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

[Reyada Wolak]

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

> > [oracle at localhost Download]$ ldd /usr/lib/win32/sipr.so.6.0
> >         linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
> >         libm.so.6 => /lib/i686/libm.so.6 (0xb7f73000)
> >         libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/libc.so.6 (0xb7e21000)
> >         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7fbc000)
>
> Hum, nothing wrong here.
>
> > http://www.alathar.net/files/sound/alalbani/alnoor/001.rm
>
> I have no problems playing this. Where did you get your mplayer package
> from? Can you try again with the latest svn version?


i got it ready from "install & remove software" in Mandriva 2009
version: 1.0-1.rc2.23.r28791.2mdv2009.1
it is pretty new build (3 march 2009)
i don't have that experience to install it from src with all dependences but
i will give it a try.

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"

another issue i'm facing in mandriva but not related to mplayer itself which
is an issue with pulseaudio:

"
[pulse] working around probably broken pause functionality,
        see http://www.pulseaudio.org/ticket/440
AO: [pulse] 16000Hz 1ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
"

i'm trying to find a solution for it as well.