RealTV v1.9 beta testers needed
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TV ClubHouse: Archive: All Things Technical for BB 2003 (computer stuff): RealTV v1.9 beta testers needed

Arbustur

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 11:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I am looking for anybody who is willing to test the next version of the RealTV Player. I have a handful of dedicated beta testers at the moment and would like to expand the number. If you are interested in testing the software, please send me an email at arbustur@yahoo.com. Here is a brief description of the RealTV Player and some of the features.

The RealTV Player is a media viewer that is based on RealNetworks RealOne ActiveX embedded player component. Its primary purpose is to enhance and add functionality not presently available in the RealOne Player. These functions include the ability to take screen captures, record audio, independently control volume on individual streams and many other enhancements. The player is free, it requires no installer, has a customizable playlist, user definable hotkeys, keep player always ontop, advance packet capturing features, and automatically updates through the Internet.

Arbustur

Wednesday, August 13, 2003 - 09:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I have decided that the current build of the program is stable enough to be released as a public beta. If you would like to try the program, download it from http://www.geocities.com/arbustur/downloads.html. If there any problems or if you have any suggestions, please let me know. My email is in the above message.

Ketil

Wednesday, August 13, 2003 - 02:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It will be very much worth your time to download this version. Arbustur has added a lot of nice features and really created a handy program.

Tobor7

Wednesday, August 13, 2003 - 04:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Arbustur--
Great program REAL should buy it from you. Works great!
I guess you want suggestions...

Suggestion#1: In the multi-clip screen, use RED for the cross out color of the speakers. Black is hard to see, so sometimes I can't tell which audio I have turned off.

Arbustur

Wednesday, August 13, 2003 - 05:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tobor, you are the second person to suggest a darker color for the volume icons. I am usually not that good with the colors, so I will try post a few alternatives on the website. You can actually customize your own set by creating 16x16 gifs and replacing the existing ones in the application directory.

Cliotheleo

Monday, August 18, 2003 - 07:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
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Indybarb

Monday, August 18, 2003 - 10:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
hi arbustur... i was reading at work in late nite chatting and found this suggestion... i have 2 questions: 1. would this work with windows98, and 2. can an old, not-very-computer-smart person be able to do it ???

Ketil

Monday, August 18, 2003 - 01:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I made a new gif which works pretty well for me. Anyone is welcome to give it a try.

mute button

Wadsters

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 01:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Here's one I use...

mute

Arbustur

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 03:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I believe something has changed in the feeds and is causing problems with playing multi-clips. It does not occur all the time but when it does happen, the computer can be completely locked up and will not respond. This is what I am experiencing on my Win2k development computer. On a XP computer, the freezing is less frequent and only occurs for about 15-30s before it unfreezes itself. This has been happening over the last week and I am surprised nobody has mentioned it yet.

Ketil

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 07:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Arbustur, I haven't had multi clips running the past week or so, but I will try to run a couple for a while and see what happens. I have noticed the feeds freezing from time to time, but that happens whether I am using RealTV or RealOne. I will keep you posted.

BTW, since I am checking this out, I made a new mute.gif. Take it if you like.

animated mute

Arbustur

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 09:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ket, thanks for the volume gifs. They are posted on the website and I hope you don't mind? I didn't include the white volume one because the page background is also white. And I will be interested to hear your report on the multi-clip issue.

Cliotheleo

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 11:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Arbustur, just wanted to let you know that this is the first time I'm using your wonderful program on eviction night. I'm loving this ability to switch easily between feed audio!

Ketil

Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 06:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
So far, I have not experienced any freezes under XP. Of course, you mentioned it is less frequent and for much shorter durations under XP. I'll continue to monitor though and let you know if I have any problems.

Wolf

Monday, August 25, 2003 - 08:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
No freezes here -- running XP.

Arbustur -- I have never been more satisfied with a piece of software than with RealTV Player. The only thing to improve upon would be the video capturing... even without this feature, this is a far superior product to any of the other "RealOne" companion programs out there. At least... as far as I have discovered.

Well done, KUDOS, and thank you!!

--Jeff

Starr

Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 02:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Been using BBlive wanted to try RealTV but I got a message saying I need the OCX file when I click on the link to get the OCX file the link is down..do you have any idea how long the link will be down I have read so many great reviews on RealTV I would really like to give it a try.. :)

Starr

Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 02:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I finally got the link to work..just installed the ocx file..I have windows XP and so far it seems to be working just fine for me.. :)

Happycamper

Friday, August 29, 2003 - 09:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
can anyone help me with the "picture capture" option? I can figure out how to do it...and the caption manager comes up.. But when I try to view the pictures later, they are just black. Help??

Happycamper

Friday, August 29, 2003 - 09:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I should add, I am running windows 98. I downloaded the beta version of the program.

Wadsters

Saturday, August 30, 2003 - 08:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Happycamper

RealPlayer..Tools..Preferences..

Turn Off Optimized Video.

That's the most likely culprit.

Cliotheleo

Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 10:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Happycamper, I also did what is suggested for the Real Player in this thread........

../10972/1090213.html?1060016144

And that did the trick for me. I guess the two players are somehow linked together. In other words, I fixed the Real Player, and then RealTV started capping fine.

Cliotheleo

Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 11:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
......... and now that I've got that to work, is there a way to save the photos to another photo than the default one?

Arbustur

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 01:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Cliotheleo, you can change the default save directory by going to Setup->Capture->Manual or Automatic and then click on the node with the folder icon. This will bring up the browse for directory dialog and you can choose another directory to save screen captures.

Cliotheleo

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 02:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
a ha! Thank you! I had forgotten all about the drop down menu thingy! Otherwise the program's doing great for me. Good job and thanks!