mplayer vs realvideo

[dexter]

On Fri January 18 2008 05:34:24 Michael Hennebry wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, dexter wrote:
> > On Wed January 16 2008 06:22:15 Michael Hennebry wrote:
> > > What is the magic formula for getting mplayer to play
> > > the video portion of realmedia files?
> >
> > What your missing here are the realvideo codecs,
> >
> > $mplayer -vc help|grep realvid
> >
> > rv3040      realvid   working   Linux RealPlayer 10 RV30/40 decoder 
> > [drvc.so] rv3040win   realvid   working   Win32 RealPlayer 10 RV30/40
> > decoder [drvc.dll]
> > rv40        realvid   working   Linux RealPlayer 9 RV40 decoder 
> > [drv4.so.6.0] rv40win     realvid   working   Win32 RealPlayer 9 RV40
> > decoder
> > [drv43260.dll]
> > rv40mac     realvid   working   Mac OS X RealPlayer 9 RV40 decoder
> > [drvc.bundle/Contents/MacOS/drvc]
> > rv30        realvid   working   Linux RealPlayer 8 RV30 decoder 
> > [drv3.so.6.0] rv30win     realvid   working   Win32 RealPlayer 8 RV30
> > decoder
> > [drv33260.dll]
> > rv30mac     realvid   working   Mac OS X RealPlayer 9 RV30 decoder
> > [drvc.bundle/Contents/MacOS/drvc]
> > rv20        realvid   working   Linux RealPlayer 8 RV20 decoder 
> > [drv2.so.6.0] rv20winrp10 realvid   working   Win32 RealPlayer 10 RV20
> > decoder  [drv2.dll] rv20win     realvid   working   Win32 RealPlayer 8
> > RV20 decoder
> > [drv23260.dll]
> > rv20mac     realvid   working   Mac OS X RealPlayer 9 RV20 decoder
> > [drv2.bundle/Contents/MacOS/drv2]
> >
> > you can get them in one of the codec packs from the mplayer site.
>
> Thanks.
> After examining error messages, I get the impression that drv33260.dll
> is one I need.
> I've been seearching the mplayer site (http://www.mplayerhq.hu),
> but haven't been finding it.
> Is it there somewhere?
> If not, where should I get it?

http://www8.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/windows-essential-20071007.zip

or install Realplayer for linux, copy the codecs remove realplayer sorted.

...dex