Realplayer

[Lee Braiden]

On Saturday 30 July 2005 18:09, Michael Shergold wrote:
> I often access BBC sites which require REALPLAYER. So I installed
> REALPLAYER 10 and it sits there in the application list but never seems to
> start. then from the BBC WEBSITEs it seems to start correctly but nothing
> streams to the player and it makes no sound and eventually after a lot of
> clicking about I get the message that the RadioPlayer program is not
> responding and I have to click to kill it.


Installing RealPlayer is really only useful for the codecs it provides.  
Afterwards, I'd recommend using another, more desktop-integrated player that 
can use those codecs.  Not sure if Realplayer 10 is useful though; they may 
have changed the codec format since 9.

Anyway, I suspect the problem is that RealPlayer is not aware of all of the 
linux sound daemons like ESD etc.  So it sits forever waiting for the 
soundcard to be freed up for it to use.  If you still want to use the 
official realplayer app, you could try killing ESD.

> I am also struggling to access files across the LAN. Linux File manager
> can't seem to display the distant LAN Windows folders/files.

You'll have to be more specific about this.  What does "can't seem to display" 
mean?  Are any errors given?  What program are you using?

> How does this update system work?  Every couple of days when I switch on it
> tells me updates are available.  Are they forecast or something as usually
> I've not connected when I see this icon..  Or perhaps they were there the
> previous evening when I logged out.

The Debian (and Ubuntu) update system is very sophisticated.  Basically, it 
has a list of all the programs on your system, what versions they are, what 
other programs those programs need, etc., etc.  It also has a complete list 
of available programs, possibly numbering in the thousands, depending on how 
you set it up.  When the list of available software is 'updated', the system 
can out what programs have installed that there are newer versions of out 
there on the net.  When you choose to actually upgrade those packages, it 
will work it all out for you, considering all the software on your system, 
and cleanly managing any technical difficulties that would normally appear on 
windows etc.

So basically, it already got a list of what's available in the past, and it's 
telling you that new stuff is out there, whether you're connected or not.

-- 
Lee Braiden
http://www.DigitalUnleashed.com
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