Real Player vs. Windows Media Player

[jwmorrice]

I subscribe to the major league baseball streaming video broadcasts using DSL and on both of my computers (Athlon 64's with ATI video cards), I've noticed that Real Player delivers much better images, i.e. smoother and more detailed. I wonder if anyone else has noticed the same differences on their system.

I'm curious why that would be so. I find it difficult to imagine that Real's technology is really that much better than MS's.

jwm

P.S. I have XP Home on my laptop and XP Pro on the desktop.

 

[Diode]

I subscribe to the major league baseball streaming video broadcasts using DSL and on both of my computers (Athlon 64's with ATI video cards), I've noticed that Real Player delivers much better images, i.e. smoother and more detailed. I wonder if anyone else has noticed the same differences on their system.

I'm curious why that would be so. I find it difficult to imagine that Real's technology is really that much better than MS's.

jwm

P.S. I have XP Home on my laptop and XP Pro on the desktop.

Sounds like you know how to have a good time!

 

[jwmorrice]

At least I don't hang around 'the Hatt'.

jwm

 

[Diode]

At least I don't hang around 'the Hatt'.

jwm

True enough..But I'm a bit nervous to go back.

 

[jwmorrice]

True enough..But I'm a bit nervous to go back.

Maybe Sheik can hold your hand.

jwm

 

[Cobster]

wmv is alright, quicktime is slick but ANNOYING AS FUCK because it sometimes autostarts itself when you turn on your computer...(which i do kill with a start-up killer) but somehow sometimes it sets itself up...but if i had a choice between the 2 you mentioned WMV. realplayer is an annoying pig.

ps - athlon 64's? must be nice there jm
smart move gettin the AMD, over the over-priced Intel anything line up.
does the same job for a lot less.

 

[Diode]

what the hell are you blabbering about?

QuickTime is where it's at. QuickTime, not Windblows Media Player.

Sorry..but Who blows....

Farking computer Farkwads!

 

[ruck]

In order of good to bad

Quicktime
Real Player
WMP

I use all three incase I have plugin problems with one.
Plus some porn sites only allow certain players.
Not that I surf porn very much

 

[Meister]

I still think DivX is the smoothest. I am not sure though if it can stream.

 

[jwmorrice]

what the hell are you blabbering about?

QuickTime is where it's at. QuickTime, not Windblows Media Player.

QT isn't where it's at for video streaming on the major league baseball site. It's WMP or RP and that's it!

jwm