Re: Is there a GPL substitute for RealPlayer?
On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 02:11:31 -0800 Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, I just tried xine. So far, it has handled all file formats that I have thrown at it, including Real Media live streaming audio and I miss xine. :( I'm running testing/etch. There are variants, such as totem, gxine of course, as well as mplayer (which I compiled from source) but I haven't been able to play everything. npr has been an issue, for one. I have realplayer of course installed, but the others will from time to time complain about a missing library (libcook.so). I recall encountering this problem before when I was running Mandrake). ISTR that having libcook was a big requirement to be able to play real media audio or video. Otherwise, mplayer seems to be the best thing in terms of being able to play files (especially different types of video files), but what seems to have happened to xine? It seems to be gone, having been replaced (as far as I can tell) by gxine and/or totem, neither seem to work well for playing most video files over here, although that has not been entirely true in the past. What I've been seeing with totem/gxine in particular are tons of X11 resource (i.e., BadAlloc, insufficient resources for operation) issues - these also happen to come up from time to time with mplayer, but at least with the latter you can specify -vo x11 as a parameter on the command line. With the others, this does not seem to be possible. The other thing I don't understand re: gxine is the need to run lirc. -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is there a GPL substitute for RealPlayer?
On Sat, 7 Jan 2006 15:28:01 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew M.A. Cater) wrote: Download the all* package for Linux of Windows and other codecs. That seems to have worked. (etch) - at least gxine now is able to play one .rm file I've tried, and no longer complains about a missing 'cook' library (see my other post in the thread). -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is there a GPL substitute for RealPlayer?
On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 13:25:14 -0800 David E. Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 02:11:31 -0800 Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, I just tried xine. So far, it has handled all file formats that I have thrown at it, including Real Media live streaming audio and I miss xine. :( AFAIK xine has always consisted of xine-lib and xine-ui. The lib is the one that does all the job, while ui is just a front-end. gxine is just another front-end. xine-ui is apt-get-able ... (i like it more) Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is there a GPL substitute for RealPlayer?
Hi, to install a precompiled version of mplayer you can add this line to your sources.list : deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ testing main to play all videos you should also install the package w32codecs regards Christoph -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is there a GPL substitute for RealPlayer?
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 13:25:14 -0800 David E. Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 02:11:31 -0800 Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, I just tried xine. So far, it has handled all file formats that I have thrown at it, including Real Media live streaming audio and I miss xine. :( AFAIK xine has always consisted of xine-lib and xine-ui. The lib is the one that does all the job, while ui is just a front-end. gxine is just another front-end. xine-ui is apt-get-able ... (i like it more) Actually, it does seem to be missing from testing. As I said, I like xine. It seems to do everything that I need it to do. (Playing DVDs would be nice, but I guess that is not likely to happen anytime soon here in the U.S.) The xine-ui package shows up in Sarge and Sid, right now, but not Etch. Maybe it is just a question of waiting until everything trickles down from Sid. Me? I'll just stick with Sarge, where things just work, mostly. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is there a GPL substitute for RealPlayer?
On Friday 30 December 2005 16:50, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Bryan G wrote: i found this, I haven't installed it yet but it claims to replace realplayer without the problems of realplayer taking over your PC http://www.codecguide.com/download_real.htm I find that mplayer is a far better substitute for what I used to use RealPlayer for: mp3 streams. 1. You can record and play at the same time w/o using vsound. How do you do that? I know how to record a stream to a WAV file, but not how to play it at the same time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is there a GPL substitute for RealPlayer?
On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 01:47:43PM -1000, Bryan G wrote: i found this, I haven't installed it yet but it claims to replace realplayer without the problems of realplayer taking over your PC http://www.codecguide.com/download_real.htm Looked at the site. It seems to be Windows software. --hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is there a GPL substitute for RealPlayer?
On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 08:15:35AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 01:47:43PM -1000, Bryan G wrote: i found this, I haven't installed it yet but it claims to replace realplayer without the problems of realplayer taking over your PC http://www.codecguide.com/download_real.htm Looked at the site. It seems to be Windows software. --hendrik Go to the home site for mplayer. Download the all* package for Linux of Windows and other codecs. As root, create a directory in /usr/lib called /usr/lib/win32 Unpack the codecs into it. [I copied the all*codecs.tar.bz there, unpacked it, creating an all*codecs directory, changed into that directory and copied everything to the level above]. Now run either/both of apt-get install kaffeine [Optionally apt-get install libdvdread and run the installer script found in /usr/share/docs/examples/ if you want to install the libdvdcss libraries to play encrypted DVD's] apt-get install helix-player mozilla-helix-player Tell mozilla to associate .ram files with either /usr/bin/kaffeine or /usr/bin/helixplayer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is there a GPL substitute for RealPlayer?
On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 03:28:01PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: Unpack the codecs into it. [I copied the all*codecs.tar.bz there, unpacked it, creating an all*codecs directory, changed into that directory and copied everything to the level above]. ... and violate the terms of the original request, for a GPL substitute. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you attempt to fix something that isn't broken, it will be. -Bruce Tognazzini -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is there a GPL substitute for RealPlayer?
On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 02:15:07PM -0500, Carl Fink wrote: On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 03:28:01PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: Unpack the codecs into it. [I copied the all*codecs.tar.bz there, unpacked it, creating an all*codecs directory, changed into that directory and copied everything to the level above]. ... and violate the terms of the original request, for a GPL substitute. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you attempt to fix something that isn't broken, it will be. -Bruce Tognazzini Strictly, Kaffeine and Helixplayer are GPL. Only the codecs are not. If you want a GPL'd player which doesn't report back to anyone - you have it. Copying the codecs across merely means that it plays more content. The players are DFSG free, the plugins aren't. Similarly, it's an option to install libdvdread to decode DVD's. No one is constrained to - many of us do. Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is there a GPL substitute for RealPlayer?
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Bryan G wrote: i found this, I haven't installed it yet but it claims to replace realplayer without the problems of realplayer taking over your PC http://www.codecguide.com/download_real.htm I find that mplayer is a far better substitute for what I used to use RealPlayer for: mp3 streams. 1. You can record and play at the same time w/o using vsound. 2. The quality of the sound is far better. 3. OpenSource. None of that hide how it works stuff. 4. Textmode. Runs on the textconsole. I am listening right now to KUSC with mplayer at the same time it is recording the stream. H Could you specify the command that would allow you to do #1? Thanks. Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is there a GPL substitute for RealPlayer?
Does this work under linux? All I see on the site specifies Win95/96/2000/XP or only Win2000/XP. Try Google for Helix Terence
Re: Is there a GPL substitute for RealPlayer?
Terence wrote: Does this work under linux? All I see on the site specifies Win95/96/2000/XP or only Win2000/XP. Try Google for Helix Actually, I just tried xine. So far, it has handled all file formats that I have thrown at it, including Real Media live streaming audio and canned shows from NPR, as well as Real Media Video (.rmvb) and Quicktime video (.mov). I may yet be able to get rid of Real 10, and all the other progs that I have been trying that can not play .mov files. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is there a GPL substitute for RealPlayer?
Bryan G wrote: i found this, I haven't installed it yet but it claims to replace realplayer without the problems of realplayer taking over your PC http://www.codecguide.com/download_real.htm I find that mplayer is a far better substitute for what I used to use RealPlayer for: mp3 streams. 1. You can record and play at the same time w/o using vsound. 2. The quality of the sound is far better. 3. OpenSource. None of that hide how it works stuff. 4. Textmode. Runs on the textconsole. I am listening right now to KUSC with mplayer at the same time it is recording the stream. H -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is there a GPL substitute for RealPlayer?
i found this, I haven't installed it yet but it claims to replace realplayer without the problems of realplayer taking over your PC http://www.codecguide.com/download_real.htm
Re: Is there a GPL substitute for RealPlayer?
Bryan G wrote: i found this, I haven't installed it yet but it claims to replace realplayer without the problems of realplayer taking over your PC http://www.codecguide.com/download_real.htm Does this work under linux? All I see on the site specifies Win95/96/2000/XP or only Win2000/XP. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
