Re: Realplayer doesn't play, reeally.
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On 04/16/07 15:51, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-04-16 at 22:36 +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
>> 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.
> [snip]
>>> 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.
>
> Could it be the libc v2.5 thing going on? Linux threads are no longer
> supported... perhaps Real is/was using them.
realplayer 10.0.8-0.1 from debian-multimedia (a.k.a. v1.0.8.805
built with gcc 3.2.0 on Jul 18 2006) just perfectly played an mp3
file from the command line. I also opened an mp3 from iceweasel and
it also played just fine.
This is a Sid system with libc6 2.5-1.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
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Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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