[K12OSN] "realPlayer 10 for Linux is here"

[Petre Scheie]

Just a follow-up: As mentioned, sound worked for me under IceWM.  Last night I tried it 
under KDE and Gnome, and it failed with both.  Seems ironic considering those two 
desktop environments are regarded as more 'deluxe'.  KDE gave an error about not being 
able to write to /dev/dsp, for which the permisssions were set to 600; but changing it 
to 666 still didn't give me sound.  I recall that others have reported similar results.

Petre

Rita Gibson wrote:
> Petre Scheie wrote:
> 
>> Short: Get the RealPlayer8 RPM file at 
>> http://forms.real.com/real/player/blackjack.html?src=rprdxint,rcahome
>>
>> and use that instead of RealPlayer10.  You'll have to remove the 
>> RealPlayer10 first, but that's okay.  RP8 works with thin clients and 
>> handles NPR's streams just fine.
>>
>> Long: Last night I downloaded the source files for RP10, but while 
>> there was a Makefile within the tar file, there wasn't a configure, 
>> nor a README, nor could I find any instructions on compiling it, let 
>> alone changing the configuration.  Frustrated, I just googled for 
>> RealPlayer8 & linux and found the above link.  Pulled down the RPM 
>> file, removed the RP10 package, installed the RP8 package, connected 
>> to NPR's site, and the streaming newscasts, etc. all worked like a 
>> champ.  I didn't even have to make any adjustments to RP to make it 
>> work, even though there are some notes on the K12LTSP wiki about how 
>> to do so.
>>
>> It may be worth noting that I have sound set to NASD in my lts.conf 
>> file, and I was using IceWM on the client.
>>
>> Petre
>>
>> Rita Gibson wrote:
>>
>>> Bill Kendrick wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 06:39:13PM +0200, Gustav J Kramer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> As I see it, that leaves two options:  Stick with RP8, if you can find
>>>>> it; or, compile/package RP 10 yourself.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And in the meantime, ask NPR why they're not streaming OGG Vorbis. ;)
>>>> (Or are they...?  I admittedly haven't checked.)
>>>>
>>>> -bill!
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I actually posted a note on their technical help web page telling 
>>> them a little bit about what I'm trying to do and if someone could 
>>> contact me to assist..... Can I cc you, Bill, when and if they 
>>> contact me so that you can pipe in on the discussion? :^)
>>>
>>> Rita Gibson
>>> RMSELTech
>>>
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> Thanks, I'll try it on Friday. I'd really like to be able to solve this 
> for the new high school teacher. :^)
> 
> Rita Gibson
> RMSELTech
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