mjzee Posted August 30, 2018 Report Posted August 30, 2018 There's an interesting site called redhotjazz.com. Lots of old 78's available for download. However, they are all in Real Audio format (.ra). Does anyone know how to play these on a current Mac (High Sierra)? Quote
JSngry Posted August 30, 2018 Report Posted August 30, 2018 You can get a basic version of Real Player for free on a PC. What about Mac? It's an obsolete format, and they try to be predatory, but that's easily stopped in its tracks. So unless you have file conversion software to do that trick, hey, why not? I like to keep versions of these obsolete players on hand, just in case. But Fubar can handle most of them, not sure about .ra files though. Quote
Scott Dolan Posted August 30, 2018 Report Posted August 30, 2018 File converter. https://www.anymp4.com/audio-converter/convert-ra-to-mp3-for-itunes.html Quote
mjzee Posted August 30, 2018 Author Report Posted August 30, 2018 43 minutes ago, Scott Dolan said: File converter. https://www.anymp4.com/audio-converter/convert-ra-to-mp3-for-itunes.html Thanks! I'll check it out. Quote
JSngry Posted August 30, 2018 Report Posted August 30, 2018 While we're on the subject of Real Player, how do they stay alive? Who uses them as anything other than a weirdass legacy app? Quote
mjzee Posted August 30, 2018 Author Report Posted August 30, 2018 1 minute ago, JSngry said: While we're on the subject of Real Player, how do they stay alive? Who uses them as anything other than a weirdass legacy app? I have so many questions about the computer software industry. For example, the software Scott recommended (anymp4). It's free. What do they get out of providing it? Quote
JSngry Posted August 30, 2018 Report Posted August 30, 2018 Well, Real Player was a player waaaay back in the day. but today? They're still up and running though. http://www.real.com/sem/rpwelcome?pcode=sem_ggl_rt&rsrc=ggl_sch&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI84ac8beV3QIVBQRpCh04lwYuEAAYASAAEgLujPD_BwE I guess their "big" thing now is downloading/converting YouTube videos, but geez, theirs plenty of browser plugins for that, and none attempt to insinuate themselves into your memory the way Real does. Quote
Scott Dolan Posted August 30, 2018 Report Posted August 30, 2018 2 hours ago, mjzee said: I have so many questions about the computer software industry. For example, the software Scott recommended (anymp4). It's free. What do they get out of providing it? I guess altruistic freeware simply ain't dead yet? Quote
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