Q. Why did you change the player?

A. Until mid-July 2011 Real Player was the only way to listen to the music here.  This strict limitation was an issue since many people, particularly overseas, may choose to use one of many other players or a default player already installed on their computer.  The music here plays with the popular streaming "wma" wrapper.  The underlying playback format is Windows Media "wma".  This wasn't my initial first choice, but it has become universal and has a high "data efficiency" as they say.  I made lots of tests before choosing WM.

Q. I used to use Real Player to listen to the music, and now I can't any longer.

 A. The Real Player still works fine, but you may need to change one of its settings:

1. Go to Preferences > Content > Media Types
2. Check the "MP3 Audio PlayList (wma)" option

 

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