Real Player problems

Hi -sorry if this is in the wrong place but I have sort of audio problem. I'm a big listener to the BBC radio service on my Macs which works through streaming using Real player via Safari. Since this morning I have had no sound from it at all on my iMac yet it works fine on my Macbook. i have tried unistalling 7 reinstalling real player but still no joy. After messing about restarting etc & reinstalling I have tried playing a regular mp3 file via Real player but get the following warning - " Cannot open the audio device. Another application may be using it" yet i have no other apps open etc and it says this after a full restart. Both my Macs are intel core duo.
Any help greatly appreciated.

I had this same problem occur - here's the fix I found:
Open "Audio MIDI Setup" in /Applications/Utilities/
Under "Properties For:" select "Built-in Output"
In the "Audio Output" section, set the Format to 44100.0 Hz
Close Audio MIDI Setup and try using RealPlayer again, the audio should now work.
I'm running 10.4.10 on an Intel machine and RealPlayer 10.1.
I hope this helps.

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