Real Player

NE5 · 22 Aug 2013 at 10:56

Since I updated Real Player [and google chrome] a while ago, I have had a problem with downloading and playback of Real Player. I downloading video clips from youtube properly now - I think as it used to do it automatically from youtube but now you have to copy the url into Real player - but i can't play these downloads back anymore.

It used to use .flv files but now uses mp4 etc and I don't know how to convert them or what to convert them to to play them back.

Thank you for any help.

KIA · 22 Aug 2013 at 12:39

Real Player is trash.

Use http://www.clipconverter.cc/ to download the video from YouTube
Use http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html to play the video

marc2003 · 22 Aug 2013 at 12:58

KIA said:
Real Player is trash.

+27,975,823

i can't believe it's still going. i thought it died out at the start of the millennium.

valve90210 · 22 Aug 2013 at 13:17

Wow, I haven't had Real Player installed for literally more years than I can remember!! Even back in the early days it was a terrible bit of software!!!

Raumarik · 22 Aug 2013 at 13:33

Real player filled a short lived niche back in the easy days of the 'net but got bloaty very fast.

KIA's post is spot on, those are nice alternatives

NE5 · 22 Aug 2013 at 13:56

thank you for the replies :-)

I will look at those links.

d_brennen · 22 Aug 2013 at 14:08

Are you running Windows ME, NE5?