Hi Cathy! I use Real Alternative. It works for me! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Szinnyey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 6:18 AM Subject: Question about Real Alternative
> Anyone out there using this program? It's supposed to be a way to play > Realplayer files but I guess easier to use? When I downloaded it, though, > it wanted me to uninstall Realplayer, which I was not about to do, having > gone through many hoops to install my Realplayer 10.5. > > Also, since I'm on this subject, is there some plug-in for me to play > Realplayer rax files in Winamp? I still don't quite get plug-ins, believe > it or not. > > Thanks for any help you all might have. > > Peace, > Kathy > > > Kathy Szinnyey > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > or > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kathy Szinnyey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 6:10 AM > Subject: Re: Is there such a thing as a blind > friendlyplayerthatplaysbothRAXand Wma/drm files? > > >> Yeah, that's why I look for the cheaper players. I hate spending money >> on >> stuff like this, but I also like the stuff, so that's my compromise! >> Smile. >> >> >> Kathy Szinnyey >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> or >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Brent Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 9:57 AM >> Subject: Re: Is there such a thing as a blind >> friendlyplayerthatplaysbothRAXand Wma/drm files? >> >> >>> Wow! I thought flashing was completely irreversible. I guess if I wanted >>> to >>> play DRM files, I get a cheap player for that purpose only. I heard, all >>> be >>> it more expensive, that the Iaudio X5 also would do DRM files, but not >>> sure >>> it suffers the same affliction when Rockbox is flashed. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Keith Gillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 7:01 AM >>> Subject: Re: Is there such a thing as a blind >>> friendlyplayerthatplaysbothRAXand Wma/drm files? >>> >>> >>>> Once you flash rockbox, Your DRM capability is pernimantly gone. You >>>> can >>>> blaime this on DRM as it was written to be virtually tamper proof. >>>> >>>> Bad Microsoft eh? >>>> >>>> Keith >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Brent Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>>> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 8:28 PM >>>> Subject: Re: Is there such a thing as a blind friendly >>>> playerthatplaysbothRAXand Wma/drm files? >>>> >>>> >>>> Does putting the DRM-capable firmware back get the capability back? Or >>>> does >>>> the Rockbox site really mean permanent when they say that flashing >>>> their >>>> software to a 3x series Iriver destroys DRM capability in the sense >>>> that >>>> reverting back won't restore that ability. >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Jeff Samco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>>> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 9:26 PM >>>> Subject: RE: Is there such a thing as a blind friendly player >>>> thatplaysbothRAXand Wma/drm files? >>>> >>>> >>>>> Rick, >>>>> >>>>> I do not use any DRM files so won't be able to comment on this. >>>>> However, when I next off-load some files I will locate a very large >>>>> MP3 file and see how it works with the resume feature. How large of >>>>> an MP3 file do you recommend using for this test? >>>>> Other than the resume feature, there is no bookmarking feature I am >>>>> aware of. By the way, I immediately replaced the original firmware >>>>> which required Windows Media Player transfer protocol, with iRiver's >>>>> USB mass storage capable firmware. That removes any capability of >>>>> loading DRM files. I'll post on the above in a few days. >>>>> >>>>> Jeff >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> At 02:38 PM 10/21/2006, you wrote: >>>>>>Jeff, >>>>>> >>>>>>How does this player handle large DRM files in terms of bookmarking, >>>>>>and >>>>>>bookmarking in general on other file types? Thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>--Warmest regards, >>>>>> >>>>>>--Rick Alfaro >>>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>> >>>>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>On Behalf Of Jeff Samco >>>>>>Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 12:58 AM >>>>>>To: PC audio discussion list. >>>>>>Subject: RE: Is there such a thing as a blind friendly player >>>>>>thatplays >>>>>>bothRAXand Wma/drm files? >>>>>> >>>>>>Well, not sure what you want a player to do besides the basics. I have >>>>>>previously used an iRiver flash player, ifp 795, and just 2 days ago >>>>>>got >>>>>>the >>>>>>newer version, T30 512 MB flash player. Both have predictable menus >>>>>>which, >>>>>>if you are good at memorizing the features you want, you can use it >>>>>>pretty >>>>>>effectively. I got one of my kids to change the settings I prefer to >>>>>>always >>>>>>stay the same. But, the feature I most enjoy is the playback speed >>>>>>adjustment. It goes from 0% to 50 percent in 10 percent incriments. It >>>>>>is >>>>>>easy to memorize the sequence of buttons. The features I like changed >>>>>>are: >>>>>>Fast forward and rewind speed increased from 1x to 6x. >>>>>>Study mode turned on: this changes the forward and rewind buttons so >>>>>>that >>>>>>tapping it will not change tracks but will move ahead or back a set >>>>>>number >>>>>>of seconds, like 3 or 10 seconds. >>>>>>Auto power shut off time increased to a longer time period. >>>>>> >>>>>>Hope this helps, >>>>>>Jeff >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>At 06:57 AM 10/20/2006, you wrote: >>>>>> >Well, I'd just like to find a reasonably priced, and reasonably >>>>>> >blind >>>>>> >friendly portable mp3 player that uses direct plug n play for >>>>>> >hooking >>>>>> >up to a pc, rather than proprietory software. 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