[KLUG Members] Question about Realplayer, archived audio, and particular websites.

[Adam Williams]

> I am using (probably Bruce, too) the SAME version of RealPlayer (8.0.3.421)
> that Adam is using...and while I'm using GNOME, it's the version from RH9,
> and has not been "Ximianized". 

Ximian ROCKZ!

> The Mozilla plug-in config panel I have seems a bit deficient, like there
> isn't a good way to configure these, or perhaps I'm missing something there.
> I suppse it would be interesting to see what browser Adam is using, and 

Galeon, which just uses mozilla's plugin mechanism.

> what is done to get things to "just work"...seems like there is something
> thst processed the .php file, extracted the URL, and passed it to RealPlayer...
> Care to comment, Adam?

Beats me,  thats why I'm a Ximian Cheerleeder (not to mention looking
F-I-N-E in a short skirt).  A desktop should just-work;  I've got gnarly
server stuff like SASL to bend my brain around.

BUT!  I'd *GUESS* the problem is that you don't have a MIME association
between SMIL files and Real Player.  SMIL files are little meta data
globs that tell RP where and how to go get a Real Player stream.  It is
a difference I've noticed between Ximianized (i.e. *FIXED*) desktops and
stock GNOMEish installs.  I listen to alot of Real Player content, and
more and more sites seem to be using SMIL rather than just providing a
link to the ".rm".