Re: Realplayer and ALSA
On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:47:39 -0800 (PST)
Robert Kopp <iconoklastic@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Jacob S <stormspotter@6Texans.net> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 09:29:09 -0600
> > Jacob S <stormspotter@6Texans.net> wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:20:18 -0800 (PST)
> > > Robert Kopp <iconoklastic@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have made two Sarge installations within the
> > past
> > > > few months, one with a 2.4 kernel and one with a
> > 2.6
> > > > kernel. I installed Realplayer on both of them,
> > but
> > > > sound is obtained from .ram only with the
> > 2.4-kernel
> > > > installation. There is a note that Realplayer 10
> > is
> > > > not designed for use with ALSA, and my
> > 2.6-kernel
> > > > installation probably uses it.
> > > >
> > > > So I'm wondering what to do, since I'd like to
> > access
> > > > such files. Totem does not open them either.
> > >
> > > I was only able to get Realplayer 10 to work by
> > running it with the
> > > following command:
> > >
> > > aoss realplayer
> >
> > Whoops... That should be "aoss realplay".
> >
> This is going to be very sticky. First, to use it as a
> browser helper application with that parameter, it is
> necessary to write a shell script. When I do that,
> say, switching to /music and invoking
>
> >aossrp file.ram
I would look into mozplugger for invoking RealPlayer.
In /etc/mozpluggerrc you can change the commands it uses to call helper
applications. There is a section specifically for .rm, .ram and other
RealPlayer formats.
HTH,
Jacob
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