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  From: Benjamin Close <linux@senet.com.au>
  To  : Alan Kennington <akenning@dog.topology.org>
  Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 18:28:26 +1030 (CST)

Re: linux real-player problem

On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Alan Kennington wrote:

> Has anyone else had the problem with "realplayer" that it
> keeps saying either that the "file compression is not supported",
> error #38, or else says that I need to get a more recent version of
> the rvplayer software?
> 
> I've fetched and re-installed this software about 6 times
> int he last few months, and each time it gives the same errors.
> Once I actually got some sound out of it (PNN news service),
> and I once got a still picture out of it.
> But it just doesn't work 99.5% of the time.
> 
> The linux version is redhat 5.2, rvplayer is supposedly the
> G2 version, but I think that it just gives me a non-G2 version
> all the time for linux, file rv50_redhat5xi386.rpm.
> Does this mean that I have to boot into windows to hear/see
> real audio/video?

Version G2 is still under development for Linux.
Your problem may be that it can't find its codecs.
I use the following wrapper script to run it.
--------------------


#!/bin/sh
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/www/rvplayer
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH 
exec /usr/local/www/rvplayer/rvplayer $*
-----------------
of course you have to set the paths up to where ever it is installed.

If you have kernel 2.2.x you'll have other problems due to a bug in
rvplayer as well - let me know if you have this kernel.

Cheers,
--

* Benjamin Close
* Benjsc@senet.com.au
* Web Page: http://users.senet.com.au/~benjsc

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