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Old 04-04-2015, 13:46   #1
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Real Player with windows 8.1
Anyone troubleshoot this problem that real player won't download files off You Tube with Windows 8.1.

When I try it just comes up with "Unable to Download" and has since day one.
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Re: Real Player with windows 8.1
Probably could, but do you deserve it? Who knows what you would download?
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you have brought this up before...

REAL PLAYER IS CRAP DO NOT USE IT

hope that helps this time now its big and bold
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Old 07-04-2015, 17:30   #4
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you have brought this up before...

REAL PLAYER IS CRAP DO NOT USE IT

hope that helps this time now its big and bold
Yes this is a new computer I am talking about and the other one did let me down load eventually! Real player works for me on other computers OK!
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Re: Real Player with windows 8.1
Of course it works "OK" why wouldn't it after years and years of development?!?
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Re: Real Player with windows 8.1
I don`t use Real Player and I`m still on W7, but this is a suggestion I found from mr Micro$oft - RealDownloader incompatible with IE 11 ??? - Microsoft Community
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but this is a suggestion I found from mr Micro$oft -
That question/comment on the link was a funny read "I'm in the middle of downloading the 8.1 update on another PC, but I think I'll stop it." Wow...you're going to cancel the 8.1 update because stupid realplayer won't work? Sigh ever heard of other, better options?

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I don`t use Real Player and I`m still on W7
Why don't you use real player?

For me its their history of bundling ADWARE and SPYWARE in with their crap player followed by their extremely bad video/audio codec that nobody in their right mind in this day would use for anything!
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Why don't you use real player?

For me its their history of bundling ADWARE and SPYWARE in with their crap player followed by their extremely bad video/audio codec that nobody in their right mind in this day would use for anything!
VLC does everything I need.
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VLC does everything I need.
AH. Tried that.

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I tried VLC and I didn't like it. Real Player is good and is easy to use - people have different tastes I found VLC rubbish !
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Re: Real Player with windows 8.1
Like anything VLC has it`s advantages and disadvantages, I`ve used VLC for years and it does everything I need, plays video and music, even incomplete downloads and no codecs needed. Each to their own though.
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what disadvantages have you come across ?
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what disadvantages have you come across ?
None really with how I use it but there`s bound to be some, it may not download videos from you tube for example, but then again it may I don`t know because it isn`t something I do. Some of the fine adjustments could be a bit more srtaight forward, things like adjusting dynamic range compression for when watching a movie late at night. Nothing major though.
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Re: Real Player with windows 8.1
I believe there is a way to download videos from youtube with VLC.. never done it myself.Never needed to download a video from youtube
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dynamic range compression for when watching a movie late at night. Nothing major though.
I use headphones for that

You use VLC on a TV to watch movies? if so thought about using XBMC(habit)
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...Never needed to download a video from youtube
Me neither, I wouldn`t want to be breaching any copyright laws.
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