I should clarify a bit. I can fast forward through realmedia files with realplayer (v10) or gxine, although realplayer works a lot smoother, but they're downloaded, not streamed. I would think that fast forwarding through a streamed file would be more complicated.
Owen On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 22:31 -0500, Owen Berry wrote: > Are these files downloaded or streamed? > > Owen > > On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 18:37 -0800, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote: > > I'm enrolled in an online class with lectures in realmedia > > format.I'm looking for a player that can to fast forward > > through the files. > > > > neither > > realplayer (v10) > > nor > > xine > > > > work OK.. > > > > The free download from realmedia (v10 or 10-5 forget which), > > plays the files just fine, except I can't fast forward > > through them (the FF button is greyed out, and if I push the > > time slider forward, the timer starts incrementing again, > > but the image is frozen at the frame when I started moving > > the slider). If I stop half way through the 1hr lecture and > > exit, I have to hear the whole first 30mins again. > > > > The real site says you can fastforward.... but > > > > As a control I downloaded the windows version of realplayer. > > The fastforward button is not greyed, but even though you > > press it, it doesn't FF. > > > > There is a version of realplay for $19.95 or so, but they > > aren't clear about whether it's linux or windows or if you > > can fast forward. > > > > I tried compiling up xine and put all the codecs from "all" > > and "essential" in /usr/lib/win32 (which according to the > > xine FAQ is all I need to do) but xine won't recognise my > > real files. The output from the xine build says that it > > plays real format 1 and format 2. I have no idea which > > format real file I have (`file` just says "real media") > > > > Windows media player does a very nice job, except I don't > > want to have to run windows > > > > Helix player doesn't recognise real. > > > > Are there any better players for real? > > > > Thanks Joe > > > > -- > > Joseph Mack NA3T EME(B,D), FM05lw North Carolina > > jmack (at) wm7d (dot) net - azimuthal equidistant map > > generator at http://www.wm7d.net/azproj.shtml > > Homepage http://www.austintek.com/ It's GNU/Linux! > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
