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    Something like Flip4mac for realplayer files

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by masterchef341, May 11, 2008.

  1. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    I just want to be able to play realplayer media files in quicktime just like flip4mac allows you to do with windows media player. what should i use to do this?
     
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    lazydesi Notebook Enthusiast

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    the best way is first convert the RM files to .AVI or mpeg4 or some other format QT plays using ffmpegx converter and play on QT
     
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    sorry, but thats not even close to what i am looking for. i need something that integrates the real player codecs into quicktime so that quicktime can have the versatility to handle quicktime, windows, and realplayer media types. (flip4mac handles windows media player)
     
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    cashmonee Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    I am pretty certain you are out of luck. The only reason to use Real formats is copy protection, and as such, you will need RealPlayer. Even if codecs existed for QT, you will still need RealPlayer for the DRM side of it. In all honesty I avoid Real like the plague. It really is a format and player that needs to die.
     
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    ugh...

    believe me i don't want to use it if i don't have to either.

    its apparently mandatory for me though. i might be able to just get by without it if there is no clean way to do it.

    are all realplayer files drm'ed? what if someone (who doesn't know about one of the cleaner formats) decides to encode their video / audio in the realplayer media format?
     
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    asmallchild Notebook Consultant

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    I ran into the same problem. I absolutely refuse to use Real's media player.

    So I use Real Alternative and run it under vmware fusion. Lousy solution but used only if I absolutely need it.
     
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    Is RealPlayer on Mac actually that bad? I admit I never install it on Windows, but I have RealPlayer 10.1 on Mac and it actually seems to be a fairly clean player. I doesn't seem to install anything extra, doesn't take over other file associations, doesn't open any funny browser pages or ads when I open the app and seems reasonably compact hard drive space wise. Maybe it's how I set it up, but I don't think I did anything special when installing it and I believe it was a drag and drop install too.
     
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