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distortion

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« on: 30 October 2002, 22:30 »
are ther any alternitives to real audio for linux?
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« Reply #1 on: 31 October 2002, 00:12 »
It has a Linux version.
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« Reply #2 on: 31 October 2002, 06:22 »
MPlayer!

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/

It is still in version 0.9, and will require some tweaking, but it really works well.  It can play not only real media files, but it can also play windows media files as well.  For that you have to download the codecs, and configure with them enabled.  They are also available from mplayers site.  I myself have had trouble getting it to embed in Mozilla, and have not been able to use the gui.  To use the GUI you need gtk 1.2 and all I have is 2.0 (don't quote me on this one, there may be a workaround).  I could really see this player becoming standard in Linux.

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« Reply #3 on: 31 October 2002, 23:30 »
cool, thanks! i've come across mplayer before, but i no idea it could play streaming audio.

and x12, even the linux version of real audio will have a death grip on your machine, so i hear anyway.
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« Reply #4 on: 1 November 2002, 02:11 »
hey, where can i get the codecs? i can't find them on mplayer's web page.
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« Reply #5 on: 1 November 2002, 02:24 »
They are on the download page "win32 codecs":
http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec.tar.bz2

Untar/bz them and put them in a directory called "/usr/lib/win32".
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« Reply #6 on: 3 November 2002, 10:30 »
thanks void, one more question, then i think i should be set...is there just a divx audio codec out there? i can get video to work, just not audio...
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« Reply #7 on: 3 November 2002, 11:00 »
Did you install those codecs in /usr/lib/win32? I don't have any problems with any DivX format (3/4/5) and even WMV Microsoft files. Hmmmm, I also have the "libquicktime-opendivx" and "divix4linux" RPMs installed but I don't believe MPlayer needs anything in those. At least not according to the man page.
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« Reply #8 on: 4 November 2002, 02:56 »
yeah, i extracted the win32 codec to that directory and recomiled the source...

i have the latest divx4linux (which i believe is 5.1), but not libquicktime-open divx. so i guess i'll give that a shot.
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« Reply #9 on: 4 November 2002, 03:34 »
Hmmm, one thing I don't see in this thread is which Linux distribution and version are you running?
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« Reply #10 on: 4 November 2002, 16:09 »
make sure you have the latest version of all the software that mplayer uses then recompile. stuff like real codecs, the win codecs. and make sure it picks them up and says that they are selected to be used
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« Reply #11 on: 5 November 2002, 03:24 »
slackware 8.

well, i still can't quite deduce what the problem is exactly. however, everything works when i don't use the gui...
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Dr kelso; Didn't you get my memo about looking professional, and whereing your lab coat at all times?

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