Rocky 1,224 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Has Real Networks changed their policy for Realplayer? I can't believe there is not a free no credit card download, but it seems to download it at all now you have to do the old enter-credit-card-and-cancel-later malarky. Is that right? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dannik 43 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 I'm certain there is a free download, but it's pretty well hidden, as Real wants to 'trick' people into paying for it. Give me a couple, I'll find it. Edit: RealPlayer 10 - free edition Just make sure you click 'no' to anything it tries to install that isn't just RealPlayer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cobblers 12 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Rocky, all I'll say is I want one of those!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 1,224 Posted February 4, 2006 Author Share Posted February 4, 2006 Rocky, all I'll say is I want one of those!!! ← LMAO. If you are still reading this T - yep, it's the same thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 1,224 Posted February 4, 2006 Author Share Posted February 4, 2006 I'm certain there is a free download, but it's pretty well hidden, as Real wants to 'trick' people into paying for it. Give me a couple, I'll find it. Edit:Â RealPlayer 10 - free edition Just make sure you click 'no' to anything it tries to install that isn't just RealPlayer. ← Nice work Dannik, I could not find that anywhere. They must be doing pretty good with that product to go done the credit card route so hard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter 0 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 It's still free. In fact, ! installed it just yesterday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CR6 0 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 RealPlayer has to be one of the most intrusive players out there ... worse than QuickTime for sure. It's sad they try to make you install their IM client - I managed to avoid a lot of the "extras", but it's annoying. I remember there was a 3rd party player that could do Real files, but I'm not sure it can handle the streaming content. Anyone know? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pz3 338 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 i hate quick times and real player Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 1,224 Posted February 4, 2006 Author Share Posted February 4, 2006 I remember there was a 3rd party player that could do Real files, ← I don't know about that one, but their is an alternative for Quicktime (which by the way forces you to install their iTunes software now making it a relatively huge download ). It's called Quicktime Alternative and plugs into IE so you can watch QT streaming content without having to download all the other rubbish. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zebb 7 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 I still find that this does the job pretty well, without all the baggage that comes with the original.. Real Alternative Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Avey 0 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 I still find that this does the job pretty well, without all the baggage that comes with the original.. Real Alternative ← Thats what I use too. RealPlayer comes with too much baggage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Foxtrot360 0 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 i hate quick times and real player I hate it too, i dont even want to open those stupid quick times. Why cant they just use WMxxxx or some other file type Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KRP 56 92 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 RealPlayer has to be one of the most intrusive players out there ... worse than QuickTime for sure. ← Guess I should have checked out Real Player before I installed it as your statement is 100% correct. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter 0 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 RealPlayer has to be one of the most intrusive players out there ... worse than QuickTime for sure. ← Guess I should have checked out Real Player before I installed it as your statement is 100% correct. ← I have never had issue one with Real Player, or with having it want to install a bunch of miscellaneous crap. I have been using the free version for years and years, and have never seen what you guys describe. I wonder what we are doing different? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CR6 0 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 @Specter Have you tried the latest version of RealPlayer? I just installed it a few weeks ago at a network I maintain and what I didn't like: - It took over as default player for all the video/audio media files on the computer (including wma!) - There is an app in the background that always is on looking for RealPlayer updates - It tries to force you to install their IM client, which I honestly can't believe anyone would use if they already have MSN Messenger/Yahoo/ICQ I personally don't have RealPlayer on my home systems, as most news sites I visit use WMP or QT. However, for some reason there are some sites out there that insist on ONLY using RealPlayer ... I don't know about that one, but their is an alternative for Quicktime (which by the way forces you to install their iTunes software now making it a relatively huge download ). ← Fortunately with QT7, there is a standalone installer without iTunes, but once again, you have to look carefully on the site. http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html At least Quicktime doesn't try to take over as default player for ALL the video/audio media files, just mainly the formats used by Apple systems. Also, I can disable the QT icon in the taskbar and disable the qttask app in msconfig relatively easily. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter 0 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 I'm currently running the newest version, and I have nothing running in the background, and no miscellaneous apps that I didn't want were installed with it. I simply configured it as I installed it. It never tried to instal an IM client, and I unchecked the selection boxes for the other apps. I have never had anything but good luck and ease of installation with Real Player. After I read this last night, I uninstalled it and re-installed it to see if I could duplicate what you mention, and I can't duplicate any of it. This is strange. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KRP 56 92 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 @Specter - It took over as default player for all the video/audio media files on the computer (including wma!) - There is an app in the background that always is on looking for RealPlayer updates. ← Same kinda deal here. I could change my default settings back to WMP but sometimes when I rebooted Realplayer took over again. Change it back then I would get a popup asking me to set Realplayer as my default player. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firefly2442 0 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Yeah, RealPlayer is a pain. Although, their Linux version is pretty nice. Just the player and nothing else. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter 0 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Yeah, RealPlayer is a pain. Although, their Linux version is pretty nice. Just the player and nothing else. ← Huh. Oh well. I just told it whic files I wanted it to play when I installed it, unchecked all of the boxes, and told it NO when it wanted to become the default player, and oila, no problems, no invasion, no extraneous crap. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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