Playing RealMedia (.rm .rmvb) in Media Center MCE 2005

posted by Shifty on September 27, 2006 at 12:43 am in Uncategorized

It is possible to play RealMedia files on your MCE (or in Windows Media Player), it just takes a few easy steps.

Exit the Media Center program and go to the Desktop
Download and install Real Alternative, the codec to play RealMedia files. If you have suffered a severe head injury, you could try installing the actual RealPlayer from Real Networks instead. About Real Alternative.
Make a quick change to your registry (save this registry file without the “.txt” extension and double click it).
Press The Green Button.
Look at all the pretty new thumbnails for your RealMedia files.
Pat yourself on the back and say “thanks Pinkjoint, and thank you Shifty”.

Credit goes to this thread on thegreenbutton, a great resource for MCE owners.

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tch

Comment by tch | 10/31/06 at 7:25 pm

Do you mean I can play .rm file in the native MCE interface?
Shifty

Comment by Shifty | 11/12/06 at 10:13 pm

you certainly can
Drew

Comment by Drew | 12/18/06 at 12:31 pm

Im confused about the registry file part. I dont know anything about that stuff. Could you clear that part up for me?
bbs

Comment by bbs | 12/27/06 at 8:51 am

thanks Pinkjoint, and thank you Shifty
Juz

Comment by Juz | 01/21/07 at 11:49 pm

“thanks Pinkjoint, and thank you Shifty”
Nigel

Comment by Nigel | 06/03/07 at 10:49 pm

Thank you for that. I wasn’t going to install Vista until we recognise the rmvb format
Eric

Comment by Eric | 08/05/07 at 5:14 pm

thanks Pinkjoint, and thank you Shifty. Media centre is recognising rmvb. yo!
santhi

Comment by santhi | 12/31/07 at 10:05 am

hai pingo.., can we play online real content like tht
santhi

Comment by santhi | 12/31/07 at 10:07 am

this regedit is not playing the following link…

rtsp://208.53.158.161:777/broadcast/mtf/sw301.rm

can u sort it out
Matt

Comment by Matt | 01/03/08 at 9:36 am

does this work for the vista media center also?
MO

Comment by MO | 04/07/08 at 3:26 am

The link for registry file is not working. Can you send it to me. Thank you.

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