How do I configure my browser to support RealPlayer content?

With most browsers, RealPlayer installation configures the browser to support streamed playback through your new RealPlayer automatically. If you change your browser and it stops recognizing files, the easiest fix is to use the Make RealPlayer my default player button on the Upgrade tab of your Preferences. If that doesn’t do the trick you can manually intercede as described below.

To manually configure your browser, do the following:

  1. Open the Options, Preferences or Settings menu.

  2. Select the Helper Applications or a similar option.

  3. Look for “audio/x-pn-realaudio” in the File type list. If that entry exists, select that entry.

Otherwise, click New Type. Enter audio as the Mime Type. Enter x-pn-realaudio as the Mime SubType. Click OK.

  1. Enter rm, ra, ram in the Extensions field.

  2. Select the Launch Application option. Browse and find the directory in which RealPlayer is installed. (By default, the RealPlayer is installed in c:\Program Files\Real\RealPlayer\)

  3. Select RealPlayer (realplay.exe) as the application to launch.

For more specific information about browsers or specific services (e.g. AOL), please refer to the following page on our tech support site: http://service.real.com/help/faq/index.html.