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From: Kim Culhan <kimc@w8hd.org>
To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
cc: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>, freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: realaudio player 
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On Sat, 11 Jan 1997, Mark Murray wrote:

> Archie Cobbs wrote:
> > 
> > I downloaded the realaudio player and can play welcome.ra, but
> > when launched from netscape, it starts downloading but then
> > fails with the error "cannot open audio device" ...
> > 
> > Does this sound familiar to anyone?
> 
> Yup. Also, is screws up the audio device's volume. I haven't bothered to
> find out what is the cause though.

This appears work fine here, the 'helper configuration' looks like:

Type: audio/x-pn-realaudio

Suffix: ra, ram

Handle by

[checked box] Application

raplayer %s


I'm trying to confirm the volume problem now.

BTW where is the FreeBSD Lounge ?

--kim

kimc@w8hd.org