Re: [OT] RealPlayer10 not recognizing .ra files
On 18 Oct 2004, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 22:49:35 -0400, Carl Fink <carl@fink.to> wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 10:37:10PM -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> >
> > > I just downloaded RealPlayer10 in hopes of listening to
> > > airamericaradio, but I get an "unsupported document type" (the file
> > > type is .ra). I can listen to other streams (I recommend WRFG -
> > > www.wrfg.org - Radio Free Georgia - to anyone with eclectic tastes in
> > > music and progessive tastes in politics) but a few give me the same
> > > error. Is there something I need to edit (mimetypes??). Any help
> > > will be appreciated.
> >
> > I find that if I download the .ra file, then open it directly in RealPlayer
> > (instead of clicking on a web link) it works every time. Clicking links,
> > under 50%. Dunno why, but my workaround works.
>
> Curiously, that worked. Thanks! Now, since AirAmerica feeds last
> only 3 hours, I guess I'll have to download a new one every now and
> then.
>
> Patrick
Still on RealPlayer 8 here, to access the BBC. It's working OK at the
moment, after some hiccups in the past. I haven't seen RP 10; does it
offer any significant advantate over RP 8 or just more hassle getting it
to work?
Anthony
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