Can .rm files be played in a different player?

[Kinoko]

Is there a program -other- than Real Player that'll let me play movies encoded as .rm files? I -hate- Real Player and yet I've jus spent a couple of weeks downloading... well, a lot of something, a very huge collection of movie files, all encoded in .rm format.

I tried the Media Player Classic I have, and also VLC Player (which can usually handle anything you throw at it) and both only play the audio track.

[Gregjazz]

I believe there is a plugin for Winamp that lets you do this, but it takes some configuring... there are also some other free alternatives in terms of music players which can play RM files.

[Kinoko]

S... such as?

[TheYak]

Yep, just need a codec to interpret it, then something that'll open the file-type (like Media Player Classic).. similar to motivations behind Quicktime Alternative, there's a Real Alternative you can download.. say...   here-ish.

[Kinoko]

Thanks!

[TerranRich]

Windows Media Player will also play RealPlayer files, if you download "Real Alternative"

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

[TheYak]

Same link, but valid point.  I lean towards Media Player Classic as it tends to support more of the alternative plug-ins like those implemented by QT alternative, RM alternative and Matroska splitters.  Of course, I'm biased against MS's bloated and DRM-heavy updated player, so to each their own.