On Sunday 07 January 2001 15:31, you wrote:
In netscape I went to real.com
followed the take5 link
Realplayer started with a series of links in it.
Went to bono-fide grammy nominee
It fired right up. I hope I hit the link you are refering to, but to double
check everything and myself I clicked on the tomb raider link from the
real.com site which states it requires RealPlayer8. That also came up with
no problems.
I would have to say rp8 is out there for linux and seems to be working fine.
Did you try downloading the rpm again, just in case there was a problem with
the one you got?
I checked my netscape mime types and here are a couple of samples to see if
they help you out
Description: RealMedia File
MimeType: application/vnd.rn-realmedia
Suffixes: .rm
Application: /usr/X11R6/bin/realplay %s
Description: RealVideo File
MimeType: video/vnd.rn-realvideo
Suffixes: .rv
Application: /usr/X11R6/bin/realplay %s
Description: RealAudio File 2
MimeType: audio/x-pn-realaudio
Suffixes: .ra,.ram
Application: /usr/X11R6/bin/realplay %s
Description:
MimeType: audio/x-pn-aiff
Suffixes: aiff,af
Application: /usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay "%u"
Now the /usr/X11R6/bin/realplay is actually a link to
/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay and the %s is important in getting realplayer
to load with the files you want to play.
So first thing I would do is check and see if you have the
/usr/lib/RealPlayer8 dir. If so then realplayer 8 was installed for you and
it is most likely an issue of mime types and application helpers. If that is
the case check out an earlier email in this thread that had the instructions
for setting up the mime types.
Jerry
> Correction: There is a player avaliable for Linux called `RealPlayer 8'
> from Real.
>
> I still maintain its a bad name, since [after downloading it] it can't
> play any RealPlayer 8 content - try doing the `Take Five' -> `Bono' link
> again. `To see this content, you need glorious RealPlayer 8'.
>
> Grrr.
>
> Mike
>
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> On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Jerry Sternesky wrote:
> > On Sunday 07 January 2001 07:39, you wrote:
> >
> > I download realplayer myself yesterday:
> >
> > rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs1_rpm
> >
> > About indicates: version 8.0.3.412
> >
> > When I installed rp7 I had to manually add the mime types to Netscape, I
> > had followed the same instructions that were posted in Larry's reply. So
> > I honestly can't say if rp8 did anything or not regarding the plugin's.
> > I usually go to a site called vidnet to test my realplayer. I have it
> > working in netscape, as for Konqueror it doesn't work. I suspect I will
> > have to go into configure and set the mime types.
> >
> > > Are you quite sure you were ableto obtain RealPlayer 8 for Linux? The
> > > Real site is a little hard to navbigate, but I'm quite sure the Linux
> > > version is only RealPlayer 7, no matter white the site says [check
> > > `help about' to see]. Another test is going to take5 [click the take5
> > > link] and trying to watch the Bono video. You'll get a message about
> > > how you need `glorious RealPlayer 8' to watch it.
> > >
> > > Send an email to Real asking for a version 8 for Linux if and when
> > > you're dissappointed :-(.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
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> > > Mike MacCana Support Consultant
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> > > Level 9, 140 Queen St Melbourne 3000
> > > Ph : +61 3 9642 5997 Fax: +61 3 9642 5998
> > >
> > > On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Luk Vermeylen wrote:
> > > > with realplayer 8.0 are delivered 2 files who make the plugins and
> > > > mime work like that
> > > > i've answered the quetion a few days ago
> > > > look in the directory of realplayer. they are named something like
> > > > rpplugin & rpmime
> > > >
> > > > Luk Vermeylen
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Brian Hartman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 2:28 AM
> > > > Subject: [expert] RealPlayer
> > > >
> > > > > I've been trying to get RealPlayer to play a link when I click on
> > > > > it (in either Konqueror or Netscape) with absolutely zero luck.
> > > > > Has anyone
> > > >
> > > > gotten
> > > >
> > > > > this to work?
