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Answer» Hello Is it true that i have to have realplayer to watch news clips and stuff on the internet , or will wmp or creative player do the same thing? any help would be greatly appreciated. harley IMO realplayer is a virus, use real alternative instead.Some sites let you choose WHETHER to use WMP or Real Player. I use WMP; if the site insists on Real Player, I don't use the site. Good to see you again Fed...where ya been ? ?I've just been very busy patio and sadly it will continue for another couple of months Quote Some sites let you choose whether to use WMP or Real Player. I use WMP; if the site insists on Real Player, I don't use the site. If the site insists on either I prefer to leave . . . Nice to see you back Fed. And real alternative is GREAT, so is quicktime alternative for anyone looking for an alternative to that.Quote Quote Some sites let you choose whether to use WMP or Real Player. I use WMP; if the site insists on Real Player, I don't use the site. If the site insists on either I prefer to leave . . . Well, that does PROHIBIT you from viewing some sites then. For example, if you want to view video on cbsnews.com, you have two options, as shown below: Windows users already have some version of WMP. It does limit me, but I just don't LIKE loading either. I actually have WMP11 because I though it might work a bit better than WMP10, but I don't think it does. It's just that RealPlayer takes an age to load, and I don't like how WMP11 looks and feels. The alternative can load clips in web pages anyway, if I need to.I know that If you happen to be in the UK, the BBC site tends to use RealPlayer but the BBC have had a special version made that REMOVES some of the rubbish. Real Alternative does work but it throws up problems with streamed content (or at least the version I had did).I visited the BBC site and clicked a link to view video. A screen opened prompting me to choose between WMP and RealPlayer, same as cbsnews.com. Not sure why anyone would need to see a BBC feed but that's just me...Quote I visited the BBC site and clicked a link to view video. A screen opened prompting me to choose between WMP and RealPlayer, same as cbsnews.com. I will admit most of their content is in both formats but there are still one or two exceptions.

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Hello

Is it true that i have to have realplayer to watch news clips and stuff on the internet , or will wmp or creative player do the same thing?
any help would be greatly appreciated.
harley
IMO realplayer is a virus, use real alternative instead.Some sites let you choose WHETHER to use WMP or Real Player. I use WMP; if the site insists on Real Player, I don't use the site. Good to see you again Fed...where ya been ? ?I've just been very busy patio and sadly it will continue for another couple of months Quote

Some sites let you choose whether to use WMP or Real Player. I use WMP; if the site insists on Real Player, I don't use the site.

If the site insists on either I prefer to leave . . .
Nice to see you back Fed.
And real alternative is GREAT, so is quicktime alternative for anyone looking for an alternative to that.Quote

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Some sites let you choose whether to use WMP or Real Player. I use WMP; if the site insists on Real Player, I don't use the site.
If the site insists on either I prefer to leave . . .

Well, that does PROHIBIT you from viewing some sites then. For example, if you want to view video on cbsnews.com, you have two options, as shown below:

Windows users already have some version of WMP.
It does limit me, but I just don't LIKE loading either.
I actually have WMP11 because I though it might work a bit better than WMP10, but I don't think it does.
It's just that RealPlayer takes an age to load, and I don't like how WMP11 looks and feels.
The alternative can load clips in web pages anyway, if I need to.I know that If you happen to be in the UK, the BBC site tends to use RealPlayer but the BBC have had a special version made that REMOVES some of the rubbish.

Real Alternative does work but it throws up problems with streamed content (or at least the version I had did).I visited the BBC site and clicked a link to view video. A screen opened prompting me to choose between WMP and RealPlayer, same as cbsnews.com. Not sure why anyone would need to see a BBC feed but that's just me...Quote

I visited the BBC site and clicked a link to view video. A screen opened prompting me to choose between WMP and RealPlayer, same as cbsnews.com.

I will admit most of their content is in both formats but there are still one or two exceptions.

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