe some day but...

For example, if I go to cyber.playboy.com the video download formats are
either QuickTime or Real Player. There's no option for windows media
player. Actually, I think some of their services stream some video content
using Macromedia Flash, but nope, that's not supported in x64 either (well,
unless you use a 32-bit browser).


-Rob

 

Err...

Pardon my stupidity, but isn't that what microsoft does by including the
player files in the O.S. so it slows down your boot time by THAT MUCH MORE
every time you boot the computer.

-Rob

 

the only problem I sometimes have with quicktime is it complains files
aren't there when I run it by hand. Poking around in the apple support
forums, It turns out microsoft's wonderful 'recent documents' list is
including documents from CDs, floppies, or in my case it was a camera memory
card reader which didn't have media inserted. No reason the software should
have been poking around in those files, but since they were in recent
documents -- eh, it tried. And failed, repeatedly over and over again.

-Rob

 

I say get rid of them both!
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm
and
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

 

Which is why the 32-bit browser is provided.

 

Oh, to play real player and quicktime content, righhhhhhhhht.

Wait, that stuff, I think, works in 64-bit so still not sure what we're
talking about.

-Rob

 

Do not download an .exe file! Go to http://www.real.com/ in the middle
right, click on Free Download.
Towards the right top click on START REALPLAYER DOWNLOAD.
A download manager should start and download the latest version.
It will then install and later ask you to sign in. I used this method last
night to upgrade to the latest version 1465.

Bill

 

Yeah. I just watch Monica's first video. Monica's hot but I think I voted
for Megan.

Bill

 

You need to "come off the fence" there Mark and tell us what you _really_
think! LOL!

 

No actually it doesn't. Matter of fact will tell you that. Real Alternative
works for downloaded files but not as a streaming player.