From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 13 23:09:20 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99F7116A418 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:09:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chuckr@chuckr.org) Received: from mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 709DF13C442 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:09:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chuckr@chuckr.org) Received: (qmail 13572 invoked from network); 13 Dec 2007 23:09:19 -0000 Received: from april.chuckr.org (chuckr@[66.92.151.30]) (envelope-sender ) by mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 13 Dec 2007 23:09:19 -0000 Message-ID: <4761BB00.1020607@chuckr.org> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:06:40 -0500 From: Chuck Robey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071107 SeaMonkey/1.1.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: usleepless@gmail.com References: <475DBEBC.1060805@chuckr.org> <200712110013.16343.danny@ricin.com> <476042F2.7040707@chuckr.org> <4760550D.8080204@chuckr.org> <4760AFE7.4070402@chuckr.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: streaming video X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:09:20 -0000 usleepless@gmail.com wrote: >>> run the ".rm" links ( realmedia ) with "mplayer -playlist ". >>> >> I can't parse this. When the popup in firfox asks me what application >> to handle this with, I can give it a name of thje application, but what >> do you mean aboout the filename. Are you asking me to handcopy the url >> into the popup? >> >> >>> try in a console first. > > i am not asking anything: you are asking for help. and when you get > help you reject it because it doesn't jive with your fixed thoughts. > then you get more help, and reject that too. > > in the meantime, because of your fixed thoughts and lack of > creativity, you keep running in circles around your perceived problem. > > furthermore, this is not a FreeBSD question at all. if it is anything, > it is a PEBCAC. > > i have given you 2 possible solutions to your perceived problem. > others have also suggested solutions which would fit your bill > exactly. but you don't read properly ( begrijpend lezen ), because > your thoughts are fixed. > > i suggest you read this entire thread again and try to understand what > people are suggesting, and why they are suggesting it ( maybe because > it works for them? ). > > or try my 3rd possible solution: install emulators/qemu and install XP > into that. that should work! > > regards, > > usleep I'm sorry, I missed the point where you asked me to do it in a separate console. I was getting a little frustrated about (what seemed to me) was requests to use plugins, when I wanted a different tack. I now see you didn't mean that, you just wanted to have me check the bare functionality. I'm wrong in how I responded, and I apologize. Darn it, I should have read it twice first.