On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 13:55 +0100, Pikachu_2014 wrote: > > > 2009/12/14 Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> > > On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 15:44 +0100, ELMORABITY Mohamed wrote: > > Le dimanche 13 décembre 2009 à 14:33 +0000, Patrick > O'Callaghan a > > écrit : > > > I'm experiencing considerable frustration trying to get > Real Audio files > > > to play. I dl'ed the x686 binary from real.com on my > netbook and tried > > > the "realplay" command on a .ram file, but just I get > this: > > > > > > ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1010:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to > open slave > > > > > > despite the fact that PA seems to be working (i.e. the > tests work, Flash > > > audio works etc.). > > > > > > What do people use to listen to Real Audio? > > > > > > poc > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > did you tried to use a player provided by Fedora or RPM > Fusion instead? > > You should first try with mplayer for example. Some Real > streams may > > requires win32/win64 extra codecs, and mplayer will signale > this in this > > case. > > > I tried both vlc and dragon on a test file. played a minute or > so and > then just stopped. Dragon played nothing. > > Mplayer complains (but not about codecs) and stops: > > $ mplayer > http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/rams/inourtime_20081009.ram > MPlayer SVN-r29800-4.4.2 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team > mplayer: could not connect to socket > mplayer: No such file or directory > Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your > remote control. > > Playing > http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/rams/inourtime_20081009.ram. > Resolving www.bbc.co.uk for AF_INET6... > Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: www.bbc.co.uk > Resolving www.bbc.co.uk for AF_INET... > Connecting to server www.bbc.co.uk[212.58.251.195]: 80... > Cache size set to 320 KBytes > Cache fill: 0.04% (139 bytes) > > > Exiting... (End of file) > > The same URL plays without problems on an iMac or PC. > > > poc > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > > > You should add the "-playlist" option to mplayer That worked, thanks. The original error message from mplayer is spectacularly obscure. poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
