From: Len Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Detecting RealPlayer 7 on your browser.
Based on email correspondences with RealNetworks' tech support, you can't
use the standard
"player detector" code to determine if a player is a RealPlayer 7. Both the
Netscape
plug-in and the Microsoft ActiveX control identify themselves as G2
players, not Version 7
players. There is a way to identify the player using SMIL, which is
documented in the
RealPlayer 7 information on the Developer Program website, or you can use the
GetVersionInfo() callback defined in the Embedded RealPlayer Extended
Functionality Guide,
which will return the player version as a string (such as 6.0.0.128.)
However, both of
these techniques require you to actually launch the plug-in/ActiveX
control, so that you
can detect what version of the control the listener has installed.
I hope that RealNetworks will come up with a way of distinguishing the
RealPlayer 7 from
the 6/G2 player without launching the plug-in or ActiveX control before the
new player
goes "gold."
Best wishes,
--Len Feldman
Equipoint Corporation/Comedyaudio.com
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