[MPlayer-users] How to run RealPlayer files in Linux

[Reyada Wolak]

2009/7/19 Charles Philip Chan <cpchan at sympatico.ca>

> > There is a note in the details of the package:
> > "Note: If you want to play Real content, you need to have the content of
> > RealPlayer's Codecs directory in /usr/lib/RealPlayer10GOLD/codecs"
>
> B.S. I don't even have Realplayer installed. You can try replacing your
> win32 codecs with these here:
>
> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20071007.tar.bz2
>
> to see if it works. However, Mandriva might have changed some code, have
> you tried installing Realplayer Gold as the note suggest?
>

Actually I'm using mplayer codecs and not RealPlayer. I installed RealPlayer
and copy the codecs to this path /usr/lib/RealPlayer10GOLD/codecs and it
works without those missing messages. I think Mandriva team changed this
Path manually in their distribution.


> > another issue i'm facing in mandriva but not related to mplayer itself
> > which is an issue with pulseaudio:
>
> Sorry, I don't have pulseaudio (IMHO, it is the biggest pile of crap)
> installed. You will have to wait for some one who uses pulse. Have your
> tried "-ao alsa" and "-ao oss"?


 i tried it without successful.