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Listening to RTE streams using RealPlayer on Mac - groan

  • 12-08-2009 5:32pm
    #1
    patto_chan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 256 ✭✭


    Title says it all.
    Occasionally at work I try to get news etc streaming from RTE radio's website using Realplayer.
    I find that Realplayer performance on Mac is very poor - especially compared to that on Windows. Continuous drop-outs, garbled, etc.
    Is it due to RTE radio's streaming setup or is Mac version of Realplayer substandard?

    Any suggestions for alternatives?


Comments

  • #2
    Mikey23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 277 ✭✭Mikey23


    I use it a lot at work as well. Do you play the streams via your browser with the Real Player plugin or with the app itself? The latter is more reliable for me in NUIG, rarely stutters bar when I'm doing something memory-intensive.


  • #3
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Realplayer is the devils work regardless of OS


  • #4
    patto_chan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 256 ✭✭patto_chan


    Mikey23 wrote: »
    I use it a lot at work as well. Do you play the streams via your browser with the Real Player plugin or with the app itself? The latter is more reliable for me in NUIG, rarely stutters bar when I'm doing something memory-intensive.

    I play them in the standalone app and if anything it is worse.

    Update:
    Since my original post above I have tried the Windows Media link instead of Realplayer within my browser (Firefox 3).
    This works extremely well. It is streaming the .asx file flawlessly.
    It must be because I have the Flip4mac wmv codec installed.
    Adios Realplayer.


  • #5
    iamhunted
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,569 ✭✭✭iamhunted


    mike65 wrote: »
    Realplayer is the devils work regardless of OS

    exactly. ive no idea why RTE didnt dump it and go with flash like every other site playing video


  • #6
    conchubhar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭conchubhar1


    rnag works pefect for me on my macbook

    plays straight on the website and is a continous stream


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  • #7
    ld50
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36 ✭ld50


    Did you try VLC to play the windows asx streams? Works perfectly.
    http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

    For Radio1 open network address.
    http://dynamic.rte.ie/av/live/radio/radio1.asx

    mh


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