Real Player calling home?

Real Player is always wanting to check for updates; can I tell it not
to?

(I have these lovely shell scripts to play various things and rather
than running at the appointed time, they leave real player asking for
an internet connection and awaiting some response from me. The machine
is rarely on the internet in any case, just the second tuesday of the
month.)
--
Ron Hardin


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

Personally I wont even install RP on my computer.
I have zero use for it or its calling home tactics.

"Ron Hardin" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Real Player is always wanting to check for updates; can I tell it not
> to?
>
> (I have these lovely shell scripts to play various things and rather
> than running at the appointed time, they leave real player asking for
> an internet connection and awaiting some response from me. The machine
> is rarely on the internet in any case, just the second tuesday of the
> month.)
> --
> Ron Hardin
>
>
> On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

Gummy Mummy wrote:
>
> Personally I wont even install RP on my computer.
> I have zero use for it or its calling home tactics.

I encode audio with real encoder, because it produces adequate talk
quality with very small files (4mb/hr) and music a little bigger
(6mb/hr)

That leaves me needing real player.

It's a good product except for the options you have to find and
turn off these days, and deinstallations of parts that they supply
that you don't want.

--
Ron Hardin


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

Google Real Alternative.




"Ron Hardin" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Gummy Mummy wrote:
> >
> > Personally I wont even install RP on my computer.
> > I have zero use for it or its calling home tactics.
>
> I encode audio with real encoder, because it produces adequate talk
> quality with very small files (4mb/hr) and music a little bigger
> (6mb/hr)
>
> That leaves me needing real player.
>
> It's a good product except for the options you have to find and
> turn off these days, and deinstallations of parts that they supply
> that you don't want.
>
> --
> Ron Hardin
>
>
> On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.