Problem to get RealPlayer work

[satimis]

Hi folks,


Ubuntu 7.04 lamp server amd64
Firefox 2.0.0.6


Download RealPlayer10GOLD.bin on RealPlayer site. Performed following steps to get it installed.


$ sudo chmod u+x RealPlayer10GOLD.bin
$ sudo ./RealPlayer10GOLD.bin


The package was installed on /home/satimis/RealPlayer
(remark: did not change directory path during installation. Just used default)


RealPlayer can be started with.
$ /home/satimis/RealPlayer/realplay


But it can be evoked on Internet browsing.


On Firefox;

Edit -> Preferences -> Contents -> File Types -> Manage -> Change Action
check "Open them with this application"
Browse -> realplay


Reload Firefox
Still the same. On browsing Internet some sites complain, "install RealPlayer".


Pls help. TIA


B.R.
satimis

[fingal]

Hi - Getting Realplayer to work with Firefox isn't very intuitive. The first thing is to log in as root and locate the following files: nphelix.so and nphelix.xpt . These are the key to making this work.

They might be in /usr/bin/mozilla but if not log in as root and try: find / -name nphelix.so -print .

Then you need to know exactly where you installed Firefox ... The key thing is to locate Firefox's plugins directory, and to enter this. For example: cd /home/fingal/firefox/plugins .

Now you need to create symbolic links to the two files named above. Realplayer's installer won't do this for you: it's a little hopeless! From Firefox's plugin's directory do:

ln -s /usr/bin/mozilla/nphelix.so (and)
ln -s /usr/bin/mozilla/nphelix.xpt

Exit from being root and restart Firefox. Adjust the instructions above to suit your own system / directory tree.

What you're doing is linking Firefox's plugins directory to the two Realplayer files, so that FF can play streaming media.

[satimis]

Hi - Getting Realplayer to work with Firefox isn't very intuitive. The first thing is to log in as root and locate the following files: nphelix.so and nphelix.xpt . These are the key to making this work.

They might be in /usr/bin/mozilla but if not log in as root and try: find / -name nphelix.so -print .

Then you need to know exactly where you installed Firefox ... The key thing is to locate Firefox's plugins directory, and to enter this. For example: cd /home/fingal/firefox/plugins .

Now you need to create symbolic links to the two files named above. Realplayer's installer won't do this for you: it's a little hopeless! From Firefox's plugin's directory do:

ln -s /usr/bin/mozilla/nphelix.so (and)
ln -s /usr/bin/mozilla/nphelix.xpt

Exit from being root and restart Firefox. Adjust the instructions above to suit your own system / directory tree.

What you're doing is linking Firefox's plugins directory to the two Realplayer files, so that FF can play streaming media.

Hi fingal,


Tks for your advice.


$ find / -name nphelix.so -print | grep nphelix.so

......
/usr/lib/firefox/plugins/nphelix.so
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nphelix.so
/home/satimis/hxsetup/mozilla/nphelix.so
/home/satimis/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.so

$ find / -name nphelix.xpt -print | grep nphelix.xpt

......
/usr/lib/firefox/plugins/nphelix.xpt
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nphelix.xpt
/home/satimis/hxsetup/mozilla/nphelix.xpt
/home/satimis/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.xpt

$ ls -al /home/satimis/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.so

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 57580 2007-07-27 08:29 /home/satimis/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.so

$ ls -al /home/satimis/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.xpt

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5086 2007-07-27 08:29 /home/satimis/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.xpt

$ ls -al /usr/bin/mozilla

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2007-07-26 13:56 /usr/bin/mozilla -> /etc/alternatives/mozilla

$ ls -al /etc/alternatives/mozilla

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2007-08-15 21:00 /etc/alternatives/mozilla -> /usr/bin/firefox

$ sudo ln -s /home/satimis/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.so /usr/bin/mozilla/

ln: accessing `/usr/bin/mozilla/': Not a directory

I hesitate how to proceed further. Any advice? TIA


B.R.
satimis

[fingal]

Hmm that looks horribly confusing and you seem to have a rather complex arrangement there. I think Realplayer (because it's pre-compiled) needs to look in /usr/bin/mozilla ... I'm not familiar with your distro, so I think you need advice from someone who knows Ubuntu.

Perhaps this would help? I suppose what works on one distro doesn't work on another.

[satimis]

Hmm that looks horribly confusing and you seem to have a rather complex arrangement there. I think Realplayer (because it's pre-compiled) needs to look in /usr/bin/mozilla ... I'm not familiar with your distro, so I think you need advice from someone who knows Ubuntu.

Perhaps this would help? I suppose what works on one distro doesn't work on another.

Hi fingal,


Tks for your URL


I followed "1. Install Automatix2" on following guide installing RealPlayer
ArsGeek » Blog Archive » How to get realplayer working in Firefox on Ubuntu 7.04

It futher referred to;
Installing Automatix2 with Apt
Installing Automatix2 on (K,X)Ubuntu 7.04 i386,AMD64 (Feisty)
Installation - Automatix Wiki


Steps performed as follow;

$ echo "deb Index of /apt feisty main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
Password:

deb http://www.getautomatix.com/apt feisty main

$ wget http://www.getautomatix.com/keys/automatix2.key

--18:05:20--  http://www.getautomatix.com/keys/automatix2.key
           => `automatix2.key'
Resolving www.getautomatix.com... 216.120.255.9
Connecting to www.getautomatix.com|216.120.255.9|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1,706 (1.7K) [application/pgp-keys]

100%[=====================================================================================>] 1,706          1.59K/s             

18:05:21 (1.59 KB/s) - `automatix2.key' saved [1706/1706]

$ gpg --import automatix2.key

gpg: directory `/home/satimis/.gnupg' created
gpg: can't open `/gnupg/options.skel': No such file or directory
gpg: keyring `/home/satimis/.gnupg/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/home/satimis/.gnupg/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: /home/satimis/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key E23C5FC3: public key "Arnav Ghosh (Automatix Team Lead) <greyrod@gmail.com>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1

$ gpg --export --armor E23C5FC3 | sudo apt-key add -

OK

$ sudo apt-get update

......
Fetched 12.3kB in 2s (4879B/s)
Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty-commercial/Release  Unable to find expected entry  maindeb/source/Sources in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
Reading package lists... Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

$ sudo apt-get install automatix2
It went through w/o complaint


I used following site to test RealPlayer
ON24: A World of Webcasting Solutions. One Webcasting Provider

It further refers to RealPlayer site for testing.

Test result:-
Vedio displayed by with following warning

WARNING: Your media player does not allow scripting. Scripting is 
required for streaming events to perform properly. Please re-install your 
media player to correct your configuration. 

If you were unable to view the test video,you may want to consider viewing 
the webcast using an alternative media player. 

If you can see video but you can't hear anything, please check your system   
volume settings and the volume on the media player.

In order to provide an optimal experience listening to and/or viewing 
webcasts, we recommend the following media player plug-ins: 
Windows Media Player 10 or above and RealPlayer 10 or above.

download real player

B.R.
satimis

[88guy]

Fingal's advice worked perfectly on Slackware 12.