Real Player Question?????

[bmw]

I already have windows media player 9. Do I need to download real
player? What can Real Player do that WMP can't?

Thanks,

BMW

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

RealOne player can play its proprietary .ra format, WMP cannot. Other =
than that there is no real use for it.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - =
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone - =
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Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"bmw" > wrote in message =
om...
> I already have windows media player 9. Do I need to download real
> player? What can Real Player do that WMP can't?
>=20
> Thanks,
>=20
> BMW

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

RealOne player can play its proprietary .ra format, WMP cannot. Other =
than that there is no real use for it.

--=20
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - =
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone - =
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"bmw" > wrote in message =
om...
> I already have windows media player 9. Do I need to download real
> player? What can Real Player do that WMP can't?
>=20
> Thanks,
>=20
> BMW

[Barry Guyer]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 06:51:04 -0400, "Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers"
> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>RealOne player can play its proprietary .ra format, WMP cannot. Other than that there is no real use for it.

Unbelievably, the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) requires the use
of Real Player to listen to its programs on the internet. That's when
you find out just how much RP intrudes itself into your system.

Barry

[Barry Guyer]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 06:51:04 -0400, "Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers"
> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>RealOne player can play its proprietary .ra format, WMP cannot. Other than that there is no real use for it.

Unbelievably, the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) requires the use
of Real Player to listen to its programs on the internet. That's when
you find out just how much RP intrudes itself into your system.

Barry

[NJ]

Get a firewall that blocks outbound traffic and set it to block RP and
you're good to go!


Barry Guyer wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics:

> Unbelievably, the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) requires the use
> of Real Player to listen to its programs on the internet. That's when
> you find out just how much RP intrudes itself into your system.
>

[NJ]

Get a firewall that blocks outbound traffic and set it to block RP and
you're good to go!


Barry Guyer wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics:

> Unbelievably, the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) requires the use
> of Real Player to listen to its programs on the internet. That's when
> you find out just how much RP intrudes itself into your system.
>