Hi everybody, I have read a number of emails that RealPlayer is not working including requests on how to add the MIME entries to get RealPlayer working. It appears that www.real.com provides insufficient information about turning on the streaming video and audio. You must add several MIME entries to Netscape for the streaming media/video and audio to work. Hopefully, in the future www.real.com will improve their installation script so that the user will not have to add them in manually. I have found that the Plug In Plugger 3.2 does NOT work adequately. The original instructions applied to users that downloaded the ".bin" version of RealPlayer6, 7 and 8 in Netscape. However, if you have installed the rpm version of RealPlayer, the default application path is different. The entire instructions are as follows: FYI For the .bin installations: Default application path: /usr/local/RealPlayer8/realplay For the rpm installations: Default application path: /usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay Very Important: The %s switch activates the streaming feature in RealPlayer. If you do not add %s after realplay, it will NOT work. Start up Netscape: Select Edit->Preferences->Navigator->Applications 1. Select the "New" button to call up a new MIME type. Enter the following settings: Description: RealMedia File MIMEType: application/vnd.rn-realmedia Suffixes: .rm Application: /usr/local/RealPlayer8/realplay %s The .bin default application path is shown above. The rpm default application path is shown below: Application: /usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay %s Click on the "OK" buttons to confirm the entry. 2. Select the "New" button to call up a new MIME type. Enter the following settings: Description: RealVideo File MIMEType: video/vnd.rn-realvideo Suffixes: .rv Application: /usr/local/RealPlayer8/realplay %s Click on the "OK" buttons to confirm the entry. 3. Select the "New" button to call up a new MIME type. Enter the following settings: Description: RealAudio File MIMEType: audio/vnd.rn-realaudio Suffixes: .ra, .ram Application: /usr/local/RealPlayer8/realplay %s Click on the "OK" buttons to confirm the entry. 4. Select the "New" button to call up a new MIME type. Enter the following settings: Description: RealAudio File 2 MIMEType: audio/x-pn-realaudio Suffixes: .ra, .ram Application: /usr/local/RealPlayer8/realplay %s Click on the "OK" buttons to confirm the entry. 5. Select the "New" button to call up a new MIME type. Enter the following settings: Description: Live365 MIMEType: audio/x-scpls Suffixes: .pls Application: /usr/local/RealPlayer8/realplay %s Click on the "OK" buttons to confirm the entry. 6. Select the "New" button to call up a new MIME type. Enter the following settings: Description: MPEG Audio MIMEType: audio/mpeg Suffixes: Application: /usr/local/RealPlayer8/realplay %s Click on the "OK" buttons to confirm the entry. 7. Select the "New" button to call up a new MIME type. Enter the following settings: Description: MPEG Audio 2 MIMEType: audio/x-mpegurl Suffixes: .m3u Application: /usr/local/RealPlayer8/realplay %s Click on the "OK" buttons to confirm the entry. Select File->Exit Restart your web browser. During the first start up you may be prompted for your email address, country of origin and postal code or zip code address. You MUST fill in these fields to get RealPlayer working for the first time. That's it! Now you are ready to enjoy, music and especially streaming audio and video. Please make a print out of this for future reference. If you lose the instructions, you can find a link to one of my original postings by clicking on the link below: http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/msg63504.html Roman Registered Linux User #179293 "su is not the root of your problem but the start of a new journey"
