Have you tried the package realplay from the AUR yet ? http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=1590 (For it seems this is a RealAudio file). Best regards, Nelson. -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:43:27 +0530 > Von: Jayesh Badwaik <jayesh.badwaik90@xxxxxxxxx> > An: arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Betreff: *** GMX Spamverdacht *** [arch-general] Advice on opening the ".rm" files in ArchLinux > Hi, > > I have just downloaded the following file [0]. It is an .rm file but I am > not able to open it in either VLC or Mplayer. I have posted -the error > messages below. > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > Cheers and Regards > Jayesh Badwaik > stop html mail | always bottom-post > www.asciiribbon.org | www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html > > [0] ftp://ftp.aduni.org/videos/08_lect_01.rm > > P.S. As a background, the file is the first of the lecture of Theory of > Computation. > http://aduni.org/courses/theory/index.php?view=cw > > > P.P.S. ERROR MESSAGES > > ERROR MESSAGE IN VLC: > $ vlc 08_lect_01.rm > VLC media player 2.0.1 Twoflower (revision 2.0.1-0-gf432547) > [0x1b06138] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use > 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. > [rm @ 0x7efff8c1fe00] Unsupported stream type 4d4c5449 > [rm @ 0x7efff8c1fe00] Unsupported stream type 4d4c5449 > [rm @ 0x7efff8c1fe00] Unsupported stream type 000001f5 > [rm @ 0x7efff8c1fe00] Unsupported stream type 00000424 > [rm @ 0x7efff8c1fe00] Unsupported stream type 00000644 > [rm @ 0x7efff80035e0] Unsupported stream type 4d4c5449 > [rm @ 0x7efff80035e0] Unsupported stream type 4d4c5449 > [rm @ 0x7efff80035e0] Unsupported stream type 000001f5 > [rm @ 0x7efff80035e0] Unsupported stream type 00000424 > [rm @ 0x7efff80035e0] Unsupported stream type 00000644 > > ERROR MESSAGE IN MPLAYER: > $ mplayer 08_lect_01.rm > MPlayer SVN-r34799-4.6.3 (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team > 183 audio & 398 video codecs > 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 08_lect_01.rm. > libavformat version 54.2.100 (internal) > REAL file format detected. > Stream description: audio/x-pn-multirate-realaudio logical stream > Stream mimetype: audio/x-pn-realaudio-recording > Stream description: video/x-pn-multirate-realvideo logical stream > Stream mimetype: video/x-pn-realvideo-recording > Stream mimetype: logical-fileinfo > Stream mimetype: logical-fileinfo > Stream mimetype: logical-fileinfo > No stream found. > Exiting... (End of file)