Is There a version of Realplayer that will work with Debian Linux?
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Distribution: Red Hat Enterprise Workstation, Debian, Simply Mepis, Damn Small Linux
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Is There a version of Realplayer that will work with Debian Linux?
Hello, Folks,
I'm new to Linux; I'm running Debian and Redhat Enterprise Workstation. Recently, I went to a favorite web page to listen to some music (www.liveireland.com). Unfortunately, you have to have realplayer to listen. I went to realplayer.com, but couldn't find one listed for Debian. Any suggestions?
Thanks much!
MPlayer is a piece of cake to install. You need the following files:
the MPlayer tarball
the codecs (get all of them, save some hassle)
if you want a gui, get the fonts and skins file.
Then, after unpacking the tar file, type in either
./configure or
./configure --enable-gui
Since I can never remember where the codecs, etc go (and because I'm lazy ) I normally then read the last few lines of the output - the program complains that it can't find the codecs or fonts/skins. Create the required directory and copy the codecs, etc into the directories. Rerun the ./configure (--enable-gui if req'd), then type "make (minus the quotes), then become root with the su command and then type make install.
Exit from root, and, for the gui, type in gmplayer. Lo, you have MPlayer.
The easiest way to get real player right now seems to get Mozilla and install mozplugger. It usually starts getting all the rest of the required components as well, and you end up with all that you want anyways (not just the plugins). But, you could always unpack the tarball and run it that way.
try here for directions for what you actually want to do. My google search term was "realplayer debian download". First page had this hit. Good luck.
Distribution: Red Hat Enterprise Workstation, Debian, Simply Mepis, Damn Small Linux
Posts: 29
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Hi, Everyone,
Many thanks to all who answered my post! I've been out of the country (I went to Tasmania on an extended vacation, and had no access to my computer. I will be trying out your suggestions asap. Thanks again!
The debian repository you mentioned does not have realplayer codec with them.
So accessing Real media / MP3 / Flash codec within will still require the official Realplayer 10 GOLD. Don't know when it will get into the non-free respository yet.
Okay then, what's the use of helix player then?
Is it that it has a mozilla plugin to play other sound files?
As for realplayer 10 for Linux: http://www.real.com/linux/?, quoting from the bottom of the page :
"What's Helix and why does it matter?
RealPlayer 10 for Linux is based on the open source Helix player"
Another nice realplayer lie. realplayer allowed helix community to build a version for Linux.
This version however ought to be able to read real files. The page clearly announces:
Quote:
Play popular datatypes
RealPlayer 10 supports RealAudio, RealVideo 10, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and Theora, H263, AAC and more.
Question: Has anybody tried this version? Is it less of a villain on Linux than it is on Windoz (stealing files associations, etc?).
As for the .deb package, the changes file says:
"Changes:
helix-player (1.0.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Final GOLD release of the Helix Player 1.0
* ITP report: Closes #258417
* RFP report: Closes #181322"
Basic Features of the players:
- Gtk+/Gnome interface
- Accelerated Video and FullScreen Playback
- Support for free and open mediatypes - Ogg Vorbis/Theora, H261
- Mozilla browser plug-in
- RTSP streaming
- Elegant UI
- Installer and RPM packages
RealPlayer 10 for Linux adds the following features:
- RealAudio 10 / RealVideo 10
- MP3,
- Flash playback
- More robust RTSP via RDT
===
So clearly, Helix doesn't yet read real files. You need Real(-Helix)10.
So it would be better to install Mplayer. It may be a cinch, but first you need to check you have everything that's required, quite a lot-- there's a long file on the site about all this. however if you have a recent Linux version, evrything's should be there already, except perhaps the codecs..
I'm not sure there's a plugin for Mozilla browsers.
Finally I learnt codecs have to be copied in /usr/local/lib/codecs -- someone here saying he was too lazy to look for the location.
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