I have the firefox plugin for xine, and helix player, and the .ram stream is working fine for me - you really don't want to clutter up your system with realplayer if you can possibly avoid it. Maybe its a problem with the codecs that you have (or probably don't have) installed on the system?
Pete On Nov 12, 2007 12:55 PM, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 12/11/2007, Stephen Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 10:50 +0000, Kris Marsh wrote: > > > On Nov 12, 2007 10:45 AM, Greg K Nicholson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Sean Miller: > > > > > I'm sure it's all working for me in mplayer... unless it's something > > > > > else you're referring to... the BBC Website Realaudio streams? > > > > > > > > > > Sean > > > > > > > > > > > > > The stream I'm trying is > > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/n24/bb/rm/video/news24_bb.ram > > > > which redirects to an RTSP stream. > > > > > > > > That address can be found by following the "Watch Live BBC News 24" > link > > > > towards the top of http://news.bbc.co.uk/ then in the resulting pop-up > > > > following the "Launch in stand alone player" link. > > > > > > > > (Incidentally, that should say "stand-alone"; silly BBC.) > > > > > > > > MPlayer doesn't like me either: > > > > "Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: www.bbc.co.uk" > > > > > > > > (Which is fair enough because I don't like *it* — every time you use a > > > > multiple-window interface, one of the HIG gnomes dies. (Wilbur is > wanted > > > > by Interpol.)) > > > > > > > > So: I can't find RealPlayer in Add/Remove or Synaptic; and Totem, > Helix > > > > Player, VLC and MPlayer all can't play the stream. > > > > > > > > I don't think it's an internet connectivity issue, because Amarok and > > > > Totem can both play SomaFM's mp3 streams happily. E.g.: > > > > http://somafm.com/startstream=indiepop.pls > > > > http://somafm.com/startstream=groovesalad.pls > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > > > > > > > > Hi Greg, > > > > > > Try: > > > > > > mplayer -playlist > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/n24/bb/rm/video/news24_bb.ram > > > > > > Alternatively, grab the contents of the ram file: > > > > > > wget > http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/n24/bb/rm/video/news24_bb.ram -qO - > > > > rtsp://rmlive-acl.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive-acl/farm/live24/news/news24_bb.rm?BBC-UID=b43783e8129f3b062346e396c0d073415837f35c90302174a4cff63f8234acdb_n&SSO2-UID= > > > > > > And bung that directly into mplayer, either *should* work. > > > > > > Kris > > > > > > > Also consider installing the mozilla-mplayer plugin (from multiverse), > > it should then play the stream within the browser. It's not very pretty, > > but it works. > > > > Steve > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > > > That's always a nightmare, that player gets in the way of loads of the stuff > I already have players for in firefox. I presonally dont recomend it. > > > -- > Kris Douglas > Softdel Limited Hosting Services > > Web: www.softdel.net > Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > -- 'In letters of gold, on a snow-white kite, I will write "I Love You!" And send it soaring high above you, for all to read!' RIP Billy M 1957-1997 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
