# How to play RealMedia files without RealPlayer

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-play-realmedia-files-without-realplayer/122117>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 3, 2002, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-play-realmedia-files-without-realplayer/122117 "2002-08-03T02:18:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-play-realmedia-files-without-realplayer/122117/1 "2002-08-03T02:18:05Z")

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So, I was just reading [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=128746) thread about the evils of RealPlayer. Well, I _do_ want to to play RealMedia files (e.g., Amazon music previews), so is there any way I can play these files without RealPlayer? Windows Media Player doesn’t seem to handle this format.

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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-play-realmedia-files-without-realplayer/122117/2 "2002-08-03T02:28:00Z")

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Nope.

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-play-realmedia-files-without-realplayer/122117/3 "2002-08-03T10:18:01Z")

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What I do is I try to avoid content in RA but I have an old computer wit it installed so, if I really want something I can download it there and convert it to WAV. There’s no way I am installing RealCrap on this computer.