Real Player ?

I personally hope it never comes out. True, I'm missing content on some of my favorite websites, but it's the biggest heap of junk code I've seen in a while :mad:

I don't like it. In any iteration. Ever.
 
Originally posted by gerbick
I personally hope it never comes out. True, I'm missing content on some of my favorite websites, but it's the biggest heap of junk code I've seen in a while :mad:

I don't like it. In any iteration. Ever.
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Amen. I couldn't have said it any better myself. :D
 
gerbit, jokel82,
thank you for your encouraging juvenility.
Actually, I don't give a flying f... at moon for the code, because I *need* to *use* it. Personally I think QT is far superior but that's of zero relevance. I do *work* with my computer, it's not just a big boy's toy for phony fantasies, you know.:eek:
 
Alexandert already answered your question. Since when did this forum not allow opinions?

Thank you for calling me juvenile :rolleyes:

Anyway, you are allowed your own opinion, nonetheless, and the fact that I am also missing out on stuff on my own favorite sites due to not having RealVideo/Audio as well is of no importance. Same for Shockwave3D as well...
 
I don't like Real Player that much but I really want to watch some of the stuff at Cnet about the apple stores and stuff.
 
Originally posted by ablack6596
I don't like Real Player that much but I really want to watch some of the stuff at Cnet about the apple stores and stuff.
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Office v.X comes with an X version of the windows media player that installs a plugin for IE that works *great* with CNet. The video looks a lot better than the real player stuff. Don't know if this is because the .wma's are better, or M$ pays CNet to make it better.

You're gonna have to delete your cookie for CNet if you have already chosen Real as your default playback method.

FaRuvius
 
Really well I would use that but I don't plan on getting Office V.X and paying $500 for a plugin so can anyone please put it ont here iDisk or something so I can use it. Please :(
 
I would have guessed that M$ would have made it available for download, but not yet. Unless someone beats me to it, I'll put a copy of the installer up after I get home from work, which will be around 9pm EST, or 2100 for those of you whose clocks are stuck on military time ;)

FaRuvius
 
Yeah, I think that Real Player is horrible software. I've used it on Mac, Windows, and UNIX, and it sucks on all. I wish someone would come out with a substitute for it that plays Real media files.
 
I personally dislike Real Player as much as anybody I know. But I guess this is not really the point.

In the eyes of many a websurfer Real Media *invented* streaming media for the internet. And we all know Real Audio and Real Video was there before there was a Windows Media Player or streaming QuickTime movies.

And since there are still many, many sites around the web with interesting content only available in Real Media's format, it's a pity that the player doesn't yet exist for Mac OS X.

My problem is not that I can't watch .rm-Files. My problem is the fear, that Mac OS X becomes a second class citizen on the web ('We built a completely new operating system that embraces the web...' - Apple), because many sites just don't work yet, and it's either Apple's, Real's or Macromedia's fault (shockwave!!!). This is a problem that will vanish when at least the Mac people start to embrace Mac OS X. But most of all Mac people I know around here use Mac OS 9, either because the software they use most has not yet been ported, because they don't wanna spend a few hundred bucks on software that has not been improved but only carbonised (Office) or because they don't want to learn an operating system that looks like candy to them.

We who use the beast might know what it's able to do for us. Most of *Apple's own customers* do not.

That's why it's not *that* interesting to support the platform yet, because right now it's only a FRACTION of a market that is less than 5%. This is a chance for smaller development companies. OmniGroup does a great job. Apple should support them better. But for the biggies, Mac OS X is basically a complicated hobby that costs money.
 
And the funny thing is that I went to OS X as a long-time Windows and Unix user, mostly because it now represents the best happy medium for a desktop. Proper GUI, Unix base, stability, and wide software range. WinNT/2k used to be that happy medium. I still hate to touch OS 9 at all.
 
Also, the funny thing about the eye-candy factor of OS X is that I turn off most of the fancy stuff and use the graphite scheme. If we could have a choice of the old NeXT style GUI, I would love it.
 
Originally posted by hazmat
And the funny thing is that I went to OS X as a long-time Windows and Unix user, mostly because it now represents the best happy medium for a desktop. Proper GUI, Unix base, stability, and wide software range. WinNT/2k used to be that happy medium. I still hate to touch OS 9 at all.
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I bought a mac for the same reason but my thinking wasn't that it was a happy medium, it's the best of both worlds.

It's a real unix system with an excellent GUI. In other words, it's not between windows and unix, it's better than either.

As for RealPlayer, I need it view rm files and I look forward to an OSX version. Getting in classic is the worst part of using a mac (according to me).
 
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