Mozilla and real audio...

[Jerry McBride]

On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 08:36:38 -0700 Ken Moffat <kmoffat at drizzle.com> wrote:

> Jerry McBride wrote:
> > I got it... It's a classic OSS vs. ARTS issue... here's the poop...
> > 
> > After installing REALPLAYER 8 for Unix on customers laptop... Mozilla fails
> > to play *.ram files while running KDE desktop.
> > 
> > The fix... After adding a helper app to Mozilla with the correct mime type
> > of: audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin
> > 
> > and pointing to /usr/lib/RealAudio8/realplaywrapper
> > 
> > I then moved to /usr/lib/RealAudio8 and created the following script named:
> > realplaywrapper
> > 
> > #!/bin/bash
> > 
> > artsdsp /usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay.exe $1
> > 
> > #end of script.
> > 
> > Do a chmod +x on the script...
> > 
> > Then close mozilla, open it again and go play some *.ram links...
> > 
> > It's a kludge... but the man with the money is extremely happy...
> > 
> > :')
> 
> Does this start a plugin or realplay in a separate window?
> 

RealPlay pops up in a separate window...

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