In an article on Sun, 31 Jan 1999 00:34:48 -0800 (PST),
Miles Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
in list.Linux-Net about "Is there any reason rvplayer5.0 wouldn't work
with PPP 2.3.5 and kernel 2.2.1?":
>I installed RealVideo 5.0 using the file from Real.com.
>I have a Crystal Audio sound card that esound and xgalaga
>can produce sound on. I configured rvplayer5.0 to use
>TCP-only to penetrate my firewall (this works in on the same
>dial-in using Win98).
>
>I get an "Error 1" after the rvplayer5.0 fills its initial
>buffers and then goes to connect to the realaudio server
>again. "Error 1" means an unspecified error occured.
>(How helpful)
>
>Any clues out there? Am I overlooking something?
>
>I have followed the instructions for configuring Netscape and
>RealVideo libraries, plugins and mime types. When I click on
>a RealAudio link on an HTML page, the rvplayer5.0 gets launched
>and the initial buffer queuing happens. I even hear a pop from
>my speakers indicating the sound driver has at least been accessed.
What kernel version are you running?
>From the Changes22.html (http://www.linuxhq.com/change22.html)
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RealPlayer
Current releases of Real Player 5.0 depend on a bug in the sound
sub-system which is no longer there. Consequently, they don't work.
Real is aware of the problem and should have an updated version of
the software available shortly. In the mean time, you can always
try backing up your copy of rvplayer, and then editing it by:
dd if=/dev/zero of=rvplayer bs=1 count=1 seek=657586 conv=notrunc
dd if=/dev/zero of=rvplayer bs=1 count=1 seek=665986 conv=notrunc
If you're lucky, you'll then have sound....
You may also need to edit it with
dd if=/dev/zero of=rvplayer bs=1 count=1 seek=702554 conv=notrunc
as well. Alternately, download rpopen from
http://onramp.i2k.com/~jeffd/rpopen/ and pre-load it before you run
rvplayer (it's a shared object which blocks rvplayer from doing the
NONBLOCKing open of /dev/dsp).
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--
Mike Fieschko, who lives in West Orange, New Jersey, USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
