how to open .ram files on mac os x 10.13.6

Why can't I play any .rm or .ram files?

The extensions .rm and .ram apply to multimedia container formats used by RealMedia for streaming content over the Internet. All versions of our PC desktop player (RealPlayer, RealPlayer Cloud, and RealTimes) should be able to play these files. You should also be able to play .rm files on a Mac.

To play .rm files on an Android device, iPhone, or iPad, you will first need to upload the file to your RealCloud using either the PC desktop version or the web version of RealTimes (https://realtimes.real.com).

Files with a .ram extension cannot be played on a Mac, Android, or iOS device and cannot be uploaded to RealCloud, as these files are actually instructions for playing the file from a web source.

https://customer.real.com/hc/en-us/articles/206834057-Unable-to-play-rm-or-ram-files

But Barney's advice might work anyway...

http://blogote.com/how-to/mac-ram-realplayer-file/16767/

https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html

No, they are AV files that i've opened and played before..."long ago".

I think this article disagrees: https://walkerart.org/magazine/how-to-convert-real-media-video-into-h-264-mp4

But, it might help you.

What is the file size of the .ram file?

(( That article feels overwhelming to me .. .geeky? ))

Not geeky. Just how computers work.

Notice that your .ram files are only hundreds of bytes, but your .rm files are 10's to 100's of MegaBytes.

That means there is nothing be text in the .ram files. They are mere pointers to streaming media online. The pointers may no longer be valid.

searchless1 wrote:

searchless1 wrote:

I tried to find real player for Macs, but couldn't. Is there a better/newer player for .ram files?

How many times do you need to be told? ram files are text files. You can not play a text file. You can open a ram file using any text editor.

Don't worry about the quote or pic, I think, without ever meeting them, that they all basically hold my belief, that is...

Your only choices at every step are to make your work a better place, or a worse place to live.

Hopefully Desmond would be proud of us. :)

VideoLAN'S VLC can play a lot of video files, but I don't know if it can play a .ram file.

Then maybe Real.com knows what they're saying... these files are actually instructions for playing the file from a web source.

Yes. :)

searchless1 wrote:

I tried to find real player for Macs, but couldn't. Is there a better/newer player for .ram files?

.ram files are text files. Open them with any text editor.