Real Player

[CJ-KJCash]

I got an email from AEBN this week saying they are no longer going to support Real media format. Is it becoming a thing of the past?

[curiousbunny]

shame if it is, cuz the new real player codec rocks.

[CJ-KJCash]

Yeah, that is what I was thinking too. I am redoing the members area of our sites and kicking out the video in different formats and was considering .rm files as one of the formats. Think it is worth it?

[Lee]

It could be that surfers arent using their real player clips as much as other formats. If that is the case, then i can fully understand why they are going to do away with them, with the amount of clips those guys must have, im sure it takes up a heap of space on their servers, which must cost them a fortune.

Regards,

Lee

[curiousbunny]

Yeah, that is what I was thinking too. I am redoing the members area of our sites and kicking out the video in different formats and was considering .rm files as one of the formats. Think it is worth it?

I used to think real player was a joke but now w/the new codec they have my respect and yes IT IS WORTH IT. Maybe u can have link so they can download the player if they dont have it from your site. (the free ver)

[basschick]

the free version of the newest real player is a nightmare. it sends me ads every time i close the player.

i used to love real videos, but the player - which spams and annoys me in every possible way - has made me choose other players whenever possible.

[Chilihost]

I think Real has good technology, its too bad they won't open it up a bit. Personally I don't want to have to install their special player to watch a video, if it doesn't work with stock standard Windows Media Player I avoid it since I try to make sure my setup is the same as my surfers.

You know, on this same topic, I had to install QuickTime to get Sorensen Squeeze to work and I just cringed and hated doing it since I had to download the huge itunes package, install itunes and a bunch of other crap to get QT installed, then delete it all and reset so many of the things that it automatically took over. As a result of that I have a new hatred for QT clips and aviod them at all costs.

cheers,
Luke

[curiousbunny]

yes i do hate player who install extra shit on ur computer that u really dont need. i think if everyone used .wmv everything would b great.