Re: real player question

[Larry Naessens]

No, WMP won't play Real Media.  But if you adjust your security preferences 
in IE, I think you'll be able to play your stream. I have essentially the 
same setup as you and I play Real content using Real Player all the time. 
Again, have a look at your settings to see if Windows is blocking your 
content.

Larry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: real player question


But will WMMP play real media files?  I believe this is what I need, no 
choices there. I'll try my ham radio computer this weekend when the time 
comes too with windows 98, it will take a lot of upgrading to make it even 
think about it but that might not be a bad idea. I don't think windows 
media player will work with realone subscriptions with the log in and 
stuff, some one correct me if I'm wrong, but I'd seriously doubt with what 
I want to do, switching players is an option.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Naessens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: real player question


John, before you give up your subscription, you might want to consider 
that as a rule of thumb, SP2 upgrades your security settings without 
consulting you  upon installation. Increased security is the primary 
concern of this windows version. Whether you've changed security settings 
yourself or not, I would encourage you to open those settings in IE and 
see if they're set according to your intentions. For instance, something 
in settings was blocking me from playing Winamp files, with my screen 
displaying exactly what you described seeing in your own case. A message 
popped up telling me that in effect, Windows was protecting me for 
myself. Of course, it didn't say it in those words but the file was on my 
own website. Conversely, Windows played  the same file using Windows 
Media, without so much as a gentle warning.  I was also prevented from 
opening email attachments after installing the program until I went in 
and changed that feature. So if you want to deal with as few security 
issues as possible without the need to adjust settings, Windows Media 
would probably be your best bet. It is my experience that windows green 
lights it over Real, Winamp, or anything else. I know that a lot of 
people in our group are not happy with Real, but I really don't believe 
it's behind your problem here.

Larry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 7:07 AM
Subject: Re: real player question


I usually do use winamp, but this is a subscription service I'd like to 
use and am paying $9.95 a month for, I wish I could use something else 
for that but if I don't get it resolved this weekend I'll call anc 
cancel. It's a shame though, no point fighting with Comcast though if 
it's on their end, I've been that road though if it's the cable modem I 
can replace that, I'm renting one and have thought about buying my own 
some time anyway.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Hutchins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 6:55 AM
Subject: Re: real player question


Hi John,
I think you ought to uninstall it and cancil your subscription.  I 
think in many ways wmp is a lot better, I have used wmp on the NFB web 
site playing their convention banquet speaches and they sound great. 
Just uninstall it the whole damn thing and delete the icon off your 
screen. Use winap, its a lot better and user friendlyer.  Dave Hutchins
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 5:48 AM
Subject: Re: real player question


Is it in my cable modem? or am I out of luck here? I guess if I can't 
fix it myself I'll cancel my subscription.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Grady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 3:13 AM
Subject: Re: real player question


It isn't the firewall in your Linksys router.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: real player question


Well, my firewall is in my router so it can't pop up and tell me, 
but I
know
what you mean, I had zone alarm before the router and that worked. 
I
don't
know about my security settings though because I was set the same 
while on
vacation when it did work, as I am here where it doesn't. I suspect 
the
firewall in my linksys router, unless Comcast has something blocking 
that
out though I did upgrade to SP2 and don't know if that might have
something
to do with it since I did get that the day I got back from my 
vacation
last
month but I can't find any settings that I could think of doing 
that,
thanks
for the suggestions though I'm thinking a little more now. Maybe 
I'll come
up with something else to try though I've tried all I can think of 
so far.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Naessens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: real player question

>I wonder if your internet security settings are set to forbid the 
>sort of
>stream that you're trying to activate. I'm not sure how your 
>firewall
>works, but if mine has an issue with something it offers me the 
>chance to
>ignore its warning and go ahead with the action in question. I'm 
>also
>wondering if you have XP and have taken advantage of their latest
upgrade.
>Ever since I've done that a warning pops up with certain internet 
>audio
>feeds. When it does, I simply tab twice to "open" and press enter.
>
> Larry
>

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