I do believe the subject says it all.
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A sleep deprived Kekvit Irae stammered:
Playing something in Real Player is like peeing in the kitchen sink. You can do it, but it's just so wrong
Depends who's house yer in.
I personally don't see why people are so against Realplayer. *shrugs*
(2) 3 tons of shit that I have to try to force disable to keep it communicating things like playlists and such back to real.com
(3) .RM streams are HORRID. Using RO to play a MPG stream is not a fair test. The stream is better quality than what RO/RP was originally designed to play.
I'm not too thrilled with Media Player doing this shit either, but I haven't found a really viable alternative player so I'm kinda boned for now.
[ 03-14-2003: Message edited by: Azrael Heavenblade ]
And to really disable it, I don't think that you can. 
In real there's enough options you can disable (some are reg hacks from what I've seen) that it's not reporting anything signifigant, but WMP I don't know enough to disable it. This is one of the reasons I haven't upgraded to WMP 9.
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From the book of Random Insanity Generator, chapter 3, verse 16:
WMP sends crap in that you probally don't want it sending in... file names, statistics on when you watch things, how many times you've watched a file, etc, etc.And to really disable it, I don't think that you can.
In real there's enough options you can disable (some are reg hacks from what I've seen) that it's not reporting anything signifigant, but WMP I don't know enough to disable it. This is one of the reasons I haven't upgraded to WMP 9.
The newest version has a checkbox to disable it. I assume that it really works 
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And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Azizza was all like:
The newest version has a checkbox to disable it. I assume that it really works
And I assume you to be someone that believes what he's told instead of actually looking.
Hell, it's been shown that Windows sends back more information during the Windows Update process than it's supposed to. They're supposed to send back info on programs they can update, but actually are sending back a listing of all programs installed and the versions.
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Random Insanity Generator's fortune cookie read:
And I assume you to be someone that believes what he's told instead of actually looking.
No but I haven't looked into it yet so I could only give my assumption on the subject I was making that clear.
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A sleep deprived Azrael Heavenblade stammered:
I've compared the four or so media players I have, by playing the first few minutes of an episode of Witch Hunter Robin. Quicktime, or the version I have at least has good sound quality, but the graphics are often laggy, and size alteration is crappy. WMP is good as far as graphics goes, but sound is a little muffled compared to others, and resize ability is ok, but not all that good. Winamp3 sucks ass period, but can play some types of files that others can't, so its useful in some circumstances. RealOne Player is the most versatile in that it can play a variety of different media types, can resize to a great variety of sizes, has good sound quality, and reasonably good graphics, though occasionally you get the jaggies at certain sizes.I personally don't see why people are so against Realplayer. *shrugs*
It takes over your computer, maybe?
[ 03-14-2003: Message edited by: Taeldian ]
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Verily, Random Insanity Generator doth proclaim:
Hell, it's been shown that Windows sends back more information during the Windows Update process than it's supposed to. They're supposed to send back info on programs they can update, but actually are sending back a listing of all programs installed and the versions.
*sighs* Don't believe everything you read on Slashdot. Microsoft doesn't send any more than they say they do.
If I started a business that sold AOL CD's for two bucks you'd think I was an ass too.
1. If you go to download the thing (the "free" download, mind you) they ask you for credit card information. This is so they can sign you up for a 15-day free trial of the premium content, which you will forget about in 15 days. Nevertheless, there is a way to download an old version.
2. It tries to take over your file associations but we're all used to that.
3. Once you install the thing, it sets itself up to launch on startup--not from the "Startup" menu but from a startup menu in the registry. Good thing I know about msconfig.
4. This one is the kicker though: if you ever use it again, the thing goes back to starting up from the registry. There is a way in the menus to tell it not to load on startup but for me it starts right back up, like some petulant child tagging me "it".
So yeah, for that we get banner ads and grainy video. It's the american way.
Realplayer always has and always will blow the ass of undead goats. I haven't installed it for about 4 years, and I'm not about to do it again.
