real player sucks, that's why nobody puts their sets in it. proprietary , advertisement and DRM ridden crap, i don't need that shit on my PC, MP3 does just fine for mix sets.

and, many people don't know this, but you can stream an MP3 off a server just fine usually. try this, copy the shortcut in my sig, open winamp, go add URL, throw in the URL, then hit play, and it will stream just fine.

Real Players advertised itself as the perfect streaming format and all that, but all it really is a way to get advertisements on your desktop.

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Originally posted by Briden real player sucks, that's why nobody puts their sets in it. proprietary , advertisement and DRM ridden crap, i don't need that shit on my PC, MP3 does just fine for mix sets. and, many people don't know this, but you can stream an MP3 off a server just fine usually. try this, copy the shortcut in my sig, open winamp, go add URL, throw in the URL, then hit play, and it will stream just fine. Real Players advertised itself as the perfect streaming format and all that, but all it really is a way to get advertisements on your desktop.

While I too hate Real Player, and see no use for the format, if you MUST use real audio (chemical-records.co.uk ), google for "real alternative" and use that instead.

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Originally posted by `pr0digy While I too hate Real Player, and see no use for the format, if you MUST use real audio (chemical-records.co.uk ), google for "real alternative" and use that instead.

woah... will this allow me to listen to the essential mix show on radio1.bbc.co.uk? that's the only thing that makes me sad about not having real player...

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Originally posted by Inertia woah... will this allow me to listen to the essential mix show on radio1.bbc.co.uk? that's the only thing that makes me sad about not having real player...

http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/finalbuilds.htm#realalt

sooo much better than real player, and none of that bloated bullshit! Highly recommended!

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hmm.. media formats. fun shit.

a) Real, as mentioned, sucks ass. it sounds bad, licensed to all hell, and only supported by one shitty ad-laden piece of crap player
b) MP3, the defacto standard, makes poor use of bandwidth and sounds horrific above 8 or 10khz. It also has licensing issues.
c) FLAC, AAC, etc etc.. are very unsupported

that leaves Ogg Vorbis. Free, sounds good even at higher frequencies, uses less bandwidth for the same audio quality... fairly well supported, and all open source / zero royalty.

i've made my choice