Quicktime hijacking Realplayer files but can't play them...

Every time I click a Realmedia Streaming media file, an .smil file, Quicktime opens instead of Real Player, and then errors on trying to play the .smil file. How can I stop Quicktime from opening instead of Real Player?
Quicktime Pro 7.1.2 OS 10.4.7, Real Player 10

Highlight one of the downloaded .smil files and "Get Info".
Change the Open With from QuickTime Player to Real Player.
You may also want to remove the check mark for .smil (QuickTime sys prefs/Advanced/MIME Settings) to allow the Real Player plug-in to handle the extension.

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My answer in the older thread is still valid
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Numbers, date and time may differ.
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To all my Mac friends
I have an external hard drive with 3T of movies but i tried to play them i always get this message
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