Tech: RealPlayer problems

Subject: Tech: Real Player problems
From: GUEST,Porky, the Buffet Slayer
Date: 31 Dec 02 - 10:44 AM

In the last couple of days, I've had nothing but grief whenever I try to stream over the Internet via Real Player. It freezes up my computer. I've been using the latest versions of Real Audio/Real Player for at least four years without any problems. Until this week that is.

I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling several times. Nothing works. I've searched the Real.com site for information about this problem. Nothing there.

No other program on my computer is giving me any trouble. Just the Real Player.

Anybody know what to do? I need the Real Player to listen to my favorite folk radio programs from here and there.

Thanks for any good advice you can give me.

BTW, I'm not a guest, I'll reset my cookie.

Subject: RE: Tech: Real Player problems
From: GUEST,sorefingers
Date: 31 Dec 02 - 11:01 AM

Lots of reasons, probably you downloaded or played corrupted data. Hacking is so advanced these days that embedding crap into data flowing through a network is not that hard to do - however illegal.

On the other hand you could have installed or removed something that messed with system files, more likely. How about checking cache and temporary directories, how about checking the cookies folders?
Extensions is raa or something like it, can't recall.

Last RealAudio along with MS get real mean if you use their stuff and
do not pay for it, so for example you'll often see folks online with older versions of Winderz - not licensed - having real problems with mouse, hard disk drives etc. This is no accident! They send out data
over the net to interrogate PCs to see if they are legal, if not code
is then sent to break the PC. Again it is illegal but hey nearly impossible to prosecute.

In the years I have been using the internet two things seem to be universaly true, mRC and Realplayer are Hacker hangouts. Neither are on any MS machine I use, though I would not be bothered about them in a Unix system such as Linux - since hacking into another persons Unix system is like attacking the US Airforce with a feather, talk about
turning diodes into transistors - hot hot hot! It should be outlawed!

lol

Subject: RE: Tech: Real Player problems
From: MMario
Date: 31 Dec 02 - 11:04 AM

check your system for spyware also - using something like ad-aware. streaming video or audio would be one of the first things to show symptoms if spy-ware was degrading your computers performance.

Subject: RE: Tech: Real Player problems
From: Susanne (skw)
Date: 31 Dec 02 - 01:06 PM

You can download the latest free Real Player One version via the BBC website. It's legal and, presumably, safe, so no fear of retaliatory code from RP, at least!

Subject: RE: Tech: Real Player problems
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 31 Dec 02 - 01:29 PM

Latest is not necessarily best - the latest version does seem a bit over eager tyo take over things. You might try an earlier version - here is a link to the RealAudio page with a range of these.