Hello,

I have tried to use the AVISynth AVS function directshowsource() to play a .ram RealMedia audio file, but gives me an error "Cannot play back the file. The format is not supported."

When opening it in RealPlayer or RealPlayer Alternative, it first couldn't play without RealPlayer downloading a codec, and then it did play (in both programs). However, the AVS script still can't read it.

Addendum 1: I tried using Jodix's RM to MP3 converter (http://www.rm-mp3.org/) to open the file, but says "The following file can NOT be read correctly." and strangely, "You need to update your DirectX to version 8.1 or higher." dxdiag tells me the version is 9.0c.

When files require RealPlayer to download new software or codecs, are those downloads supposed to be applied to the directshowsource() function as well?

Thanks for any help