Can't play Real Audio Files [SOLVED]

[neilinoz]

I've tried everything. I've downloaded heaps of files from "Install Software" which appeared to be all the right codecs but nothing has happenned.

 

I'm trying to listen to streaming audio from online radio stations as well as my favourite Radio station here in Australia (ABC Newsradio). Virtually all of these places have streaming for .ram (Real Audio) or .asx (Windows Media). When I click on the Windows media link, Firefox opens a new tab... and then does nothing. When I click the Real Audio link, the default application starts (Totem) which does nothing. When I have changed it to Xine or Noatun, the same nothing happens.

 

I also downloaded XMMS. Same problem - except that when I click on the .ram link XMMS opens and then it asks me which file on my PC I would like to open. This is not user friendly stuff at all.

 

What do I need to download so that Totem or Xine or XMMS immediately plays .ram streaming audio when I click on it?

Edited December 30, 2004 by neilinoz

[SoulSe]

Real Audio makes their Real Player for Linux. Just install that.

[neilinoz]

Went to the Mozilla site, clicked on plugins, clicked on Real, clicked on RPM link. Install software took care of the RPM. It's located in usr/local/Realplayer.

 

And it doesn't work.

 

I click on the Realplayer.bin execution file and nothing happens.

I go into Firefox and tell it to use the .bin file to open .ram files.... nothing happens.

 

I go into konsole and the following occurs:

 

SCIM: im_module_init

free(): invalid pointer 0x82e3938!

/usr/bin/realplay: line 75: 9080 Segmentation fault $REALPLAYBIN "$@"

[Artificial Intelligence]

If I'm not mistaken there's realplayer on PLF (setup urmpi)

 

Another way:

 

Download Realplayer here: http://www.real.com/linux/

 

su
<your root password>

cd <where you downloaded the file>
chmod 700 RealPlayer10GOLD.bin
./RealPlayer10GOLD.bin

 

These options will appear:

(make sure you have the privileges as user where you install it.

Directory: [/home/<your user name>/RealPlayer]: /opt/RealPlayer

 

You have selected the following RealPlayer configuration:

Destination: /opt/RealPlayer

Enter [F]inish to begin copying files, or [P]revious to go

back to the previous prompts: [F]: F

 

Copying RealPlayer files...configure system-wide symbolic links? [Y/n]: Y

 

enter the prefix for symbolic links [/usr]: /usr

 

 

 

.:=The AI Dude=:.

[arctic]

If I'm not mistaken there's realplayer on PLF (setup urmpi)

yupp. i have all the important media stuff from plf installed and i can see mpegs, avis, wmv and so on in gxine/xine/helix or firefox. works perfect.

[jameswong]

There is conflict between SCIM and Realplayer. You can try uninstall SCIM and see whether you can use RealPlayer.

 

Instead I use xine to play asx streams insteal of Real.

[bvc]

I installed the rpm from http://www.real.com/

rpm -ivh RealPlayer10GOLD.rpm

 

then installed real-codecs from plf

urpmi real-codecs

 

all is working

 

I see this on plf but I don't know if it's the player or codecs??????

helixplayer-real-codecs

ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Li...rake/10.1/i586/

I see no realplayer though

[adamw]

I use the real.com packages, but I think the way it works if you're using MDK / PLF is this - install helixplayer package in contrib (HelixPlayer is the completely free version of the player with no Real codecs, so it goes in contrib) then install helixplayer-real-codecs from PLF and you've basically got RealPlayer - i.e., it adds Real codecs to HelixPlayer, which is all RealPlayer is.

[neilinoz]

Added helixplayer via "Install Software" from PLF.

 

Modified Firebird.

 

It is currently working.

 

Thanks everyone!