I tried to download the new RealPlayer. Even before proceeding, it was obvious it wanted to take over my life. I won't download it. Besides, there are very few sites anymore that don't offer their audio for Windows Media Player.
I don't use Windows, so I don't know for sure, but doesn't Windows Media Player have the ability to play Real Player formats? For some reason, I thought it did.
I can play Real Player format files with mplayer in Linux, so I would think WMP would be able to do it. Then again... :-)