I could not get RealPlayer G2 streaming untill I added the %s to the executable
/realplay %s. There is a good explanation of the suffixes to be added at
Linuxnewbie.org, click on RealPlayerG2. Mike.
>.On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, you wrote: > Dear
friends:
> The new RealPlayer7 Beta is here with all the plugins is here.
>
> Warning: There are two versions, an rpm for RedHat ALONE (it WON'T work
> on Mandrake 7) and one for the rest of us. It looks great.
>
> The address for us Mandrake folks is:
>
> http://proforma.real.com/real/player/linuxplayer.html
>
> Read the installation instructions on the download page (at the bottom
> of the page) and for "Directory" during installation choose your
> /home/user directory. I guessed wrong, but it doesn't matter.
> RealPlayer7 automatically creates a "RealPlayer7" subfolder on
> /home/user. You play RealPlayer7 by cd to the subfolder "RealPlayer7"
> and then typing ./realplay. You can also, of course, create a link on
> your Desktop with precisely this command for the executable.
>
> 1) MY BIG QUESTION: How do you configure the new RealPlayer7 in
> Netscape under Applications to play RealPlayer. I typed
> "home/sher/RealPlayer7/./realplayer" or the same without the ./
>
> In either case, when clicking on a RealPlayer site, it launched
> Realplayer7 but played nothing except its usual little jingle. By the
> way, I did completely delete (rpm -e) the old RealPlayer G2 Alpha.
>
> 2) Second big question: For the suffixes in Netscape should you add ram
> AND rpm to the RealAudio entry? So should the suffixes read:
> ra,ram,rm,rpm? And perhaps some other suffixes for other plugins?
>
> Please advise. We are all waiting with baited breath.
>
> Yours,
>
> Benjamin
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> http://www.websher.net
