Re: Realplayer doesn't play, reeally.
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Ed Jabbour wrote:
> In the last few days, Realplayer won't play any files in a browser. At
> CSPAN, e.g., neither the embedded videos nor the standalone option will
> run. Realplayer is called, but nothing happens. Video at the BBC also
> will not play, either plugin or standalone.
>
> I thought maybe it was Firefox, but the problem recurs in Konqueror,
> Epiphany and Iceweasel. Firefox has the following in about:config:
>
> network.protocol-handler.app.rtsp user set string /usr/bin/realplay
>
> Also:
>
> [Mon Apr 16] edj:~$ locate nphelix
> /home/edj/.mozilla/plugins/nphelix.so
> /home/edj/.mozilla/plugins/nphelix.xpt
> /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/nphelix.so
> /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/nphelix.xpt
> /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/nphelix.so
> /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/nphelix.xpt
> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nphelix.so
> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nphelix.xpt
> /usr/lib/mozilla-snapshot/plugins/nphelix.so
> /usr/lib/mozilla-snapshot/plugins/nphelix.xpt
> /usr/lib/netscape/plugins-libc6/nphelix.so
> /usr/lib/netscape/plugins-libc6/nphelix.xpt
>
> I thought, too, that maybe Realplayer somehow corrupted, so I purged and
> re-installed. Same problem. It's Realplayer 10 Gold installed from
> debian.multimedia. If some library or other is missing, I'd have
> thought that the re-install would have brought it down.
>
> Any advice, pointers, guesses greatly appreciated.
>
>
I've seen this reported on other places. I appears that Realplayer is
broken. Since it's a proprietary piece of software, the only thing that
can be done is wait until they fix it, if they ever decide to. One more
reason not to use proprietary software if you ask me.
Joe
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