realplayer installation on redhat 9.0

[hasan]

u can get mplayer from

http://freshrpms.net/

look on the left u will see a list of files.

and this is the official site

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design6/dload.html

[bpark]

I'd recommend getter the actual source file (.tar.gz or .tgz) and compiling it. You get better options and it will be better optimized for your computer.

[Dolda2000]

I agree with bpark. MPlayer has a lot of CPU-specific optimizations, so compiling it from source simply yields a faster program, almost always.

[xylex_blaiste]

ok, but how do i go about doing that? i mean, what do i use to compile?

[xylex_blaiste]

nevermind guys, i think somebody just asked a question on compiling source files. i just read it. i'll just ask you if something goes wrong with the compile. i'll try this compile thing instead of the regular rpm install.

[hasan]

can anyone tell me the steps i have to do to make realplayer8 work on my machine?
since i dont know what the programmers has asked me to do over here

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i emailed the helix community [from real.com] those who r developing the new real media player for linux/unix

i asked them when is the release date for the new helix's real media player

since the current realplayer 8 is not willing to install on redhat 9.0

this is what they have replied ....... and gave me suggestions to make realplayer 8 work on red hat 9

but since i am not into programming or scripting i dont know what it means ... varian can u also help me on that ???

here is the copy of reply
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Hi Hasan -

You can find all kinds of information about the player project by visiting:

https://player.helixcommunity.org

Although dates are not fixed yet, you can see the general development
plan here:

https://player.helixcommunity.org/20...ilestones.html


I also run Redhat 9, and I've been able to make RealPlayer 8 work
quite well. The trick is setting an environment variable, doing this:

export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5

Now try running RP8.

You will also want to upgrade the codecs to support RealVideo9.
You can grab the update here:

http://docs.real.com/docs/playerpatc...6_i386_cs2.tgz

(note: even thought the file is .tgz, its not gzipped. its just a normal
tar file. you can uncompress is with: tar xf rv9_libc6_i386_cs2.tgz)

Let me know if this helps.

Regards,

-duncan

At 02:50 AM 9/30/2003, Hasan Khalil wrote:
hi

when is the 1st official release of helix's new media player for linux?

[the current realplayer8 is not working at all on red hat 9.0]

so i am waiting desperately for the new helix media player for linux.

thanks,
hasan

[hasan]

hey linux gurus

i added the line " export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 "

to

/etc/bashrc

realplayer is installed

but its not playing .... whatever real audio/video file i click on mozilla 1.4 browser

it does not play ... a dialog box opens saying open the file with default application " /usr/local/RealPlayer8/realplay " and click yes

and then mozilla download manager dialog box opens showing the download and then nothing happens ......

why is that????

[david520]

today ,i try to play mp3 files by realplay ,but after i choose the file and press the ok button,the program go away with a splash.i don't know why. it is useful when i first log into the system ,but now it is a bush in it, who can help me? it is no interests without music.