[xubuntu-users] .rm files (Real Media, I assume)

[Vincent]

On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 4:03 AM, Mischa Falkenburg <
because_productions at myfairpoint.net> wrote:

> Steve Dodier wrote:
> > RM files are video files, as far as I know. I mentionned Exaile and
> > such as alternatives to Amarok (which is designed for KDE (including
> > Kubuntu) and not for XFCE (including Xubuntu)).
> >
> > To read video files, you indeed need a video player. TOtem, VLC and
> > MPlayer are the most famous ones, but if there is a file VLC can't
> > play, then the two others won't either. And RM files can only be read
> > with RealPlayer.
> >
> > You can get RealPlayer 10 from the medibuntu repository
> > (http://www.medibuntu.org/) or RealPlayer 11 for Linux here :
> > http://europe.real.com/realplayer/other-versions/ .
> >
> > Note that in both cases, we will not be able to provide you support
> > for it, as it is an external repository that is not checked by the
> > community, for applications that are not Free.
> Well, I guess I'm sunk then. Tried doing the Real Player thing, and that
> too led no where. No luck with VLC, either. So, the best I can hope for
> is to install KDE on a box and "try again"?
>

No, IIRC AmaroK, too, can't play .rm files (and if it can, you can still
install it within Xubuntu, it just doesn't integrate as well). How did the
Real Player thing not work? Did you not get it installed, did it not play
the file?


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> M.
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-- 
Vincent
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