Re: How to get realplayer and mplayer to properly install?
On Friday 07 October 2005 11:56 pm, Malcolm Lalkaka wrote: > > 2. all updates and packages were installed with synaptic > > As far as I know, RealPlayer doesn't have an official Debian package. > Therefore, I would suggest that you go to the RealPlayer website > (http://www.real.com) and download/install the latest version > directly. An unofficial Debian package is available at http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian/ I have no idea of the quality of that site but I did use it to download and install Java 1.5 and have not experienced any problems.
Re: How to get realplayer and mplayer to properly install?
gary wrote: Hello - I recently installed Sarge and have been using synaptic to install packages. when I install realplayer, the icon appears in Applications> multimedia but I'm unable to get realplayer started. Nor will it start when files are directed to use /user/bin/realplay. mplayer never installs any startup icon, yet I downloaded the k-6 version which i believe includes a gui. Never got mplayer running . I have: a few years linux experience limited debian experience gnome desktop What am I not doing?gary did you install the codecs [in /usr/lib/win32] ?? you can -if not - get them at the hungarian mplayer-page. and, by the way, my mplayer on 'etch_text_install' works fine from the command-line. in sarge i installed mplayer from source. do not forget to do ./configure --enable-gui: that turns the gui-switch on. good luck, steef -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to get realplayer and mplayer to properly install?
>!. Realplayer never activates . period I'm sorry, but I don't understand. What do you mean by that? More specifically, if you go to the command line and type at the prompt... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ realplay What happens? What is outputted to the terminal, and what windows (if any) appear? > 4. I downloaded package mplayer-k6 , not mplayer-nogui - I expect to > find a gui. Even if you download & install mplayer-k6, the GUI executable of mplayer is still called gmplayer (the 'g' stands for either GUI or GTK; I'm not sure which one). The command-line executable of mplayer is always called mplayer. >2. all updates and packages were installed with synaptic As far as I know, RealPlayer doesn't have an official Debian package. Therefore, I would suggest that you go to the RealPlayer website (http://www.real.com) and download/install the latest version directly. Also, I would suggest you do the same for mplayer from the mplayer website (http://www.mplayerhq.hu). Download the latest source package, and read the documentation (README, INSTALL, etc) that comes with it. There is a very simple method of creating a Debian package out of the mplayer source code; the mplayer developers have done most of the work, it seems. > > 1) Are you able to play sound in general or is the problem with > > realplayer/mplayer? This important question still beckons for an answer. Hope this helps, Malcolm
Re: How to get realplayer and mplayer to properly install?
On Sat, 2005-10-08 at 00:52 -0400, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > gary wrote: > > >Hello - I recently installed Sarge and have been using synaptic to > >install packages. > >when I install realplayer, the icon appears in Applications> multimedia > >but I'm unable to > >get realplayer started. Nor will it start when files are directed to > >use /user/bin/realplay. > >mplayer never installs any startup icon, yet I downloaded the k-6 > >version which i believe > >includes a gui. Never got mplayer running . > > > >I have: a few years linux experience > >limited debian experience > >gnome desktop > > > >What am I not doing?gary > > > > > > > > > 1) Are you able to play sound in general or is the problem with > realplayer/mplayer? > 2) How did you install realplayer/mplayer? > > 3) If you do > > realplay somefile.rm > > on a shell then what happens? Is there any error? or do you not hear sound? > > > mplayer has no gui AFAIK. It is a command line player. If you need a > gui, I think it is called gmplayer. > > > -- > Kamaraju S Kusumanchi > Graduate Student, MAE > Cornell University > http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/ > !. Realplayer never activates . period 2. all updates and packages were installed with synaptic 3. I go to a site that uses Realplayer - i try to download - open with /usr/bin/realplay nothing 4. I downloaded package mplayer-k6 , not mplayer-nogui - I expect to find a gui. 5. my current theory ( could change at any moment ) is that something is in the wrong directory. gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to get realplayer and mplayer to properly install?
gary wrote: Hello - I recently installed Sarge and have been using synaptic to install packages. when I install realplayer, the icon appears in Applications> multimedia but I'm unable to get realplayer started. Nor will it start when files are directed to use /user/bin/realplay. mplayer never installs any startup icon, yet I downloaded the k-6 version which i believe includes a gui. Never got mplayer running . I have: a few years linux experience limited debian experience gnome desktop What am I not doing?gary 1) Are you able to play sound in general or is the problem with realplayer/mplayer? 2) How did you install realplayer/mplayer? 3) If you do realplay somefile.rm on a shell then what happens? Is there any error? or do you not hear sound? mplayer has no gui AFAIK. It is a command line player. If you need a gui, I think it is called gmplayer. -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi Graduate Student, MAE Cornell University http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to get realplayer and mplayer to properly install?
Hello - I recently installed Sarge and have been using synaptic to install packages. when I install realplayer, the icon appears in Applications> multimedia but I'm unable to get realplayer started. Nor will it start when files are directed to use /user/bin/realplay. mplayer never installs any startup icon, yet I downloaded the k-6 version which i believe includes a gui. Never got mplayer running . I have: a few years linux experience limited debian experience gnome desktop What am I not doing?gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
