Playing .ra files in Firefox

[Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com>]

I used to be able to play .ra files, but not any more.  I have 
nphelix.so and nphelix.xpt in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ but clicking on 
a link to a .ra file has lately resulted in a blank screen and complete 
silence.  Not very useful.  I located a copy of RealPlayer11GOLD.bin and 
installed it according to the instructions.  The installer asked where I 
wanted the program installed and I took the default and let it run.  I 
now have soft links in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ to nphelix.so and 
nphelix.xpt, so the new player and plugin is installed.  Now, however, 
when I click on the same link as before, a popup appears which says:

	A general error has occurred. (file:///tmp/0102-1.ra)
	(About as useful and a blank screen and silence.)

Is there any way to get RealPlayer to work?  Or is there any other way 
to play RealAudio files?

Marc