[KLUG Members] mplayer & real player

Adam Tauno Williams members@kalamazoolinux.org
Mon, 17 May 2004 13:50:32 -0400


> > > > Is it possible to use mplayer to listen to real player streams?  
> > > I've used mplayer to play *.rm files (downloaded, not streams).  
> > > In fact I've found that mplayer will pay some .rm files that
> > > realplayer won't.  Works out of the box on SuSE 9.0.
> > > If you send me a URL, I can try a stream on SuSE 9.0 & 9.1.
> Well, SuSE 9.0 do any better.

Eh?

> SuSE 9.1 doesn't work either, but for a different reason ...
> mplayer no longer seems to be an included app in the 9.1 distro.

That bites!  What do they offer as an alternative?