Re: Real Player problem..
Thai Berry (U.S.) wrote:
> install the free real player alternative that works with IE and firefox...
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> get it here
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> http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm
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> "maya" <maya778899@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:fe6lav$mi6$1@aioe.org...
>> hi,
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>> I'm not sure this has to do v/Vista at all, b/c I've had this problem
>> before.. (but I couldn't find a vista-multimedia group, not one in
>> English.. I'm on Vista Ultimate..)
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>> if I go to c-span and try to play one of their on-demand clips (for
>> example rtsp://video.c-span.org/15days/e092507_clinton.rm) neither IE or
>> FF will open it; FF says it can't open the file because "the protocol
>> (rtsp) isn't associated with any program", on IE I just get a 404.. but I
>> do have Real Player installed, I installed it recently, and have used it
>> w/no problems to play clips from other sources..
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>> and .rm is a Real Player extension, right? so why do I have this
>> problem?? (and c-span does not offer choice betw. WM and RM.. for live
>> streams they do, but not for on-demand stuff..)
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>> I have gone to FF and IE settings, can't find where you tell it to use
>> Real Player to open .rm extensions ( but why WOULD browsers not choose
>> obvious choice for opening a .rm file??? 
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>> thank you very much..
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I HAVE the free Real Player.....I have never installed any other than
the free version of RP...
thank you............