How to download RealPlayer files

July 11, 2008 · 73 Views · Filed Under Software, Tips & Tricks

Have you ever tried to download a full “.rm” file and all you get is a 47byte file? You know that’s definitely not the full version. That’s just the file that tells RealPlayer to stream the file from another location. After some research online, I came up with the solution. If you’ve already downloaded the small file, then you can skip to step #2.

Step #1 - Download the initial file using something like DownThemAll, which is a downloader add-on for Firefox. You do use Firefox right? If you don’t, you shouldn’t be allowed to use the internet. Anyways…

Step #2 - Open that small file in Notepad. If you see a line that starts with “http://”, then just copy/paste that into a new firefox tab. If the line starts with “rtsp://”, then you need to use a program called FlashGet.

Both programs mentioned above are free and are fairly self-explanatory, so I’m not going to go into much detail about using them. You should be able to figure it out. I have faith in you!

Now, I need to figure out how I can burn an .rm video file to DVD with decent quality.