HELP! Decoding RealMedia no longer works

[radiorog]

Used to be able to convert .rm files to .wav no problem. Now it's all screwed up. Sometimes it fails, other times I get only a 1mb .wav file that does nothing. I have all the latest codecs and Real Alternative installed. Also the latest DirectShow files (supposedly).

Tried re-installing everything but no help. (Is there a certain order to install things?)

Using Reference 12.3 On WindowsXP.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

RR

[Spoon]

Try playing the files in Windows Media Player, if the DirectShow filter is working correctly it should play fine in WMP.

[radiorog]

That's the problem - Win Media Player doesn't play (or even recognize) .rm files any more. I've installed the latest DirectShow files (Nov 2007). I have Win Media Player 11, which doesn't even show .rm as preferred media.

RR

[Spoon]

Uninstall and reinstall Real alternative.

[radiorog]

Thanks! That worked -- mostly. I still have a couple of RM files that don't convert correctly. They're an odd size, so maybe they were compressed at some weird rate.

I installed Real Alternative 1.51. Would 1.70 perhaps handle different compression rates?

Thanks again.

RR