Real player won't play anything

[Oren Almog]

It seems that it does not recognize my sound card. Every time i am
trying to play something: be it an mp3 or video file or CD i get a
"General Error". I already tried reinastalling the sound card drivers
but it did'nt work.
Any help ?

[Perdita X. Nitt]

Oren Almog wrote:
> It seems that it does not recognize my sound card. Every time i am
> trying to play something: be it an mp3 or video file or CD i get a
> "General Error". I already tried reinastalling the sound card drivers
> but it did'nt work.
> Any help ?

This is *not* a Windows issue, nor is it a HARDWARE issue, so this isn't the
correct place to be posting. Real Player isn't even an MS application.
Suggest you contact Real Media's tech support (if such exists).

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[Alex Marchevskiy]

>-----Original Message-----
>Oren Almog wrote:
>> It seems that it does not recognize my sound card.
Every time i am
>> trying to play something: be it an mp3 or video file or
CD i get a
>> "General Error". I already tried reinastalling the
sound card drivers
>> but it did'nt work.
>> Any help ?
>
>This is *not* a Windows issue, nor is it a HARDWARE
issue, so this isn't the
>correct place to be posting. Real Player isn't even an MS
application.
>Suggest you contact Real Media's tech support (if such
exists).
>
>--
>Perdita X. Dream
>
>Please help us to help you
>http://groups.google.com
>http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>Please note that the reply address is fake.
>Keep all posts to the groups as private requests for
assistance
>(i.e. email/IM) cannot be acknowledged. Thank you.
>
>
>
>
>.
>

the last guy was right about this not being a microsoft
issue, but i am not as grumpy and will try to help you
out. you can go to real.com and go to technical support
and go to thier blackjack page, there they have links to
alot of different player versions for download so if the
one you currently have isn't working, and if you
rightfully own it, then you can download a different
realplayer like real one or something so it can recognize
your hardware with different drivers.

heres the link:
http://proforma.real.com/real/player/blackjack.html

you can also just check the faqs

[Oren Almog]

"Perdita X. Nitt" > wrote in message >...
> Oren Almog wrote:
> > It seems that it does not recognize my sound card. Every time i am
> > trying to play something: be it an mp3 or video file or CD i get a
> > "General Error". I already tried reinastalling the sound card drivers
> > but it did'nt work.
> > Any help ?
>
> This is *not* a Windows issue, nor is it a HARDWARE issue, so this isn't the
> correct place to be posting. Real Player isn't even an MS application.
> Suggest you contact Real Media's tech support (if such exists).
>

Well, since real player did work perfectly well in the past and since
the problem is about it not recognizing my sound card (which is some
form of hardware if i am not mistaken) and since i am quite sure that
if i will reinstall win xp (something which i am trying to avoid)
everything will work fine, than i do believe this seems to be some
problem with win xp and there for is supposed to be considered ON
TOPIC in this group.
Thanks

[Maureen Goldman]

>"Alex Marchevskiy" > wrote:
>the last guy was right about this not being a microsoft
>issue, but i am not as grumpy and will try to help you
>out. you can go to real.com and go to technical support
>and go to thier blackjack page, there they have links to
>alot of different player versions for download so if the
>one you currently have isn't working, and if you
>rightfully own it, then you can download a different
>realplayer like real one or something so it can recognize
>your hardware with different drivers.

Alex, I downloaded a couple of earlier realplayer versions at that
site. As soon as I tried playing an .avi file, a message appeared that
a plug was required from real.com and to click to receive it. The
connection to real.com then produced another message saying that the
plug was no longer available but that I should really download the
current realplayer.

I'd suggest another player, like MediaPlayer Classic (approx. 700K).
I also like Juke from http://www.wolosoft.com