How to play RealMedia files in Linux?

[mariane_08]

Can someone tell me how to view RealMeadia files in Ubuntu? In widows I used Real Alternative but I'd prefer to do it in Ubuntu using Mplayer.

I went to Medibuntu and downloaded the W64Codecs pacakge which was supposed to enable non natives like realmedia etc to play. But it wont do it. I must be doing something wrong or do I need to download something else?

Mariane

[rokytnji]

Found this googling your question word for word

[SOLVED] how to play real media - Ubuntu Forums

[mariane_08]

Hi,

You can use xine software to play your RealMedia file in linux.First of all you have to install xine and then download Real 9 codecs files.After that you can play Real Media file in linux.



Tech Tiger1

Thanks guys! Looking under Applications>Add/Remove Applications, do you mean "Movie Player Totem (Xine backend)" ? and Xine extra plugins? I already have Movie Player (gstreamer installed)

[jmadero]

that should do it. You can also do this in terminal


sudo apt-get install xine

[devils casper]

Install xine with GUI.

sudo apt-get update
sudo ap-get install gxine

[mariane_08]

Install xine with GUI.

sudo apt-get update
sudo ap-get install gxine

OK thanks, I've installed this. However, I still get "not yet supported" when I try to view REalMedia videos. So I assume I'm still missing something? Question is what?

Mariane

[markharding557]

i am able to play realmedia using gstreamer as install in "ubuntu resticted extras "have you tried this

[jmadero]

that was my next suggestion, every time I install it's the first thing I do
terminal

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

[mariane_08]

[QUOTE=jmadero;670770]that was my next suggestion, every time I install it's the first thing I do
terminal

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras[/QUOTE

There's a bunch of Gstreamer under Add/Remove Applications but I dont see "ubuntu-restricted". I just have the "Grstreamer Extra Plugins installed, and the W64Codecs from mediabuntu.

But more to the point going through terminal returns this

"mbdb@M2000:~$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted extras
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package ubuntu-restricted
mbdb@M2000:~$"

Mariane

[jmadero]

Sorry about that, you might need to uncomment some repositories...I'm not sure exactly which one , I have uncommented all of them. To uncomment:

in terminal

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

any line that has deb that has a # in front of (other than the first one which is for necessity of having cd in which you don't want) is commented. Uncomment all of them or guess and check which one is needed. It might be in the universal repository.

Save file, close it

terminal

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras