Real Media

Some sites (for example www.bbc.co.uk/drwho) only have video clips in the
form of Real Media files. Is there a way to play these files via Windows
Media player. I do not want to install the Real Media player and I do not
want to install The Real Alternative Player

Thanx

/Port Admiral Haynes/ said:

> Some sites (for example www.bbc.co.uk/drwho) only have video clips in the
> form of Real Media files. Is there a way to play these files via Windows
> Media player. I do not want to install the Real Media player and I do not
> want to install The Real Alternative Player

Real Media files (except perhaps very old ones) are not licensed by
Microsoft, so their player won't handle them.

Dev:
I am not quite sure about this.
I think that by installing Real Player Alternative (no need to install Media
Player Classic with it) WMP should pick up the RM codec and be able to play
Real Media videos.
One thing is for certain. When I install QuickTime Alternative, mov files
can be viewed in WMP.
Carlos

"dev" wrote:

> /Port Admiral Haynes/ said:
>
> > Some sites (for example www.bbc.co.uk/drwho) only have video clips in the
> > form of Real Media files. Is there a way to play these files via Windows
> > Media player. I do not want to install the Real Media player and I do not
> > want to install The Real Alternative Player
>
> Real Media files (except perhaps very old ones) are not licensed by
> Microsoft, so their player won't handle them.
>

Which does however not mean that they (MS) should not provide the possibility
to read and output these files properly.

"dev" wrote:

> /Port Admiral Haynes/ said:
>
> > Some sites (for example www.bbc.co.uk/drwho) only have video clips in the
> > form of Real Media files. Is there a way to play these files via Windows
> > Media player. I do not want to install the Real Media player and I do not
> > want to install The Real Alternative Player
>
> Real Media files (except perhaps very old ones) are not licensed by
> Microsoft, so their player won't handle them.
>