realmedia in winamp3...ALMOST there

cebailey · 6th September 2003, 21:40

I'm SOOO close, and I can see the finish line. Here's how I've gotten it to work so far:

1. If you go to the kazaa lite page, www.k-lite.tk, you will see a link on the left for a program called RealAlternative. It's just what the name implies--an alternative to realplayer. However, what it doesn't tell you it does is it basically installs realmedia video and audio codecs to work with any media player.

2. To test it out, I opened a realmedia file in Windows Media Player and it worked perfectly.

3. I tried opening the file in Winamp3, but it wouldn't play. So I simply renamed the file to .avi, and it played beautifully, with 1 problem: THE COLOR IS INVERTED. Everything else looks fantastic, but the color thing is driving me insane. Anybody have any thoughts on how to fix this?

thepyr0x · 6th September 2003, 23:03

being that realmedia is a proprietary format, I believe that any "hacking" you are doing to get it to play in any unlicensed media player is therefore illegal...

duh · 7th September 2003, 03:43

the real question is, why would you want to?

cebailey · 7th September 2003, 04:42

because i don't feel like converting 400 videos in realmedia that i have to something else, because 1) it would be a pain, and 2) even if i could, there is NO reliable software to convert from realmedia to anything else.

Russ · 7th September 2003, 22:43

Does the same happen in Winamp 2?

cebailey · 7th September 2003, 23:29

nope, it looks fine in winamp2. I'd really like to see it working in Winamp3, however, because I like the way the multiple playlists and queueing work in WA3, and until WA5 comes out I'd like to use it.

cebailey · 8th September 2003, 00:01

by the way, i tried installing a 'fresh' copy of winamp3 and it still inverts the color.

cebailey · 8th September 2003, 00:10

I even tried an older build of Winamp3, and still the same problem. Is there a way to implement the video player from 2.91 into Winamp3?

NuklearPanda · 14th September 2003, 03:46

Download DivX....

cebailey · 14th September 2003, 06:13

I already have divx...how would that help in this situation?

Russ · 14th September 2003, 11:29

It's a known bug in Winamp3, fixed in build 499. However I'd recommend using 2.9 myself

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NuklearPanda · 14th September 2003, 18:33

Quote:

Originally posted by cebailey
I already have divx...how would that help in this situation?

Open all avi. files in DivX.

6th September 2003, 21:40	#1
cebailey Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 24	realmedia in winamp3...ALMOST there I'm SOOO close, and I can see the finish line. Here's how I've gotten it to work so far: 1. If you go to the kazaa lite page, www.k-lite.tk, you will see a link on the left for a program called RealAlternative. It's just what the name implies--an alternative to realplayer. However, what it doesn't tell you it does is it basically installs realmedia video and audio codecs to work with any media player. 2. To test it out, I opened a realmedia file in Windows Media Player and it worked perfectly. 3. I tried opening the file in Winamp3, but it wouldn't play. So I simply renamed the file to .avi, and it played beautifully, with 1 problem: THE COLOR IS INVERTED. Everything else looks fantastic, but the color thing is driving me insane. Anybody have any thoughts on how to fix this?

7th September 2003, 22:43	#5
Russ Mostly Harmless (Alumni) Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: UK Posts: 2,319	Does the same happen in Winamp 2? For long you live and high you fly, but only if you ride the tide, and balanced on the biggest wave you race towards an early grave. \|Musicbrainz\|Audioscrobbler\|last.fm\|

14th September 2003, 11:29	#11
Russ Mostly Harmless (Alumni) Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: UK Posts: 2,319	It's a known bug in Winamp3, fixed in build 499. However I'd recommend using 2.9 myself . For long you live and high you fly, but only if you ride the tide, and balanced on the biggest wave you race towards an early grave. \|Musicbrainz\|Audioscrobbler\|last.fm\|

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6th September 2003, 23:03	#2
thepyr0x Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: At my house in a city in Canada Posts: 1,336	being that realmedia is a proprietary format, I believe that any "hacking" you are doing to get it to play in any unlicensed media player is therefore illegal...

7th September 2003, 03:43	#3
duh Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 290	the real question is, why would you want to?

7th September 2003, 04:42	#4
cebailey Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 24	because i don't feel like converting 400 videos in realmedia that i have to something else, because 1) it would be a pain, and 2) even if i could, there is NO reliable software to convert from realmedia to anything else.

7th September 2003, 23:29	#6
cebailey Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 24	nope, it looks fine in winamp2. I'd really like to see it working in Winamp3, however, because I like the way the multiple playlists and queueing work in WA3, and until WA5 comes out I'd like to use it.

8th September 2003, 00:01	#7
cebailey Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 24	by the way, i tried installing a 'fresh' copy of winamp3 and it still inverts the color.

8th September 2003, 00:10	#8
cebailey Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 24	I even tried an older build of Winamp3, and still the same problem. Is there a way to implement the video player from 2.91 into Winamp3?

14th September 2003, 03:46	#9
NuklearPanda Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 31	Download DivX....

14th September 2003, 06:13	#10
cebailey Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 24	I already have divx...how would that help in this situation?