watching sky at night online

i have just realised i can watch episodes of the sky at night online at the
bbc,they only seem to be watchable on realplayer,i already have windows
media player & quick time & dont want to download another,is there any way
round this?
Thanks.

aj wrote:
i have just realised i can watch episodes of the sky at night online at the
bbc,they only seem to be watchable on realplayer,i already have windows
media player & quick time & dont want to download another,is there any way
round this?
Thanks.



You could try the excellent freeware program Realtime alternative and
remove Windows Media player.

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...lternative.htm

Regards,
John.

"John" wrote in message
...
aj wrote:
i have just realised i can watch episodes of the sky at night online at
the bbc,they only seem to be watchable on realplayer,i already have
windows media player & quick time & dont want to download another,is
there any way round this?
Thanks.

You could try the excellent freeware program Realtime alternative and
remove Windows Media player.

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...lternative.htm

Regards,
John.

thanks,i dont think you can remove WMP though without delving deep into the
registry.

aj wrote:

I have just realised I can watch episodes of the Sky At Night online at the
BBC, they only seem to be watchable on realplayer, I already have Windows
Media Player & Quick Time & don't want to download another, is there any way
round this?

Crap isn't it. Whatever you do don't load Real Player and then let it
loose in your other libraries it will destroy everything if you have to
unload it. That's happened to me a couple of times.

(Well it was a long time later and I am not gifted with a good memory
for technical stuff.)

There was some snarl up with a registry Real Player used and when I
uninstalled it I lost a vast ammount of my music files. Ye Realle Yne
Pysser!

Wouldn't you think a company with the BBC's resources could do a lot
better? I effing hate the BBC! It's being run by morons. You write in
to complain and see where that gets you.

I believe they offer a choice though (both for Windows platforms I take
it.)

John wrote:
aj wrote:

i have just realised i can watch episodes of the sky at night online
at the bbc,they only seem to be watchable on realplayer,i already have
windows media player & quick time & dont want to download another,is
there any way round this?
Thanks.


You could try the excellent freeware program Realtime alternative and
remove Windows Media player.

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...lternative.htm

Regards,
John.

agreed, it uses Windows Media pLayer Classic (mplayer2.exe) and is very UNinvasive :-)

DH

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"John" wrote in message
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aj wrote:
i have just realised i can watch episodes of the sky at night online at
the bbc,they only seem to be watchable on realplayer,i already have
windows media player & quick time & dont want to download another,is
there any way round this?
Thanks.

You could try the excellent freeware program Realtime alternative and
remove Windows Media player.

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...lternative.htm

Regards,
John.

done that John it works fine,thanks.

aj wrote:
"John" wrote in message
...

aj wrote:

i have just realised i can watch episodes of the sky at night online at
the bbc,they only seem to be watchable on realplayer,i already have
windows media player & quick time & dont want to download another,is
there any way round this?
Thanks.

You could try the excellent freeware program Realtime alternative and
remove Windows Media player.

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...lternative.htm

Regards,
John.


done that John it works fine,thanks.



Glad to have helped aj.

Regards,
John.

On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 09:52:29 +0100, in uk.sci.astronomy , "aj"
wrote:

i have just realised i can watch episodes of the sky at night online at the
bbc,they only seem to be watchable on realplayer,i already have windows
media player & quick time & dont want to download another,is there any way
round this?

The BBC transmit all their stuff using Realplayer. You can capture the
RM stream then convert it to AVI via a variety of fairly complex
methods, but really, why not just install the BBC-ised version of
Realplayer?
Mark McIntyre
--

On 7 Apr 2006 02:07:11 -0700, in uk.sci.astronomy , "Weatherlawyer"
wrote:


Mark McIntyre wrote:

The BBC transmit all their stuff using Realplayer. You can capture the
RM stream then convert it to AVI via a variety of fairly complex
methods, but really, why not just install the BBC-ised version of Realplayer?

Is that a version that won't take over all your settings from other
players, report home every 5 minutes and insist on setting spam
attractors from other sources as well as dumping your DivX codecs when
you finally get fed up with the damned thing?

I've no idea what piece of s/w you're talking about but if it manages
to report home at all, and set spam attractors through my firewall, it
deserves a medal. The "bbc player" that I have in Firefox doesn't do
any of that stuff, it just displays the AV item that I clicked on.
Maybe its a microsoft thingy.

That would be nice.

Frankly, RM stinks, but its the company the Beeb did a deal with so..
..
Mark McIntyre
--

Mark McIntyre wrote:
On 7 Apr 2006 02:07:11 -0700, in uk.sci.astronomy , "Weatherlawyer"
wrote:

Mark McIntyre wrote:

The BBC transmit all their stuff using Realplayer. You can capture the
RM stream then convert it to AVI via a variety of fairly complex
methods, but really, why not just install the BBC-ised version of Realplayer?

Is that a version that won't take over all your settings from other
players, report home every 5 minutes and insist on setting spam
attractors from other sources as well as dumping your DivX codecs when
you finally get fed up with the damned thing?

I've no idea what piece of s/w you're talking about but if it manages
to report home at all, and set spam attractors through my firewall, it
deserves a medal. The "bbc player" that I have in Firefox doesn't do
any of that stuff, it just displays the AV item that I clicked on.
Maybe its a microsoft thingy.

That would be nice.

Frankly, RM stinks, but its the company the Beeb did a deal with so..

I wonder if there is any payola involved.

Give it a couple of years and news about the loans involved will be
headline news ontheeerrmmm.. [itv..?]

RealNetworks rep to Linux: DRM or die!

4/10/2006 3:57:00 PM, by Anders Bylund

A RealNetworks vice president voiced a few inflammatory opinions during
LinuxWorld Boston last Tuesday. The RealNetworks rep in question, Jeff
Ayars, said that Linux as a consumer platform would be dead unless DRM
capabilities are built into the OS itself.

"The consequences of Linux not supporting DRM would be that
fixed-purpose consumer electronics and Windows PCs would be the sole
entertainment platforms available," Ayers said. "Linux would be further
relegated to use in servers and business computers, since it would not
be providing the multimedia technologies demanded by consumers."
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060410-6569.html