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Justin42
Member
08-05-2001
| Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 2:56 pm
Beffylou-- just try to play any Real content (movie trailers, etc) through the Wii. I really doubt it will work and I REALLY doubt you'll be able to watch feeds through it.
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Dlmmo
Member
11-20-2003
| Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 4:23 pm
I did not have RealPlayer installed on my home computer and tried to load the keyhole site and it didn't work . So forget my thought.
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Callasin
Member
06-21-2005
| Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 9:22 pm
Oh I can't wait to break the news to my husband. He hates BB and will be horrified that I could watch it on his precious Wii. 
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 9:41 pm
my Dh is horrified that I can have the tv show on, the feeds on, AND have showtime on all at same time!
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Beffylou
Member
04-21-2005
| Saturday, June 30, 2007 - 10:40 am
watching the feeds from the Wii is definitely NOT possible. I tried and tried and then called Nintendo (who said NO) and called Real (lol .. who laughed at me). I wasn't able to watch video or listen to songs or anything from real. lol .. I could only connect to their website.
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Flagg
Member
06-01-2005
| Saturday, June 30, 2007 - 12:13 pm
Forget it people. There's no way it's going to work on a Wii. Browsing a web site or playing an MP3 is a far cry from a working, secure streaming video player.
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Rgw825
Member
07-29-2005
| Saturday, June 30, 2007 - 12:32 pm
But that doesn't mean they won't have Real support in the future. Or if someone comes up with a hack or work around. Don't get your hopes up, all i'm saying is you would be suprised what people can do
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Flagg
Member
06-01-2005
| Saturday, June 30, 2007 - 1:01 pm
Can you even watch the streams on a mac yet?
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Saturday, June 30, 2007 - 1:02 pm
We've always been able to watch the feeds on Macs. 
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Flagg
Member
06-01-2005
| Saturday, June 30, 2007 - 1:18 pm
If it was going to happen on any game system it would be the XBOX...that has had an excellent home-brew "Media Center" video player for years. It also does streaming internet radio and I think you can even play StreamTVNow video streams on it with the proper setup and plugins.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, June 30, 2007 - 2:24 pm
if ppl can hack into government sites I am sure there are ppl out there that will figure out a way to make it work. Its not like illegally downloading, we are all ready paying for the sub to RP
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Spear
Member
08-06-2001
| Sunday, July 01, 2007 - 1:42 am
The Wii can play Flash video streams already (like those on YouTube) so it's not that unthinkable that a Real plugin could be created for the Wii browser. So until then, people desperate to watch the BB8 feeds on the Wii will have to be content with the clips that people are sure to put up on YouTube.
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Sunday, July 01, 2007 - 9:08 pm
I wonder if I'm missing something here? Is the point to watch the Real feeds on your TV? If so, far as I know (I never bothered doing it but have considered it), that all you have to do is hook up a cable to your computer and to you TV input. It's supposed to be very easy to do, esp if you have a laptop. Or is there something else you all are hoping for that I'm just not getting??
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Flagg
Member
06-01-2005
| Sunday, July 01, 2007 - 9:28 pm
Well, if you could play the streams on your Wii then your computer wouldn't be tied up decoding the streams. Not all computers have a TV-out either. Also, many people don't have a computer near their larger TV and it would be more convenient to be able to get the streams off a game system. It's a moot point, as it won't work and it's not ever going to work. No hacker is going to waste their time on Big Brother US or realplayer. Nintendo has a hard enough time getting the Wii on store shelves to spend resources on a realplayer client. Real wouldn't waste their time on a system that nobody can go to a store and buy.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Sunday, July 01, 2007 - 10:27 pm
I am an alpha tester for another gaming device with internet access, and I can say the reason it will never have Real access is because Real refuses to cooperate in making a version of it's complicated video log-in for these devices. Any and all these devices can easily play free content with just a small update, the problem comes with the stuff you need to log in to see. At least that's the reason that was given to us when our free content real player (that worked fine) was taken off our machines at one point during testing.
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