Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?
On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 21:38, JoeHill wrote: On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:31:48 +0200 H.J.Bathoorn disseminated the following: I second that. Mileage varies on other players, mplayer always just works on all sorts of distro's and plays almost anything you throw at it. I'd be way pleased if you or anyone could tell me why this isn't working: http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/thedailyshowwithjonstewart/ Yes I can. You are running into the same problem I have been running into, which is javascripts that shield the raw url from you. What we need is a javascript plugin that will extract the raw links from the embedded javascript. Then you can play whatever you want to play; mplayer is fully capable, as you already know; we just need the raw links. Perhaps some fiddling with file associations might work. I use Opera and have Open Javascript console on error. When I pick the Face the Nation video I get: Inline script thread Error: name: TypeError message: Statement on line 47: Expression evaluated to null or undefined and is not convertible to Object: navigator.mimeTypes[application/x-mplayer2] Backtrace: Line 47 of linked script http://www.comedycentral.com/mp/detectWM.js var player = navigator.mimeTypes[application/x-mplayer2].enabledPlugin; Line 100 of linked script http://www.comedycentral.com/mp/detectWM.js var detectionResults = detectWMP(); Line 3 of inline#1 script in http://www.comedycentral.com/mp/play.php?player=realplayertype=vquality=highreposid=/multimedia/tds/headlines/9035.html checkRedirect(error.php); So it looks like it's a realplayer stream. The last line looks sort of like a raw URL, but it isn't because native realplayer won't pull it up. We need a way to extract raw urls from javascript. LX Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?
On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 09:38:41PM -0400, JoeHill wrote: On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:31:48 +0200 H.J.Bathoorn disseminated the following: I second that. Mileage varies on other players, mplayer always just works on all sorts of distro's and plays almost anything you throw at it. I'd be way pleased if you or anyone could tell me why this isn't working: http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/thedailyshowwithjonstewart/ ...and yet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$rpm -qa | grep codecs win32-codecs-1.4-2plf real-codecs-1.2-1plf xanim-codecs-1.0-3plf and: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$rpm -qa | grep mplayer mplayer-1.0-0.pre3.14plf mplayer-gui-1.0-0.pre3.15plf mplayerplugin-0.80-1mdk mplayer-skins-1.3-8mdk When I try to view a clip, I get 'loading movie...', but that turns out to be a damned lie! ;-) It's a conspiracy perpetrated by the U.S. and Canadian governments and a handful of these two nations' most powerful telecommunications companies. After all, what is said on one end is never exactly the same as what comes out on the other. Todd -- Name that tune #22: No caffeine, no protein, no booze or nicotine. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?
On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 08:56, Todd Slater wrote: On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 09:38:41PM -0400, JoeHill wrote: On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:31:48 +0200 H.J.Bathoorn disseminated the following: I second that. Mileage varies on other players, mplayer always just works on all sorts of distro's and plays almost anything you throw at it. I'd be way pleased if you or anyone could tell me why this isn't working: http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/thedailyshowwithjonstewart/ ...and yet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$rpm -qa | grep codecs win32-codecs-1.4-2plf real-codecs-1.2-1plf xanim-codecs-1.0-3plf and: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$rpm -qa | grep mplayer mplayer-1.0-0.pre3.14plf mplayer-gui-1.0-0.pre3.15plf mplayerplugin-0.80-1mdk mplayer-skins-1.3-8mdk When I try to view a clip, I get 'loading movie...', but that turns out to be a damned lie! ;-) It's a conspiracy perpetrated by the U.S. and Canadian governments and a handful of these two nations' most powerful telecommunications companies. After all, what is said on one end is never exactly the same as what comes out on the other. Todd And don't forget -- watch the comedy channel to learn more. g LX Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?
Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 08:56, Todd Slater wrote: On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 09:38:41PM -0400, JoeHill wrote: On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:31:48 +0200 H.J.Bathoorn disseminated the following: I second that. Mileage varies on other players, mplayer always just works on all sorts of distro's and plays almost anything you throw at it. I'd be way pleased if you or anyone could tell me why this isn't working: http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/thedailyshowwithjonstewart/ ...and yet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$rpm -qa | grep codecs win32-codecs-1.4-2plf real-codecs-1.2-1plf xanim-codecs-1.0-3plf and: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$rpm -qa | grep mplayer mplayer-1.0-0.pre3.14plf mplayer-gui-1.0-0.pre3.15plf mplayerplugin-0.80-1mdk mplayer-skins-1.3-8mdk When I try to view a clip, I get 'loading movie...', but that turns out to be a damned lie! ;-) It's a conspiracy perpetrated by the U.S. and Canadian governments and a handful of these two nations' most powerful telecommunications companies. After all, what is said on one end is never exactly the same as what comes out on the other. Todd And don't forget -- watch the comedy channel to learn more. g LX Lyvim - Nice one! The site seems to be set up only for Windows Media Player version 9.0. Tried it using a client's system which has WMP8.0 and an error came up regarding the fact that it only accepts WMP 9.0 as the player. Looks like they either changed to WM Encoding recently, or it never worked with any other player at all. My guess is that they changed it recently. Sorry Guys. Lanman Registered Linux User #190712 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?
On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 09:36, Lanman wrote: Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 08:56, Todd Slater wrote: When I try to view a clip, I get 'loading movie...', but that turns out to be a damned lie! ;-) It's a conspiracy perpetrated by the U.S. and Canadian governments and a handful of these two nations' most powerful telecommunications companies. After all, what is said on one end is never exactly the same as what comes out on the other. Todd And don't forget -- watch the comedy channel to learn more. g LX Lyvim - Nice one! The site seems to be set up only for Windows Media Player version 9.0. Tried it using a client's system which has WMP8.0 and an error came up regarding the fact that it only accepts WMP 9.0 as the player. Looks like they either changed to WM Encoding recently, or it never worked with any other player at all. My guess is that they changed it recently. Sorry Guys. Lanman Either way, all this would be a moot point if we had the raw link. Then you just pass the raw link to mplayer on the command line, like so: mplayer -cache 512 rtsp://video.c-span.org/project/c04/c04090104_rnc2.rm As long as we can't extract raw links from javascript, we will continually be at the mercy of any website that wants to be a bitch. Someone needs to write an all purpose java plugin that will search and destroy embedded javascript, spitting out raw urls and/or passing them onto applications that we select. LX -- Trouble with sound? Dump Alsa with an upgrade to the best: get your free high quality OSS drivers at www.opensound.com Superior features, superior API, better support. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?
On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 12:59, Sevatio wrote: How does Real Player 10 compare with Helix Player? Neither one of them hold a candle to Mplayer. LX Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 20:05, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 12:59, Sevatio wrote: How does Real Player 10 compare with Helix Player? Neither one of them hold a candle to Mplayer. LX I second that. Mileage varies on other players, mplayer always just works on all sorts of distro's and plays almost anything you throw at it. -- Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?
So, you use Mplayer to play Real codecs? Sevatio H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Tuesday 28 September 2004 20:05, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 12:59, Sevatio wrote: How does Real Player 10 compare with Helix Player? Neither one of them hold a candle to Mplayer. LX I second that. Mileage varies on other players, mplayer always just works on all sorts of distro's and plays almost anything you throw at it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 21:42, Sevatio wrote: So, you use Mplayer to play Real codecs? Sevatio Frankly, they haven't crossed my path for the last 2 years. So I don't knowI doubt it. IIRC I did see them being used for TV over internet and used mozilla (with plugins) to view them. Horrible quality, that's what chased me away. -- Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?
On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 15:42, Sevatio wrote: So, you use Mplayer to play Real codecs? Sevatio Correct, and use the plf version of mplayer also. That will give you the best functionality. LX Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?
On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 16:39, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Tuesday 28 September 2004 21:42, Sevatio wrote: So, you use Mplayer to play Real codecs? Sevatio Frankly, they haven't crossed my path for the last 2 years. So I don't knowI doubt it. Yes, I just played some cspan stuff today. The Real codecs work perfectly here. IIRC I did see them being used for TV over internet and used mozilla (with plugins) to view them. Horrible quality, that's what chased me away. Sounds like a wierd configuration was the culprit. LX Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 22:57, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: Sounds like a wierd configuration was the culprit. It always is in my case, if mozilla and plugins are part of the recipe:) Anyhow my 10.0 is a mess so I'll give 10.1 a go tonight:) -- Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 02:59, Sevatio wrote: How does Real Player 10 compare with Helix Player? Helix Player only plays open codecs, RealPlayer 10 plays the proprietory Real codecs. As players, there's not much to either of them. As others have mentioned, MPlayer and Xine both play Real if you install the Real codecs from PLF. John. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:31:48 +0200 H.J.Bathoorn disseminated the following: I second that. Mileage varies on other players, mplayer always just works on all sorts of distro's and plays almost anything you throw at it. I'd be way pleased if you or anyone could tell me why this isn't working: http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/thedailyshowwithjonstewart/ ...and yet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$rpm -qa | grep codecs win32-codecs-1.4-2plf real-codecs-1.2-1plf xanim-codecs-1.0-3plf and: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$rpm -qa | grep mplayer mplayer-1.0-0.pre3.14plf mplayer-gui-1.0-0.pre3.15plf mplayerplugin-0.80-1mdk mplayer-skins-1.3-8mdk When I try to view a clip, I get 'loading movie...', but that turns out to be a damned lie! ;-) -- JoeHill RLU / #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 21:34:41 up 55 days, 21:22, 7 users, load average: 0.25, 0.28, 0.22 +++ Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power -- Benito Mussolini Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?
I'd be way pleased if you or anyone could tell me why this isn't working: http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/thedailyshowwithjonstewart/ When I try to view a clip, I get 'loading movie...', but that turns out to be a damned lie! ;-) I either get what you got (new window, but no downloading) or firefox 0.8 crashes... eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problem installing Real Player 8 for Linux
Thomas Beno wrote: I downloaded Real Player 8 for Linux file rp8_linux_alpha_rh62_cs1.bin According to Linux Newbie.com all I was supposed to do was double click on the file and it would install. Well, since it didn't, I have not done something right or I've done something wrong. Either way, I am not installing the program. Did I download the wrong version of the program? Am I not using the correct procedure to install a binary file? I would really appreciate some help with this. I am and probably will be for some time a newbie to Linux. Tom Beno I got rp8.linux20.libc6.i386.cs2.rpm (via CNET's download page I think) and installed it from the command line with rpm -iv (earlier versions should be removed first. -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm body curled up next to me is a cat. (Kinky Friedman - Frequent Flyer) Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problem installing Real Player 8 for Linux
Gerald Waugh wrote: On Sunday 19 May 2002 01:07 am, Jerry wrote: I just used the realguide section of real.com at http://realguide.real.com/entertainment/ and clicked around in there for some that were audio only, some video and audio.. some worked, others didn't but i think that was more of the site i was connecting to than the player. I get a dialog box, save to disk open no applications specified Do I have to make file assocaitions? Where is the realplayer installed? Please excuse the dumb questions! Click on advanced button, enter location of realplay file (mine is at /usr/bin/X11/realplay - yours may be elsewhere, but typing whereis realplay at the command line -without the quotes - should give it to you). I think there is a tick box which ensures that Realplayer is always used to open this kind of file. Click OK in the advanced box. again in the dialogue box and Realplayer should load. Hope this helps - I'm relying on my memory which is unreliable in the main. -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm body curled up next to me is a cat. (Kinky Friedman - Frequent Flyer) Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problem installing Real Player 8 for Linux
On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 21:47, Thomas Beno wrote: I downloaded Real Player 8 for Linux file rp8_linux_alpha_rh62_cs1.bin According to Linux Newbie.com all I was supposed to do was double click on the file and it would install. Well, since it didn't, I have not done something right or I've done something wrong. Either way, I am not installing the program. Did I download the wrong version of the program? Am I not using the correct procedure to install a binary file? I would really appreciate some help with this. I am and probably will be for some time a newbie to Linux. Tom Beno Tom, If you have not got the powerpack, which has realplayer on the cd's for Mandrake, then you should install using an rpm. Here's the one I use: ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/freshrpms/misc/RealPlayer-8.0-1.i386.rpm This one works. The realplayer rpms on the powerpack are better, but I don't have them and I don't know if they are available for download. The link above is a better option if you don't have the powerpack. Use the command rpm -ivh RealPlayer-8.0-1.i386.rpm after download. If you install the bin file, your rpm file tracking system will not have any information on the files that it installs. LX -- °°° Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problem installing Real Player 8 for Linux
at the command line cd to the dir with the .bin file in it... chmod 777 rp8_setup__arch.bin then ./rp8_setup__arch.bin then it'll work On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 21:10, Roger Sherman wrote: On Sat, 18 May 2002, Thomas Beno wrote: mike wrote: Thomas Beno wrote: I downloaded Real Player 8 for Linux file rp8_linux_alpha_rh62_cs1.bin According to Linux Newbie.com all I was supposed to do was double click on the file and it would install. Well, since it didn't, I have not done something right or I've done something wrong. Either way, I am not installing the program. Did I download the wrong version of the program? Am I not using the correct procedure to install a binary file? I would really appreciate some help with this. I am and probably will be for some time a newbie to Linux. Tom Beno Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hi tom, the one I installed was rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs.bin it works fine in 8.0 and 8.2 look for that one Mike McNeese Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com I downloaded that file and put it in a temp directory. I double clicked on it but nothing happened. Any suggestions? Tom Beno Did you try it from the command line? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problem installing Real Player 8 for Linux
On Saturday 18 May 2002 11:10 pm, Roger Sherman wrote: Did you try it from the command line? Works wonders. Now where is a good URL to test it? -- Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com :: Phone. [011] 203.785.0699 Front Street Networks LLC | SOHO Networks Web Site Hosting 229 Front Street, Ste. #C, New Haven, CT, 06513-3203 United States Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problem installing Real Player 8 for Linux
I just used the realguide section of real.com at http://realguide.real.com/entertainment/ and clicked around in there for some that were audio only, some video and audio.. some worked, others didn't but i think that was more of the site i was connecting to than the player. On Sun, 2002-05-19 at 04:55, Gerald Waugh wrote: On Saturday 18 May 2002 11:10 pm, Roger Sherman wrote: Did you try it from the command line? Works wonders. Now where is a good URL to test it? -- Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com :: Phone. [011] 203.785.0699 Front Street Networks LLC | SOHO Networks Web Site Hosting 229 Front Street, Ste. #C, New Haven, CT, 06513-3203 United States Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problem installing Real Player 8 for Linux
On Sunday 19 May 2002 01:07 am, Jerry wrote: I just used the realguide section of real.com at http://realguide.real.com/entertainment/ and clicked around in there for some that were audio only, some video and audio.. some worked, others didn't but i think that was more of the site i was connecting to than the player. I get a dialog box, save to disk open no applications specified Do I have to make file assocaitions? Where is the realplayer installed? Please excuse the dumb questions! -- Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com :: Phone. [011] 203.785.0699 Front Street Networks LLC | SOHO Networks Web Site Hosting 229 Front Street, Ste. #C, New Haven, CT, 06513-3203 United States Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problem installing Real Player 8 for Linux
it installed the executable to mine in /usr/bin/Xqq/ as realplay. One way to see where it's going to put the files it's installing is to query it with gnorpm or look add the directory you download all your rpms to as a source in the Mandrake Software Manager so you can use its search function to locate the rpm then on the right side read the files tab on the bottom section. associations should already be set. mine worked out of the box I get a dialog box, save to disk open no applications specified Do I have to make file assocaitions? Where is the realplayer installed? Please excuse the dumb questions! -- Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com :: Phone. [011] 203.785.0699 Front Street Networks LLC | SOHO Networks Web Site Hosting 229 Front Street, Ste. #C, New Haven, CT, 06513-3203 United States Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problem installing Real Player 8 for Linux
Thomas Beno wrote: I downloaded Real Player 8 for Linux file rp8_linux_alpha_rh62_cs1.bin According to Linux Newbie.com all I was supposed to do was double click on the file and it would install. Well, since it didn't, I have not done something right or I've done something wrong. Either way, I am not installing the program. Did I download the wrong version of the program? Am I not using the correct procedure to install a binary file? I would really appreciate some help with this. I am and probably will be for some time a newbie to Linux. Tom Beno Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hi tom, the one I installed was rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs.bin it works fine in 8.0 and 8.2 look for that one Mike McNeese Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Help with Real Player Plugin
On Monday 17 December 2001 13:36, you wrote: Originally to: All This is a MIME-formatted message. If you see this text it means that your E-mail software does not support MIME-formatted messages. --=_tcob1.net-7179-1008635553-0001-2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have installed the RealPlayer Plugin into Netscape 6.2 for Linux. When I go to my work site (npr.org) to listen to a real-audio file, I keep getting an error that says that I have some conflict with the audio being opened. Audio does work, I have the KDE startup and exit music, I can play CD audio as well. I also have play audio from various games. In this multi-user environment, what else should I check for to see what could be taking away the audio from Real Player? I'm using LM 8.1 and I think the RealPlayer is from the 7.2 cdrom, because I had problems installing RP 8.0. Thanks in advance Dennis Herndon Manager Audio Engineering Support Services National Public Radio Engineering Washington, DC 20001 after adding these line to my /etc/rc.d/rc.local file (at the end, as root) or running them as root in a text console it seems to have helped MY real-audio to listen to NPR (my favorite radio on the planet, personally) ln -s /dev/sound/dsp /dev/dsp ln -s /dev/sound/sequencer /dev/sequencer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Help with Real Player Plugin
Dennis Herndon wrote: I have installed the RealPlayer Plugin into Netscape 6.2 for Linux. When I go to my work site (npr.org) to listen to a real-audio file, I keep getting an error that says that I have some conflict with the audio being opened. Audio does work, I have the KDE startup and exit music, I can play CD audio as well. I also have play audio from various games. In this multi-user environment, what else should I check for to see what could be taking away the audio from Real Player? I'm using LM 8.1 and I think the RealPlayer is from the 7.2 cdrom, because I had problems installing RP 8.0. I can't offer you a fix for this but I have found that certain games which use the sound, e.g Ltris or LBreakout (even if you switch of sound in these games) tend to grab the soundcard and then not let it go when I've finished - not a very technical description I admit. I can only get it back for playing audio if I reboot the machine. You may find that if you start Realplayer before using any of these that it will work. Oh, and try switching off the system sounds as well - they may be doing the same thing. I'm sure that there are people in this list that could offer more sophisticated and technical advice whereby you can have both game/system sounds and audio. Personally I find the former a luxury that I can live without. Graham Watkins Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] lack of real estate (screen res. problems)
A question about your issue. Are you having x to start automatically? Because it mioght be a good idea to not do this until you get things working out correctly. This solution worked for me,slightly different issue(respawning too fast).Gd lk and let us know :-) Lee On Saturday 10 November 2001 21:51, you wrote: In reply to David Reynolds's words, written Sat, 10 Nov 2001 13:29:42 -0600 You should drop to a command level, leaving X. Then run Xconfigurator: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] lack of real estate (screen res. problems)
In reply to David Reynolds's words, written Sat, 10 Nov 2001 12:12:54 -0600 I cannot get more than 640x480 screen dimensions, and the computer thinks this is the _only_ setting available for a Nvidia Geforce2 MX-200 3d accelerator card (except it's listed as Geforce2 DDR (Generic) - this strikes me as a potential problem). I'm extremely reluctant to accept that I paid for a 3d card that doesn't work with this computer, so it must be operator error. You should drop to a command level, leaving X. Then run Xconfigurator: [root@tbird paul]# which Xconfigurator /usr/X11R6/bin/Xconfigurator There is a text interface when run outside of X, and that should get you going. Good luck! Paul -- Birthdays are healthy. The more you have, the longer you live! http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.6.3 claws Open Source, Open Minds. Linux. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] lack of real estate (screen res. problems)
In reply to David Reynolds's words, written Sat, 10 Nov 2001 13:29:42 -0600 You should drop to a command level, leaving X. Then run Xconfigurator: [root@tbird paul]# which Xconfigurator /usr/X11R6/bin/Xconfigurator There is a text interface when run outside of X, and that should get you going. Good luck! It seems like i recall trying that, and it gave me refresh rate/screen size combination is not possible for this hardware or something similar. I may have done it from a console, not a true command level though. Am I off-base then in thinking there is a problem with detecting the 3d accelerator card? I am not a videocard specialist. I think you should try and get 800x600 running with 256 colors. See if that works. Then try moving up gradually. And check the specs for the card against what Xconfigurator shows. Hope this gets you somewhere.. Paul -- Birthdays are healthy. The more you have, the longer you live! http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.6.3 claws Open Source, Open Minds. Linux. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [Re: [newbie] Is this real?]
On 1 Sep 2000, Michael Scottaline wrote: http://geraldholmes.freeyellow.com This guy used to be a regular contributor to MSNBC tech bb. He may still be, I haven't visited in many months. I used to continually return to the bb just to read this guys stuff. He absolutely KILLS me!! A genuine WIT!! Give his site a visit, spend a few minutes browsing; it'll brighten your day (or evening ;o) ) I just saw it, and I laughed myself silly!! Amazing, how great he put this together!! Paul -- All problems can be solved by salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21 on Linux Mandrake 7.1=-
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Don't know if y'all noticed or not, but this is a satire notice it reads micORsoft, not micROsoft -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 5:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Re: [newbie] Is this real? ] Original Message: From: kdm [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Is this real? Date: 08/31/00 19:51:03 http://geraldholmes.freeyellow.com The funniest site I have been to in a long time. Created by someone with waaay too much spare time!
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Original Message: From: kdm [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Is this real? Date: 08/31/00 19:51:03 http://geraldholmes.freeyellow.com The funniest site I have been to in a long time. Created by someone with waaay too much spare time!
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kdm wrote: http://geraldholmes.freeyellow.com The funniest site I have been to in a long time. I unfortunaly couldn't get past the GH-EULA, but found it the funniest EULA I've read. (excluding MS's eula's of course) -- Larry Hignight Descent 3 Beta tester Caldera Linux 2.4 4:10pm up 28 days, 18 min, 5 users, load average: 0.03, 0.06, 0.08
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Original Message: From: kdm [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Is this real? Date: 08/31/00 19:51:03 http://geraldholmes.freeyellow.com The funniest site I have been to in a long time. Created by someone with waaay too much spare time! How can you argue with a page that got the Fork in the Head award? This page made me laugh out loud. -- Kathleen Dickason Registered Linux user #182139
