Re: realplayer 10 hassles

[Adam Hardy <adam.ant@cyberspaceroad.com>]

Bruno Buys on 30/11/05 17:19, wrote:
> Adam Hardy on 28/11/05 22:07, wrote:
> > Adam Hardy on 28/11/05 21:39, wrote:
> >
> > > Alexis Huxley on 28/11/05 20:36, wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Using RealPlayer 10 and it won't output sound anymore, just video, 
> > > > > when trying *.ram feeds from websites.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Is the audio device in use? Try 'aumix -W90; killall esd artsd' and then
> > > > try again. Also try 'fuser /dev/dsp /dev/audio /dev/mixer', that should
> > > > output nothing. What are the permissions/owner/group on those devices?
> >
> >
> > lastly:
> >
> > adam@gondor:~$ ls -la /dev/dsp
> > crw-rw----  1 root audio 14, 3 2005-11-28 19:35 /dev/dsp
> > adam@gondor:~$ ls -la /dev/audio
> > ls: /dev/audio: No such file or directory
> > adam@gondor:~$ ls -la /dev/mixer
> > crw-rw----  1 root audio 14, 0 2005-11-28 19:35 /dev/mixer
> Are you trying to get something that mplayer can´t? Realplayer is a
> pain, I think. Never figured how to play those smil files, supposed to
> be Real´s prop format. Real´s for win does play, though not flawless.
> Use mplayer.

I've been there and done that. There's no firefox mplayer extension 
though, is there?

I could really appreciate it someone could chime in with a big hint 
about my situation above.


Thanks
Adam