Real codecs in gxine [ wa: Re: Thanks Ubuntu .......... but ]

[Peter Garrett]

On Thu, 03 May 2007 20:45:15 -0700
NoOp <glgxg at mfire.com> wrote:

> On 05/03/2007 02:28 PM, Peter Garrett wrote:
> > On Thu, 03 May 2007 11:13:42 -0700
> > NoOp <glgxg at mfire.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> BTW: has anyone managed to actually connect and use any of the default
> >> "Media" radio stations in gxine?  Example:
> >> 
> >> Media
> >>  Alternatives
> >>   BBC 1Xtra
> >> 
> >> I can actually copy the url of that station (Title: BBC 1Xtra
> >> MRL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/realmedia/1xtralive.rpm)and play it just
> >> fine in RealPlayer, but cannot play it from gxine.
> > 
> > Yes, I can play that from the Media menu in gxine - 
> > something I did that you might not have tried was to change the "decoder"
> > path in the configuration ( File -Configure - Preferences ) . Select
> > "Master of the Known Universe" in the "gui" tab ;-) Then go to the decoder
> > tab and point the Real codecs option at the codecs directory from your
> > Realplayer install.
> > 
> > This has the advantage over realplay that gxine uses alsa, so it does not
> > grab /dev/dsp and allows other sounds to play while listening to Real
> > streams.
> > 
> > It seems that some Real codecs from ffmpeg work fine , but streams differ
> > and the proprietary Real codecs work better for others... I'm not quite
> > sure what the differences are, to be honest.
> > 
> > HTH and all that ...
> > 
> > Peter
> > 
> 
> Thanks, but I tried that previously (and yet again) using the codecs
> from ./RealPlayer/codecs with no luck.

Sorry - I missed one other adjustment in my other reply: set ffmpeg audio
priority to -1 and also set the "real" priority to +1

Apologies for the double post.

Peter