Re: RealPlayer for Mac, Problems?

2012-01-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 3, 2012, at 7:11 PM, Al Poulin wrote: I'd like to use RealPlayer files. Are there cautions about using RealPlayer for Mac? Is there any alternative software for .ram files? Nope, proprietary codec, proprietary player, you have to install RealPlayer. No major problems iirc, but I

Re: RealPlayer for Mac, Problems?

2012-01-04 Thread Patrick Berg
Hi Al, Real Player has been known to be a memory hog. Not to mention the ads and other junk it wants to install... Have you tried VideoLan (VLC) Player? It supports most audio / video formats: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Best of luck to you. - Patrick Berg - RealPlayer for

Re: RealPlayer for Mac, Problems?

2012-01-04 Thread Al Poulin
On Jan 4, 10:38 am, Patrick Berg skyvalley4je...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Al, Have you tried VideoLan (VLC) Player?  It supports most audio / video formats: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Thank you Patrick. I've sent a file for testing to my son who has VLC. Like Bruce, he hasn't used RealPlayer

Re: RealPlayer for Mac, Problems?

2012-01-04 Thread Tina K.
On 2012/01/03 19:11, Al Poulin so eloquently wrote: I'd like to use RealPlayer files. Are there cautions about using RealPlayer for Mac? Is there any alternative software for .ram files? I think RealPlayer isn't as bad as it once was, but it still annoyingly prompts you to quit your web