Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 12:14:41 +1000 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org>, Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Real Player as a plug-in Message-ID: <00042412154203.00333@freebsd.freebsd.org> References: <39020D38.8EAA2D39@gorean.org>
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Hello try the ports /usr/ports/linux/realplayer I think, I never had a need to use RealPlayer so I am not 100% certain. On Sun, 23 Apr 2000, Doug Barton wrote: > Mark Ovens wrote: > > > Are you using the Linux version of Netscape? AFAIK the RealPlayer > > plugins don't work with the native FreeBSD Netscape. RP7 works for me > > with Linux-netscape. Note also that rpnhelper needs to be in your > > PATH. It lives in /usr/local/RealPlayer7 so either add that to $PATH > > or, as I've done, symlink it from /usr/local/bin. > > I have a different problem with RP7. I have installed the latest > linuxelator on my 5.0-Current system. I've installed the linux version > of RP7, and it works just fine for the real.com stuff, and for any URL's > that end in .ra or .ram. However, if I go to a page like, > http://webevents.broadcast.com/yahoo/nationalpressclubjyang0400/ with > those cheesy .asp links, it doesn't work. It starts up RP, but all I get > is the little welcome music and the clip I want to view never starts. > This is true whether I use the linux version of netscape, or the > freebsd. I also have rpnphelper symlinked in /usr/local/bin. I've > checked my mime types, and basically done everything I can think of to > make this work, and still no joy. > > E-mail to real.com got a standard response of "we don't support > freebsd," but at my insistence the worker bees did go try that page with > "real" linux and they could view the clips no problem. I'm at the end of > my rope here, so any helpful suggestions would be appreciated. > > Doug > -- > Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from > acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. > -- W. Somerset Maugham > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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