playing real player videos?

emptythought · Post by **emptythought** » Wed Feb 06, 2002 4:24 pm

i know currently you can't, but do you think it could be possible to play rm (real player) video files on the dc? i'm thinkin no, but i'm not sure? how would i got about converting them to mpeg-1 or dixv4.xx video files so that i can play them on the dc as of right now? thanks!

JustinVisible · Post by **JustinVisible** » Wed Feb 06, 2002 6:38 pm

At the moment I don't think there is a way to convert realplayer I have tried many things but none work, REAL is a company that is very fussy and they don't want people converting there stuff (atleast thats what I have heard ) please somebody tell me if I am wrong because I wanna watch my family guy episodes on dreamcast :p

kRYPT_ · Post by **kRYPT_** » Wed Feb 06, 2002 9:19 pm

Ugh, begin rant about RM to AVI conversion:

There is a program called Tinra .. the old version sucked, but the new one (0.05) is good. Download it, stablizer, and the GUI (can all be got from the DL page), put them into the same directory, and select all 3 extensions when it asks you. All your RMs will now have 'Convert to AVI' options in their right click menus. Just select an RM, Convert to AVI, select DivX, set the bitrate, and away you go. Takes as long as the episode/show would normally take to play.

Your other option is a intelligent screen capture utility (like http://www.techsmith.com/products/snagit/), disable all hardware-enhanced rendering in RealPlayer, hitting play, and then recording the stream using the software to DivX ... your milage may vary, and to decode the audio you can either use Ra2Wav (you should be able to find it around) or just plug a loopback cable (stereo jack on both sides) from line in to line out and record along with the video.

End rant.

JustinVisible wrote: At the moment I don't think there is a way to convert realplayer I have tried many things but none work, REAL is a company that is very fussy and they don't want people converting there stuff (atleast thats what I have heard ) please somebody tell me if I am wrong because I wanna watch my family guy episodes on dreamcast :p

complex720 · Post by **complex720** » Wed Feb 06, 2002 9:44 pm

Realmedia is something I've been wanting on DC for awhile but, chances look slim "right now" but, I've seen like multimedia programs around on the net that play pretty much all formats including real media so maybe someone will port one of those over to the DC; Who knows

discostu55555 · Post by **discostu55555** » Wed Feb 06, 2002 10:01 pm

nevermind

JustinVisible · Post by **JustinVisible** » Thu Feb 07, 2002 6:04 pm

Thanks Krypt man, I will try the Tinra thing I have tried snagit before but it didn't work very well on my computer

ultradude · Post by **ultradude** » Thu Feb 07, 2002 9:29 pm

kRYPT_ : Thx for that info on converting RM to AVI :) I have some old Sonic Underground Eps in RM formatt that i can watch on DC now..though i dont think it;ll look all that good cauz the res is low for RM files, but..oh well..should be cool to watch em on TV anyways :)

N-D-SKIES · Post by **N-D-SKIES** » Fri Feb 08, 2002 4:06 pm

I tried the TINRA convertor, but it just leaves me with audio and no video. Can some 1 help?

kRYPT_ · Post by **kRYPT_** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 11:00 pm

You must have the latest RealPlayer isntalled.

If still no go, give EO Video a try.

N-D-SKIES wrote: I tried the TINRA convertor, but it just leaves me with audio and no video. Can some 1 help?