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SteveDallas · 09-12-2002, 09:46 PM

So, I had Real Player 8.something on my computer. I've never used it much, but I occasionally would listen to classical music stations--even on dialup, a modest 28K audio-only stream comes though fine. I studiously ignored suggestions that I should update to a newer version of Real Player. But, now that I have my fancy shmancy DSL I figured I should. BIG mistake. This RealOne thing runs slower than molasses in January on my computer. (It's a 233MHz Pentium MMX with 256MB of RAM.)

But, even worse, it's opening when I don't want it too! When I download stuff from emusic.com using .RMP files, they try to open in RealOne!!! I've tried everything and even though the file types window claims .RMPs are associated with Zinf, RealOne still persists in opening. I'm used to just clicking the icon at emusic, telling IE to "open from current location," and boom, music download happiness. Any clues how to recify the situation? (Besides removing RealONE, which I might do if I can find the installer for the old version.)

Why can't there be a simple, efficient audio streaming client from Real? Does anybody value efficiency and simplicity in software anymore? I've always considered Microsoft to be the leader in bloat, but I may have to revise my thinking.

09-12-2002, 09:46 PM	#1
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	ARRRRRRGH! Help me reclaim my computer from the RealOne Beast!! So, I had Real Player 8.something on my computer. I've never used it much, but I occasionally would listen to classical music stations--even on dialup, a modest 28K audio-only stream comes though fine. I studiously ignored suggestions that I should update to a newer version of Real Player. But, now that I have my fancy shmancy DSL I figured I should. BIG mistake. This RealOne thing runs slower than molasses in January on my computer. (It's a 233MHz Pentium MMX with 256MB of RAM.) But, even worse, it's opening when I don't want it too! When I download stuff from emusic.com using .RMP files, they try to open in RealOne!!! I've tried everything and even though the file types window claims .RMPs are associated with Zinf, RealOne still persists in opening. I'm used to just clicking the icon at emusic, telling IE to "open from current location," and boom, music download happiness. Any clues how to recify the situation? (Besides removing RealONE, which I might do if I can find the installer for the old version.) Why can't there be a simple, efficient audio streaming client from Real? Does anybody value efficiency and simplicity in software anymore? I've always considered Microsoft to be the leader in bloat, but I may have to revise my thinking.