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Shall download real play or windows media player fora my new iPad?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
You can't download either of those for the iPad. There are third party apps that support those file formats, but I am unfamiliar with them. Google to find some of them or search the app store.
For playing back RealPlayer videos, I recommend GoodPlayer the most.
For WMV, you'll want to also purchase either ProPlayer or AVPlayerHD (they're the same WMV playbac-wise).
You'll want to read http://www.iphonelife.com/blog/87/playing-back-wmv-videos-%E2%80%93-complete-rou ndup for more info on WMV playback.
Of the list, I certainly wouldn't recommend OPlayerHD or BUZZ Player for WMV playback - they have astonishingly bad WMV decoders. (I'm not speaking of playing back other formats - for example, the latest BUZZ Player excels at non-DTS MKV playback.)
Of course, the other two players (AVPlayerHD and GoodPlayer) are highly recommended.
Why don't you try GPlayer? It was free when I got it. Now it's paid but worth it. It's almost as good as VLC in pcs.
A vote against GPlayer. It too has a pretty bad WMV decoder (see the test I've linked to). Don't use it for WMV playback.
How to download real players for iPad
