On 9/17/05, Tim Matthews <tmatthews@turtle.net> wrote:
maybe try mplayer with the realplay codecs?
tim
that's one option, that I'll need to investigate anyway..
Anyway; I managed to get decent sound quality: I installed realplayer 8 wich I found in a legacy
directory somewhere.
Anybody understand why realplayer 10 would have problems, where realplayer 8 doesn't?
TimT.
Tim T. wrote:
>On 9/16/05, Tobias Krais <
tuxmail-spam@bats.ch> wrote:
>
>
>>Hi Tim,
>>
>>
>>
>>>one thing I miss is being able to listen to the bbc, which uses
>>>realplayer..
>>>I've googled, but I can't locate a realplayer or clone for Amd-64;
>>>tried building
>>>the Helixplayer, but that turned out to be a bit more work than I am
>>>willing to
>>>invest at this time.
>>>
>>>Totem won't play: apparently, this has problems with the cook codec
>>>
>>>So can any one suggest a workable alternative ?
>>>
>>>
>>I use Realplayer in chroot to listen to BBC. It work quite well.
>>
>>Good Luck!
>>
>>
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>
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>Thanks for the tip.. unfortunately, I get a lot of drops and crackles.. Not
>sure what I did wrong
>Let's review:
>- created chroot; following the ubuntu howto at
>http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=24575&page=1&pp=10
>(This system is ubuntu based...Somethings were easier to configure that way)
>
>- Downloaded realplayer 10 from the realplayer site: converted the rpm to
>deb,installed the deb
>- created a symbolic link as specified in the howto above
>- started realplayer realplay
>http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/monday/rams/1930.ram
>
>And listen to a lot of dropouts, and I don't mean the cast ;-(
>(Audio system here is alsa based, on a an Acer Aspire 5024 Wlmi. Not sure
>what other information is
>relevant)
>
>Anybody have any idea ?
>
>TimT.
>
>Grüssle, Tobias
>
>
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