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Old 31 May 2004, 01:16 AM
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Unhappy RealPlayer

I wanna run some imbedded realmedia videos from some sites so I downloaded & installed the latest free version of RealPlayer today.
It takes up 32mb of space
Window Media Player takes up half of that space & the full version of Quicktime is less than 3mb.

Why is it so big & are there any other options?

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Old 31 May 2004, 08:38 AM
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Real Player is a horrible piece of software, but unfortunately some misguided institutions such as the BBC use it. However, last night I found Real Alternative availabe from http://www.k-litecodecpack.com/, which is a free player which will work in place of Real Player.
Old 01 June 2004, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Daz34
Why is it so big
30MB of it is nag advertising and irritating features!
Old 01 June 2004, 10:40 AM
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realplayer really is the hieght of crap IMO
Old 01 June 2004, 10:45 AM
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I hate RP with a passion - damn you BBC for only streaming radio with RP
Old 01 June 2004, 11:32 AM
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me too, rp is a diabolical piece of software, I refuse to view/listen anything that asks me to download it.
Old 01 June 2004, 11:59 AM
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Real Alternative
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...lternative.htm
Old 01 June 2004, 01:52 PM
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Ooo, nice one
Old 01 June 2004, 02:35 PM
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Yup RP sucks like a dyson that had recently won the world sucking championship and then had become trapped in a tornado

I'm going to download that alternative right now!
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I have used RealAlternative for over a year now and it is very impressive. Small, powerful and stable. I am sure there is a licensing query with other people making RA/RM players but perhaps this guy has found a way round that?
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