more multimedia stuff (RealPlayer, etc.)

[Olaf Olson]

Kai Staats wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 November 2006 23:24, Paul Higgins wrote:
>   
>> I've posted a few times about the (limited) success I've had in getting
>> various types of multimedia to work in YDL.  In particular, I figured out a
>> way to get some Flash animations and banners to work on many websites
>> (using the Firefox browser--see my previous posts).
>>     
>
> Can you plz send that post to me directly? Thanks ...
>
>
>   
>> Anyway, I was just checking out the IMDB website this evening to view a
>> couple trailers, but haven't had much luck.  IMDB provides several options
>> for streaming: usually WMV, QuickTime, and RealPlayer.  WMV and QT are
>> pretty much impossible under YDL (Micro$haft won't release a PPC plugin for
>> WMV, and likewise Apple won't release a generic Unix QT).  RealPlayer does
>> work for me on x86 Linux; I installed the RealPlayer for x86 Debian
>> (RealPlayer 10 Gold, I think) and the plugin works great with Firefox.  Has
>> anyone had luck with streaming video using the PPC version of RealPlayer,
>> specifically the browser plugin?
>>
>> I can vouch that the version of RealPlayer that I currently have installed
>> (10.0.4) does work really well for streaming audio; I use it all the time
>> to listen to various live streams.  I just wish that video worked as well.
>> Recently I found a newer version of RealPlayer (10.0.5), so maybe I'll try
>> installing that.  Unfortunately, I think that the previous RealPlayer has
>> to be manually uninstalled first (it's not available through yum, Synaptic,
>> or any other automated installer).
>>     
>
> We are now moving to solidify a set of apps for audio/video recording and 
> playback. I know RealPlayer works well, as I can watch the videos that Red 
> Hat has posted on their site. However, the method of saving the video is very 
> specific to the particular version of RealPlayer available for YDL.
>
> I will approach Real and see if we can shake loose a more modern version.
>
> kai
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>   
Kai,

PLEASE let the Real Folk know that we will all happily send them tons of 
e-mail, in support of your request. In fact, you can use that as a 
threat, if you'd like, in the event that they don't agree. I am sure we 
could fill their mailbox!

Olaf