Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-29 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
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

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-29 Thread Todd Slater
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

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-29 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
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

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-29 Thread Lanman
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

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-29 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
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

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-28 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
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

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-28 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
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

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-28 Thread Sevatio
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

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-28 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
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.

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-28 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
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

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-28 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
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.

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-28 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
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

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-28 Thread John Layt
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

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-28 Thread JoeHill
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

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-28 Thread Eric Huff
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

Re: [newbie] Problem installing Real Player 8 for Linux

2002-05-20 Thread Graham Watkins
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

Re: [newbie] Problem installing Real Player 8 for Linux

2002-05-20 Thread Graham Watkins
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

Re: [newbie] Problem installing Real Player 8 for Linux

2002-05-19 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
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

Re: [newbie] Problem installing Real Player 8 for Linux

2002-05-19 Thread Jerry
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:

Re: [newbie] Problem installing Real Player 8 for Linux

2002-05-19 Thread Gerald Waugh
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

Re: [newbie] Problem installing Real Player 8 for Linux

2002-05-19 Thread Jerry
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

Re: [newbie] Problem installing Real Player 8 for Linux

2002-05-19 Thread Gerald Waugh
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

Re: [newbie] Problem installing Real Player 8 for Linux

2002-05-19 Thread Jerry
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

Re: [newbie] Problem installing Real Player 8 for Linux

2002-05-18 Thread mike
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

Re: [newbie] Help with Real Player Plugin

2002-01-12 Thread Ed Tharp
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

Re: [newbie] Help with Real Player Plugin

2001-12-25 Thread Graham Watkins
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

Re: [newbie] lack of real estate (screen res. problems)

2001-11-11 Thread lee
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

Re: [newbie] lack of real estate (screen res. problems)

2001-11-10 Thread Paul
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

Re: [newbie] lack of real estate (screen res. problems)

2001-11-10 Thread Paul
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

Re: [Re: [newbie] Is this real?]

2000-09-02 Thread Paul
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

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[Re: [newbie] Is this real? ]

2000-08-31 Thread elldee
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Re: [newbie] Is this real?

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