Page 1 of Streambox Ripper (a thread for you, clayts?)

Hi guys,

I`ve mentioned clayts name in regard to this only because a good guide appears at his website Area450 .

I want to convert some .ram files to mp3. I`ve done the long part by using Streambox VBR to "download" the full .ram to my hard drive, so that it doesn`t stream from the web site from which it came.

Now, when I`ve come to Streambox Ripper (as per the guide here ) I`ve encountered two problems. Firstly, that I can`t get the "handy utility" (see link above) to bypass certain features, and secondly, the downloaded .ram file will not convert to a .wav because I am missing Realplayer`s G2 codec. At least that`s the error I get on screen.

Thing is, I have the G2 codec, since I am able to play this file in the latest version of Realplayer, version 10.0. How do I go about transferring this to Streambox Ripper so that it knows that I do actually have the codec?


Thanks,

EVH

Dammit, this needs to go to PCs & Mobiles! ;)


EVH

Bearing in mind that Real does not support steambox ripper, the designers of steambox don`t support it any longer due to Real`s objection to it, i`m sure i read in some forum that steambox can`t handle this lastest version of realplayer, indeed Real
have designed it not to.
There is a way round it, apart from reinstalling an earlier version (?), but it was a bit too tech for me!
just did a search on google and found it.

A new version of RealPlayer has been released, RealPlayer 10.
After installing RealPlayer 10, StreamBox Ripper will no longer be able to convert files.

StreamBox Ripper may show this error message.

Decoding of the file requires external codec.
Please download & install G2 Player (www.real.com)

codec info (cook)

StreamBox Ripper needs the codec cook3260.dll Cooker G2 Audio Codec for RealAudio(tm) (32-bit).

Previous versions of RealPlayer or RealOne Player had this codec.
RealPlayer 10 also has this codec, but it is named cook.dll so StreamBox Ripper cannot find it.

Solution.
Open folder.
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Codecs
Right click on cook.dll and select Copy.
Then right click in that same folder and select Paste.
You will then have a file named Copy of cook.dll
Right click on Copy of cook.dll and select Rename.
Rename the file cook3260.dll
You will then have this codec named both ways.
cook.dll This is the one that RealPlayer 10 will use.
cook3260.dll This is the one that StreamBox Ripper will use to convert files to .mp3, .wav, .wma.


good luck with this.

This item was edited on Friday, 23rd July 2004, 21:50

Mate,

I don`t know how you found that, but thanks! Gonna give it a try ASAP.


Thanks,

Brian

or... you could see me.. as i kept the version of streambox that allows this