Real player pain

smudger1964

Can anyone offer advice on real player.I prefer using windows media player and have set it as my default player however on some websites they prefer real player and want to use that to play clips.Everytime real opens it wants to update and then freezes.Can I delete real player from my add/remove programmes.If i do this will the clips then open using windows media player

Browntoa

you can remove it from add/remove programs then download this

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install RealOne or realPlayer.

shutton54321

i had this problem and i just removed windows media completely and then installed it again! worked for me

Browntoa

media player does not play realplayer streams

smudger1964

Browntoa wrote:

you can remove it from add/remove programs then download this

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install RealOne or realPlayer.

Ok which way round should i do it remove real then install the real alternative or other way round please

shutton54321

i kno but sum webpages but all webpages when i had this problem would only display the realplayer box even if it was intended to be media playe and wouldnt work

Browntoa

smudger1964 wrote:

Ok which way round should i do it remove real then install the real alternative or other way round please

remove realplayer then download the new one

Dead_Eye_Jones

In windows media player go to

Tools->Options->Filetypes

Pick the filetypes you want windows media player to play in the future.

Job done.

smudger1964

Thank you for the quick response I will download the alternative and also look at the filetypes in windows media player