How Do I Convert A Real Audio file to MP3?

When Real goes into fire sale mode in a last ditch effort to preserve shareholder value, maybe they will finally offer a solution for converting Real audio and video files to other formats. It's my humble opinion they could make several million dollars annually just by offering a conversion solution. In the meantime, your best bet is a tool called RM to MP3 Converter, which as the name suggests, converts RealAudio (.ra and .rm) files to MP3 or WAV. While this isn't a free solution, for $24.95 it is useful for making any RealAudio files on your PC playable on a portable media player or simply freeing you from the bonds of a proprietary format. For RealVideo files, RM Converter, also available from the same company, converts video files to AVI, DivX, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, VCD, and DVD. Both applications require a version of RealPlayer installed on your PC to complete the transfer process.