Re: [SLE] Real Player

From: Donald Henson (wepin_at_wepin.com)
Date: 10/31/03

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    To: SuSE Linux E <suse-linux-e@suse.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 05:56:02 -0700

    On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 22:42, John Andersen wrote:

    > On Thursday 30 October 2003 17:29, Donald Henson wrote:
    > > That didn't work. I tried /dev/cdrom, file:///dev/cdrom, /media/cdrom,
    > > and file:///media/cdrom. Without "file://", the error was "invalid
    > > protocol specified in URL. URLs should typically start with 'rtsp://',
    > > 'pnm://', or 'http://', and with "file://", the error was "Some
    > > components are not available to provide playback of this presentation on
    > > your system." FWIW, the player plays an MP3 file just fine. Maybe I
    > > should use a different player. Anyway, any other suggestions?
    >
    > You should try xmms, its a better player anyway.

    I think I tried xmms a couple of times while trying to get my sound card
    to work. I just tried it again and it is pretty nice. The main reason I
    want to use Real Player is that it has a decent volume while the other
    players are so quiet it's hard to hear them. (The must be at least a
    dozen places to set the volume so I may have missed one.) Xmms isn't too
    bad in that department, though. However, I can't seem to get it to play
    a CD either.

    >
    > What kind computer is this?

    It's a custom-built Epiq, 2.4 Ghz Pentium 4, 1 Gbyte RAM, 120 GByte hard
    disk. It was built to run Windows XP but is now running SuSE Linux 9.0.
    The sound "card", by the way, is built into the motherboard. There
    really is no card. The setup under Windows worked. I used the CD-ROM to
    digitally rip CDs and to play them.

    > The reason I ask is sometimes the analog output
    > wire of the cdrom drive is not wired to the motherboard/sound
    > card. This is especially common in laptops.
    > Some windows players will still play the disk by reading
    > it digitally. Xmms will to that for you as well if you enable
    > that input-plug in. I don't think RealPlayer will read digitally.
    >

    Input-plug in?

    Don Henson

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