Two things...the rpm I downloaded by following the link was for i686. You
might also check to see where it put it. is it under /usr/lib or
/usr/local/lib?
Jerry W.
On Monday 08 January 2001 04:53, you wrote:
> How odd. yet Help -> About RealPlayer [as well as the RPM name] reveal
> themselves to be RealPlayer 8, and RP7 content [the Toni Braxton lin at
> the top of Take 5, for example] plays okay, anything RealPlayer 8 ish
> [like the take 5 -> U2 thing]
> pops up the message about how I need to download `glorious' realplayer 8.
>
> This is A Bad Thing for 2 reasons:
> 1) I can't see RealPlayer 8 content with a player that says its version 8
> 2) Bono Vox is talented, whereas Toni Braxton is not ;-)
>
> My player version is 8.0.3.412
>
> Thanks for your help...
>
> Mike
>
> On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Jerry Sternesky wrote:
> > 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
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------------
> > > Mike MacCana Support Consultant
> > > C Y B E R S O U R C E
> > > Level 9, 140 Queen St Melbourne 3000
> > > Ph : +61 3 9642 5997 Fax: +61 3 9642 5998
> > >
> > > 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
> > > > >
> > > > > ------------------------------------------
> > > > > Mike MacCana Support Consultant
> > > > > C Y B E R S O U R C E
> > > > > 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?
--
Gerald Williams
Words Matter! Bangkok, Thailand
