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		w1ntermute on Jan 29, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why can't people in US watch Al Jazeera? > as much as RealPlayer sucks No need for RealPlayer. Just get Media Player Classic Home Cinema (http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/) and Real Alternative (http://www.filehippo.com/download_real_alternative/). With that combination, RealMedia streams have become one of my favorites. You can do the same with QuickTime, by getting QuickTime Lite (http://www.filehippo.com/download_quicktime_alternative/).

ComputerGuru on Jan 30, 2011 [–]

I don't think they do live streams. I'm on Mac, and usually use VLC to watch RealPlayer files, but I couldn't get to the RealPlay live media (.ram files).

w1ntermute on Jan 30, 2011 | [–]

MPC-HC + RealAlternative can play RealMedia files that VLC (and MPlayer) can't. But this is the best option (IMHO): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2156494

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