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play rm files from command line ???
housenm:
Is there any player out there which can play
rm files (real media) through a command line?
And if possible shuts down with escape :)
TalkingOctopus:
Real Media is a proprietary format so unfortunately there are not a wide variety of viewers available. I use Real Alternative. It allows you to play "real files" without the horrible bloat of the real installations. I am not sure if it takes commandline parameters. You could probably use a wrapper to make it exit w/ escape.
Get it here:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm
Howard_Casto:
Your real solution (pun intended) is to convert those crappy rm files into a better format. EO video is a good program for the task and it's relatively inexpensive. I think you can even use it free for thirty days. Then you simply use mplayer2 with the proper command-line switches. (mplayer2 is wmp 5.4 that is still included with recent versions of wmp)
I did a study on video compression for college at one point..... The only, and I mean the only good use for realmedia is for a streaming media server. At this point the wma/wmv/asfv3/mpeg4 format (all are basically the same mpeg4 compression method) even does a better job at this, so I guess there is literally NO reason to have media in real format anymore.
Generic Eric:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on March 24, 2004, 04:23:01 am ---<snipped> so I guess there is literally NO reason to have media in real format anymore.
--- End quote ---
Howard, please tell the rest of the internet. I hate real media. I haven't perfomrmed the extensive comparison as you have, but I am not impressed with the output.
Down with real player!
Is EO video just a REAL media file convertor program? Do you have a link? Thanks.
papaschtroumpf:
what's the best method to convert them?
Also, I have some encrypted real media file (that's what happens when you let the wife do the ripping ;) ). I can play them in realplayer because that's where they were encrypted in the first place, but I have about 8 CDs worth that I don't have the originals for anymore due to a car break-in >:( so I was never able to re-rip them.
I assume I coud "loopback" my line out into my line in but I was wondering if there was a better solution