| Updated 2/23/2010: RealPlayer audio/video clips:
The latest free version of RealPlayer, SP, is a viable choice for playing most audio/video files, burning CDs and ripping MP3s. Google includes it with their new, free Chrome browser software. BBC, NPR and others still use it. As of 2/23/2010, it appears that older versions such as RealPlayer 8 don't work. SP seems to do fine; When installing, be sure not to choose any of the $$ options unless you intend to. Also, uncheck all the boxes presented to you. Real was practically the only choice for streaming media on the World Wide Web when I started this site in 1998. I now use MP3 and YouTube Video for new audio and video files, but will retain all the older RealPlayer clips. I will convert some of them over to the more current formats as the need arises. |