I hate realaudio!

Gallant Pig · 02-08-03, 04:52 AM

I used to have fond memories of realaudio in its early days, but it has turned into a pile of heaping software filled with spyware and whatnot, that constantly gets rebranded and upgraded I think the last one I used was Real One player after it said I needed to upgrade that I stopped paying attention.

Glad that the MS stuff is a lot better. My only problem with Media Player is it doesn't have built in support of .mov files.

Dave99 · 02-08-03, 10:07 AM

I refuse to use realaudio anymore. If I see a clip I wanted is only in RA, well, I just didn't need to see/hear it that bad.
dave

Xanager · 02-08-03, 11:06 AM

Yeah, RA sucks big time. Each time you run it, you always have to go back and disable all the crap services it loads up.

huzefa · 02-08-03, 11:39 AM

I hate it with a passion too. It takes forever to load; its the most bloated piece of crapware there ever was.

moyam · 02-08-03, 11:45 AM

I wish I could uninstall mine. But the thing is that most of the websites I visit to see videos (mostly drag races) run only under RA. I talked to the webmaster but he said that it takes up less space this way. Is there any other player that I can use to play RA without it being the actual RA player

Gallant Pig · 02-08-03, 12:50 PM

No it's a proprietary format they developed. You could talk to the webmaster about encoding a version with in the streaming windows format (wvm or wma or something like that) I know MS offers the encoding software for free.

Mr_Shred · 02-08-03, 03:50 PM

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Originally posted by moyam
I wish I could uninstall mine. But the thing is that most of the websites I visit to see videos (mostly drag races) run only under RA. I talked to the webmaster but he said that it takes up less space this way. Is there any other player that I can use to play RA without it being the actual RA player

If you can download those files, they can be converted to AVI format with a little utility called TINRA. The drawback is that the file size increases quite a bit...

HN · 02-08-03, 09:24 PM

buffering

--HN

belboz · 02-09-03, 12:26 PM

It's sad, but streaming video is one area where MS is actually the lesser of two evils.

02-08-03, 04:52 AM	#1
Gallant Pig Mod Emeritus Join Date: Aug 1999 Posts: 15,325	I hate realaudio! I used to have fond memories of realaudio in its early days, but it has turned into a pile of heaping software filled with spyware and whatnot, that constantly gets rebranded and upgraded I think the last one I used was Real One player after it said I needed to upgrade that I stopped paying attention. Glad that the MS stuff is a lot better. My only problem with Media Player is it doesn't have built in support of .mov files.

02-08-03, 11:39 AM	#4
huzefa DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Downers Grove, IL Posts: 10,471	I hate it with a passion too. It takes forever to load; its the most bloated piece of crapware there ever was. __________________ "But this is HDTV; it's got better resolution than the real world!" ¥ H ¥

02-08-03, 12:50 PM	#6
Gallant Pig Mod Emeritus Join Date: Aug 1999 Posts: 15,325	No it's a proprietary format they developed. You could talk to the webmaster about encoding a version with in the streaming windows format (wvm or wma or something like that) I know MS offers the encoding software for free. __________________ "OMG, HAHAHAHAA, OMG, HAHAHAHAHAA" - Zuffy referring to this thread

02-08-03, 10:07 AM	#2
Dave99 DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: US Posts: 7,663	I refuse to use realaudio anymore. If I see a clip I wanted is only in RA, well, I just didn't need to see/hear it that bad. dave

02-08-03, 11:06 AM	#3
Xanager DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 1,555	Yeah, RA sucks big time. Each time you run it, you always have to go back and disable all the crap services it loads up.

02-08-03, 11:45 AM	#5
moyam Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Gangster'sVill Posts: 135	I wish I could uninstall mine. But the thing is that most of the websites I visit to see videos (mostly drag races) run only under RA. I talked to the webmaster but he said that it takes up less space this way. Is there any other player that I can use to play RA without it being the actual RA player

02-08-03, 09:24 PM	#8
HN DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,972	buffering --HN

02-09-03, 12:26 PM	#9
belboz DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: HB, CA Posts: 2,592	It's sad, but streaming video is one area where MS is actually the lesser of two evils.