Project 15C: Listening to RealMedia Streams with RealPlayer

Now that you know how to play MP3 Internet broadcast streams, it is time to help your system go a bit more mainstream by installing RealPlayer 11 (Figure 15-10). RealMedia streams are widely available on the Internet and are provided by many mainstream broadcasters, both local and international. You can also use RealPlayer to play RealVideo streams, when they're available. Before we start, I should mention that there are actually three ways to install RealPlayer. In this project, I am going to focus on the easiest. It is also the standard and, without question, the most legal way of doing it.

Figure 15-10. RealPlayer 11

Downloading and Installing RealPlayer

Installing RealPlayer is fairly ...

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