The only reason I use real player is to convienently download youtube videos. They updated this yesterday in order to make it even easier. Of course, this not only doesn't work, you can't download videos at all anymore. WTF <_<
It's not like they're the only plugin to download videos, and others don't have all the crap
I've refused to install RealPlayer on my PC for years. :)
Realplayer? Seriously??
Realplayer sucks. I have to maintain it on my public computers but wouldn't touch that crap for staff use.
It still exists?
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 15, 2010, 03:03:24 AM
The only reason I use real player is to convienently download youtube videos. They updated this yesterday in order to make it even easier. Of course, this not only doesn't work, you can't download videos at all anymore. WTF <_<
You expect one of the worst pieces of commercial AV bloatware to work properly. :mellow:
Google search for "youtube video download" and try various sites until you find one that works. You shouldn't have to install or download any software at all.
Maybe you should stop stealing the property of others...
Quote from: DontSayBanana on March 15, 2010, 09:55:06 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 15, 2010, 03:03:24 AM
The only reason I use real player is to convienently download youtube videos. They updated this yesterday in order to make it even easier. Of course, this not only doesn't work, you can't download videos at all anymore. WTF <_<
You expect one of the worst pieces of commercial AV bloatware to work properly. :mellow:
I never had problems with it before this.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 17, 2010, 07:40:03 AM
I never had problems with it before this.
Use this incident as an opportunity to make a clean break with Realplayer, and don't look back. Seriously, there are many better ways to do what you want without installing that bloatware. As has been mentioned, there are websites that will transcode the video & then let you download it (make sure they are legit sites, though) and I think there are even Firefox extensions that will do it for you.
Yeah, video downloadhelper for firefox works very well.
The videos are already on your hard drive too. You can just go in to your browser cache and pull them out
Quote from: Caliga on March 15, 2010, 05:23:57 AM
I've refused to install RealPlayer on my PC for years. :)
Yeah, like the late 90s.
I had assumed they had gone under.
I guess there are enough Tims out there to keep them in business. :)
I try to remember when I encountered my last .rm file, but honestly I can't.
Quote from: Neil on March 19, 2010, 08:09:35 AM
Yeah, like the late 90s.
I had assumed they had gone under.
With dumbass products like this (for which they were successfully sued recently), they've been doing their damnedest to make it that happen: http://gizmodo.com/5046611/realnetworks-realdvd-legal-dvd-backup-no-real-point
While I think it was a noble pursuit for them to challenge the stupid DMCA prohibition on breaking DVD copy protection for content you own, a product that removes DRM but then puts new DRM on the ripped movie is pointless.
Quote from: Caliga on March 19, 2010, 08:20:59 AM
I guess there are enough Tims out there to keep them in business. :)
I never paid them for anything. It's free.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 24, 2010, 01:49:33 AM
I never paid them for anything. It's free.
Don't they serve ads via RealPlayer?