Andreas, Happy New Year to you,
I know that the real PLAYER sucks - I said as much myself in the part of my message you snipped out. But if you embed your real media on your web pages, then you don't get any of the crap, and you also get the most efficient codec. Pop-up blockers limit the damage if you use their player as a stand-alone. I am not defending these guys, they really do suck, but I much prefer uploading a small RM file of good quality than a mov file taking up much more disk space, of the same video with same quality. And WMV - well, there is a war going on, and I still prefer alternatives to Windows monopolyware. Also, Apple is not an innocent by-stander. They do their best to steal the file associations too, and also insist that their player remains ON TOP when playing, one thing that the sucky real player people do NOT do.
Also, if you're using Windows, there are great free tools to get the real player completely out of the registry in seconds.
All my users get a tinyurl shortcut directly to the final step for download page of the sucky free real player. Makes it very easy to find.
There are no ideal solutions, are there?
I just went to your site and see that you embed MOVs. Well, if you EMBED RMs, the result is exactly the same. All the crap you bring up in your reply only occurs when you use the real player as a standalone.
Mike Marzio
www.real-english.com
Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2006 14:34:34 +0100
From: "Andreas Haugstrup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: The Best CodecOn Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:03:05 +0100, Michael MARZIO
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> My conclusion is that RM files are absolutely the best hands down, and I
> just don't understand why Real Networks or Real Media or whatever
> they're called, haven't won the codec war already.[SNIP]
> I'm sure others are interested in keeping file sizes down and quality
> up. Why do I seem to be the only one who has reached this conclusion in
> favor of RM?In case you haven't noticed it the Real Player sucks. It's impossible to
find the free player on their website, it's a real drag on slower
computers, it installs all kinds of crap and hijacks half the file types
on the computer. Even when you think you've uninstalled the player you get
these pop-ups above the system tray notifying you of "great offers" and
the likes.They can have the best codec in the world, but until they make a player
that works *with* the users instead of against the users no one is going
to watch those videos.- Andreas
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