Which Realplayer version for an old computer?

[Buddy]

Which real player should I download? I really only need the the one part to play video. I do not need all the other stuff that come with it. I Have ME with a celron 700 processor.

[Buddy]

which is the better realplayer?

[locustfurnace]

I don't use RealPlayer, so you might have to wait for a reply from someone who does, but if i were to pick one and use it today, i think i would go with RealPlayer 5.0, and thats only because that was the last version i had used.

[Obbop]

Later versions of RealPlayer are bloated beyond belief and try to grab everything within your system it can.

For example, after a couple years of being Real Playerless I bit the bullet and downloaded the latest offering so I could listen to an on-line radio station I really wanted to listen to but only used Real Audio streaming.

After installation, and being careful to unmark or mark every choice possible to minimize how many "things" Real Player latched onto, I saw that many icons, even those belonging to items not even related to media, had been changed to RA icons.

Various media and picture files that are not usable by Real Audio now tried to open with Real Audio!!!!! Of course the pop-up warning telling me that the item couldn't be opened appeared. Even my jpwg images tried to open with Real Player!!!!!!!

It took me two hours to remove the program and change the file associations back to there they should be.

Earlier versions of Real Player did not do this stuff to my computer.

Try this link for a version history and apparently where you can download those versions:

http://kalvos.org/realdown.html

Of course, take normal precautions regarding viruses, trojans, etc in case these downloads are not what they are said to be.

I am not 100% certain but I believe the G2 version is one of the pre-bloatware offerings that do not try to grab everything in your machine. Some Web searching would likely inform you of all the juicy details as to which versions are less intrusive, though one does have to open a lot of search engine hits before finding the desired info.

[beanboy89]

Originally posted by Obbop@Jan 22 2004, 07:32 PM
Try this link for a version history and apparently where you can download those versions:

http://kalvos.org/realdown.html

Of course, take normal precautions regarding viruses, trojans, etc in case these downloads are not what they are said to be.


OldVersion.com also archives all of these old versions of Real Pleyer at http://oldversion.com/program.php?n=rjukebox

Many older versions of Real Player are also archived at Real Player's offical site at http://forms.real.com/real/player/blackjack.html

[The Dude]

I have Realplayer 8 plus and i love it!!!!!

I tried getting rp10 and it sucked!!!!!!!!!

Way too many ads,intrusive stuff i didnt want!!!!!!!

Ill stick w/realplayer 8 plus!!!!!!

The Dude :)

[Visitor]

Of course, pl. use RealOne player !

[igor]

You may want to consider Real Alternative

"Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia file without having to install RealPlayer or RealOne Player"

http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/finalbuilds.htm

-igor

[Guest]

Hi everyone,

Recently I thought I should download the latest version of RealPlayer (10). But I keep on getting the message of "RealPlayer10GOLD.exe is not a valid WIN32 application." So I scrapped that idea.

Anyway, I tried to go back to RealPlayerOne but I find that for some reason it doesn't want to play anything when I go to my favourite BBC Radio website. It can still play something when it uses the stand-alone RealPlayer but every time I want to play something live or a specific program that uses that a special pop-up window from the BBC it says "You eith do not have RealPlayer or the RealPlayer plugin installed."

Please, please, please help.

Thanks,
Guest

[locustfurnace]

Thats more than likely an issue with the BBC's real server. I had seen that exact error on their site before. I was using an older RealPlayer 8 (Linux) and i twould not work. THis could be due to the server side software they are running.
You should try downloading the RealPlayer10 once again. Use a download manager, maybe you had not gotten the whole download.

[Guest]

locustfurnace,

Yup, I've used a download manager. Many, many times. RealPlayer 10 just doesn't want to installed.

Am I doing something wrong? I thought I had a virus so I did the all those virus scans and everything but it just doesn't want to installed. :( I even did a spyware scan too.

And I'm major pissed off at the BBC server.

Thanks,
Guest

[Jaime Andrés]

I listen to odd episodes of the ''Archers'' that I miss during the week relayed from BFPS Gibraltar on the BBC UK web-site using real player.
I remember having problems with BBC and Real player, but it is important to disable apps like AdDelete or other java blockers, otherwise it won't work.

[Guest]

The only application I have running is basically Netscape 7.02, nothing else.

*sigh* I'm starting to think that you have to download RealPlayer from the real website in order for it to work with the BBC server. But I can't even do that now. And the fact that I tried to go back to the older versions from this website is also becoming a nightmare too. It seems like nothing works.

Guest

[Guest]

Hi everyone,

After much searching I finally successfully downloaded RealPlayer 10 from the BBC website and found that I needed to copy some plugins from the RealPlayer folder into the Netscape Plugin folder. All nicely explained to me by BBC Audio Help. And all of this took, 12 hours to do because stupid me, I decided not to read the instructions the website told me to do.

So my advice for anyone who has downloaded an older version of RealPlayer to play anything on the BBC Radio website is to read the instructions they provide for you. But if you don't want to, I'll just post them here.

Mozilla-based browser users
If you installed your browser after installing Real Player One, the plugins may not be there. Check your browser's plugin folder for nppl3260.dll and the components folder for nppl3260.xpt. If they are not there, then you will need to copy:
C:\Program Files\Real\RealOne Player\Netscape6\nppl3260.xpt into C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\Mozilla\components\nppl3260.xpt (or wherever your browser is installed)
C:\Program Files\Real\RealOne Player\Netscape6\nppl3260.dll into C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\Mozilla\Plugins\nppl3260.dll (or wherever your browser is installed

or to the website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/audiohelp.shtml#canthear

Guest

PS The older versions still work, just remember to copy the plugins. Buy if you must download the latest RealPlayer don't do it through the Real website. I was having so much trouble with that too. Go to the BBC website to download it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/audiohelp_install.shtml

[rahi]

I stumbled on a player called the J. River Media Center, and you know what, i just abt plays everything from real audio/vedio files to ogg audio files, mpeg vedio files wma/wmv files mp3...literally everything.

It can be found at www.musicex.com.

It is a 30 day trial version.

[RR]

I hate realplayers so I'm using REAL ALTERNATIVE: http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_so...alternative.cfm (http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_players/real_alternative.cfm)

It's also possible to listen .rm and .ram files with Winamp: http://classic.winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=22143

-RR

[Guest]

Realplayer 8 is the best version to use... be sure to choose compact mode after you install it.

After Realplayer 8, it's like they went crazy with them. The later versions are full of ads, boxes, unwanted software and crap. I plan to use version 8 forever.

[locustfurnace]

Originally posted by Guest@Sep 28 2004, 04:29 PM
The later versions are full of ads, boxes, unwanted software and crap.
It must have been after RP8 when AOL bought RealNetworks, and padded them with as much bloat as they could.

[Goslow]

RealNetworks, Inc. Releases Update to Address Security Vulnerabilities. (http://www.service.real.com/help/faq/security/040928_player/EN/)
Updated September 28, 2004
vunerable versions listed
The specific exploits were:
Exploit 1: ...an RM file .. allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a user's machine.
Exploit 2:...a web page...allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a user's machine.
Exploit 3: To fashion a web page and a media file to allow deletion ...

Reals solution,
Workaround:
To ensure that your Player is protected, we recommend installing the available updates.

my solution: live without it

[Guest]

Real Alternative works. Period.

[Jaime Andrés]

A prerequisite of some radio networks is that you must have Real Player installed to receive their broadcasts such as the BBC as mentioned in topic http://www.oldversion.com/talk/index.php?a...55&hl=bbc+radio (http://www.oldversion.com/talk/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=2855&hl=bbc+radio)

[Jebastin]

Hi m using Downloaded Real one player in my computer if i try 2 run som files i got error mesag
virtual memory 2 low

Pls giv the soln

[Jebastin]

;) ;) Hi m using Downloaded Real one player in my computer if i try 2 run som files i got error mesag
virtual memory 2 low

Pls giv the soln

[the gaffer]

please use the search feature, had you done this you would of found your answer in this thread http://www.oldversion.com/talk/index.php?a...=virtual+memory (http://www.oldversion.com/talk/index.php?act=ST&f=1&t=3366&hl=virtual+memory)

[fishen]

When I try to install real player 7 at the end of the installation it says taht the writing ot the registary failed...what can I do to solve this?

[ianpwilliams]

I want to be able to listen to different BBC radio stations online (and various other stuff) and I need Realplayer, but my PC is too old for the new version (only a P166 with 56k modem), does anyone know which version I need, and any plugins, to be able to do that? Thanks

[the gaffer]

have a read through these search results for real player im sure this has been covered before http://www.oldversion.com/talk/search.php?searchid=6578

[OldVersion.com Admin]

Back when I had a 166 (years ago), I think I used RealPlayer 8. May have been 7. I still use that version when I need to view rm files, it works pretty well.

Hope that helps.

[The Dude]

Real Player 8/8+ are the BEST VERSIONS because AOL bought them after 8+ was released and came out with RealONE and it sucked as well as rp10 .. its just as bad :mad:

[Andrew T.]

I strongly recommend RealPlayer 8: It's new enough to not have compatibility issues with any content I'm aware of, yet isn't as bloated, hard-to-use, and parasitic as RealOne or subsequent versions. When you into preferences and uncheck everything and also hide things like the content panel and media bar, it becomes a surprisingly nice application.

One thing, though: AOL never bought Real. Real's reputation went downhill by their own effort.