Archive through July 09, 2002
TV ClubHouse: Archive: USA 2002:
All Things Technical for BB 2002 (computer stuff):
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Archive through July 09, 2002
Ryn | Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 12:51 pm     Looks like there might be a lot of discussion about the technical stuff to do with Real Player. |
Maris | Saturday, July 06, 2002 - 04:19 pm     I just installed the real player one and have the superpass but my real player keeps crashing everytime I open it. I get an error that says somethig about an error with rpm 3260.dll. I sent email to real player and am waiting to hear from them. Has anyone had that problem after they installed the real player one? I had no problem with my gold pass last year. |
Wink | Saturday, July 06, 2002 - 08:31 pm     Where is Ewing? |
Car54 | Saturday, July 06, 2002 - 08:35 pm     Oh, I hope Ewing comes back. He has not been back since 9/11. I have read his board over at Delphi a few times but he hasn't been here at all this year. |
Freydnot | Sunday, July 07, 2002 - 12:25 am     So has anyone gotten wind of the URL's for BB3? I'm wondering if Real Player 8 will be good enough or if we will have to install RealOne. <Rant> I really don't want to install RealOne. It works its way into your system and Its hard to get it back out. You can't even download the program without installing their "download manager". I hate that. Why do they have to mess up my computer so much? </Rant> Whew. I feel better now |
Ryn | Sunday, July 07, 2002 - 09:58 am     freyd, there is a thread over in the BB general area, a coupl eactually (but YOU came to the right place, we just aren't settled in here yet). I think you HAVE to install Real - not sure yet though... there is an 800# to call and ask such things, I will have to post it and drive REAL crazy... |
Maris | Sunday, July 07, 2002 - 06:14 pm     I sent real an email about my problems. They sent me an email back telling me to reinstall (did that) reboot (did that) upgrade my sound card, a little trickier, since I dont know where my sound card is or how to find out about it. I think I am going to remove real one and go back to real player 8. |
Freydnot | Sunday, July 07, 2002 - 11:19 pm     I was able to view other realone content using real player plus 8. I'm not sure my luck will hold for BB3 though. I guess we will find out. |
Carolm | Monday, July 08, 2002 - 10:47 am     I Had same problem so I Shut off firewall and norton virus, downloaded and installed real, then turned on firewall and norton. Seems to be working fine. Hope this helps |
Jules | Monday, July 08, 2002 - 12:30 pm     I was watching the Early Show clip a few minutes ago on real player and I dont know if I have my settings all wrong or if that is how its suppose to be but the pictures kept overlapping, I know its suppose to buffer, but after it starts buffering then thats when I have problems. Can someone help me with this. |
Ryn | Monday, July 08, 2002 - 12:47 pm     Its most likely your connection Jules, or there was a lot of congestion, try it a few times at different times and see if the quality improves. |
Jules | Monday, July 08, 2002 - 12:51 pm     thanks Ryn I dont know what I would do without all of the help I get on here. |
Lauram | Monday, July 08, 2002 - 04:18 pm     Sorry I know this is REALLY basic but how do you sign up for the live feeds? Last year my DH did it for me, but now he is out of town. I went to the BB official site but did not see a link. I know that I must sign up with Real player, but when I do that, will it automatically give me an icon on my desktop?? Also, has everybody already done this, or are you waiting to see if there is a special?? Thanks in advance!! |
Faerygdds | Monday, July 08, 2002 - 04:59 pm     If there is a special, they will probably put it up after the show on Wednesday. If you want to go the standard Super Pass method (9.95 per month with 14 day free trial), then go to www.real.com and you'll need to sign up for the pass from their site. (I would tell you what to click on, but I'm on a networked computer with no real IP and thus can't get in right now). When you buy the pass from real, you get the player with all the bells and whistles. BTW.. it's not a dumb question... the only dumb question is the one NOT asked! And if you need anymore help... we are here |
Friendofdot | Monday, July 08, 2002 - 06:27 pm     Last year like the rest of us, I used Real Player 8 Plus. After Big Brother, I never used it again. However, I recently checked and clicked on the "upgrade" under HELP in Real Player Plus. It came up with a list of things to upgrade and the first was RealOne, but there were about 20 other things after that. One of the others was the download manager, which I also don't want. So I was wondering if I would be able to just download the RealOne without the "extras" using this method. Has anyone tried this or thinks it may work? Like someone else wrote, I just want the basics and would even love to just use what I have. |
Mygetaway | Monday, July 08, 2002 - 07:33 pm     So is "communicating" the new term for buffering?? Jules if you have 56k modem like me, the clip will probably not get any better. I just tried watching it again, and it started out good, got past the Sheryl comment that stalled before, but then went downhill after that. Very jumbled and blurry/skippy. |
Gadzooks | Monday, July 08, 2002 - 07:51 pm     I tried to watch and listen the the CBS preview and I could barely hear anything (very muffled). Is there something I can do to improve this....should I be changing my settings or something. I have 56k and dial up connection. This is maddening. Usually when I use Media Player everything is crystal clear ...why do I have such trouble with Realone? Ugh |
Jules | Monday, July 08, 2002 - 08:09 pm     Mygetaway thats about as far as I got before it started stalling. Yes I do have 56k , I hope that it gets better if not, I may not get live feeds- im just on the free one right now. |
Mygetaway | Monday, July 08, 2002 - 08:27 pm     Jules, Don't give up yet. I watched the feeds last year with this same connection and got to "see" everything. It's not always the best, but you can hear everything that's going on too. I think it will come in better than this clip from CBS. One thing to remember is like Ryn said, sometimes it's worse during times that are "congested". Go to the E channel while having the Real player on, and watch a couple of those videos there. The quality should be better, and you'll get a better idea of how this player does. It's still not crystal clear, but you can definitely tell what's going on. |
Jules | Monday, July 08, 2002 - 08:32 pm     Mygetaway, i hope so, I went to E! when I downloaded real and they were alot better than that clip, I will probably end up getting live feeds for the whole 3 months but it just drives me crazy when something good is going on and I can't see exactly whats happening ya know. Well anyways we will see. thanks for your information though. |
Ryn | Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 09:33 am     From Lurknomore: Hi all (and boy am I glad to be back following a reformat from HELL). I was just over at the Real site and they have formally announced they are partnering with CBS and BB, and we can either pay a one time fee of $24.95 for the season of BB or $9.95 per month. Here is the URL http://www.realnetworks.com/company/press/releases/2002/bigbrother.html |
Karuuna | Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 09:54 am     well, that's bad news for Mac users.... << To view the webcasts, consumers will need the RealOne Player, available for download at www.real.com. RealNetworks now has more than 700,000 paid monthly subscribers to its premium subscription services.>> As far as I can tell the RealOne Player is not yet available for Macs.... from the Real.com website: "RealOne Player is only available for Windows operating systems at this time. RealNetworks does not release information on future availability or development of software products." One potential solution would be to buy Virtual PC, so a Mac user could run the Windows version of the RealOne Player. Anyone have any experience with that combo? |
Spygirl | Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 03:51 pm     Kar, as you know, I am not a Mac user, but when my boss upgraded to a G4 last year, I begged him to purchase Virtual PC for me to use b/c we shared the computer. I did not enjoy the combo at all, but I'm not sure how much of that was because I do not like Mac (and don't know it well). It has some issues with compatibility, although, if I had been able to find a mac expert, they might have been fixed (my boss didn't know didley about either). I was a PC user trying to use it rather than a Mac user. You might have better luck. |
Karuuna | Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 07:19 pm     Thanks for the feedback Spy. That's helpful. it's still an expensive fix just to watch the BB live feeds. |
Spygirl | Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 09:07 pm     Very expensive - like $199 or something? |
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