L
Formats Versus Players
L.1 What Plays What
Although the support for different formats changes from time to time, the players generally continue to support a format once they have adopted it. An exception to this is the Microsoft Windows Media player, which used to play Real Media files but no longer supports them.
L.2 Real Networks
The latest versions of the Real Networks player support the following audio and video file types:
• All file formats for Real Networks, RealSystems, RealONE, and so forth.
• HTML web pages
• JavaScript script content
• ActiveX controls (but only on Windows platforms)
• SMIL multimedia files
• Flash animations
• QuickTime movie files
• Windows AVI files
• MPEG MP3 audio files
• MPEG 1, 2, and 4 audio/video ...
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