Comments on: RealPlayer Alternative

By: kelvin

kelvin — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 06:17:50 +0000

I don’t know anything about RealPlayer Alternative, but JetAudio is completely free from spyware.

By: wassadif

wassadif — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 22:41:03 +0000

msb, there is an acrobat alternative.
google for foxit

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 05:04:45 +0000

Hey Dale:

The newest version of JetAudio will not play Real Player files. Only the older versions play them! I think the reason being, evidently Real Player must have filed a lawsuit against JetAudio claiming a Patent infringement, or something similar, causing Jet Audio to eliminate the Real Player Plugins in its later versions! I am not positive that this is what’s happened, but I suspect it!

Robert in Texas.

By: Charles

Charles — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Great tip. Man, I hate the freaking RealPlayer.

By: Josh Baugher

Josh Baugher — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Do you really feel “guilty” using RealPlayer and/or Windows Media Player?

Sure, I prefer using open apps, but I don’t lose sleep over it. :-P

By: Ayn

Ayn — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Woo I can listen to Curtis & Kuby! Thanks Alex.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I like to support openware & freeware aps, but mostly I appreciate it when programs don’t open a half dozen popups, prompt me to update them all the time, and try to hijack my computer with spybots & adware if I put my guard down.

That’s why I hate realplayer (and how I found this page on google by trying to find an alternative to it).

By: Absolut Lactam

Absolut Lactam — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

http://www.freecodecs.com/

Look for “RealPlayer Alternative” there, too. It sets up the DirectShow filters, which makes RealMedia damn near compatible with everything.

By: Marty

Marty — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Damn, I hate the new realplayer download, it uses its own spank download manager, which prevents other download managers, and seems to be consistently running in the background, its gonna be good to find an altervative, for those rare times I need to watch a realplayer file

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Unfortunately we are all stuck with real player if we want to stream a video coming from a site such as mtv.com. they have some how made the smil stream check the player id to make sure that realplayer is indeed excepting the handshake….

any comments or workarounds to release those handcuffs would be greatly appreciated ….
TIA