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

[Vincent]

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Mischa Falkenburg <
because_productions at myfairpoint.net> wrote:

> Vincent wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 4:03 AM, Mischa Falkenburg
> > <because_productions at myfairpoint.net
> > <mailto: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?
> >
> >
> >
> >     M.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Vincent
> (I haven't been trying to be rude...I've just been away)
>
> Well, "it" didn't work out mostly because I really didn't know what I
> was doing. As far as RealPlayer 10, I had the feeling that "perhaps" it
> might not be the way to proceed with this box. It's an "older" (believe
> me, I have OLDER ones than this ;-) ) Compaq, so I assumed that I should
> go the i386 route...just, if for no other reason, than to avoid any
> "nasty" messages about how 10 wouldn't work etc.
> So, the i386 version that I thought I would try was RP8. If this was
> "foolish thinking" on my part, then fine...I can live with that reality.
> Downloading left an archive box on my desktop...and from that point I
> lost heart. There wasn't anything showing in the contents that made any
> sense to me as far as trying to install RP. In some ways (maybe many
> ways) I'm still the MSoft "victim"...where my thoughts aren't yet
> automatically linux-oriented.
> So, the box has been deleted, and I think I'm ready to proceed from here
> with any suggestion that anyone might care to make.
> If you need to know specific information regarding this box, please also
> be specific about "how" I can provide you with same.
>

OK, well, you need an Ubuntu installer (ends in .deb), you can downloda the
i386 Ubuntu installer of RP 10 here, assuming you're using Xubuntu 9.04:
http://packages.medibuntu.org/jaunty/realplayer.html (click the i386 on the
bottom of the screen)

If you also want automatic updates for that, follow the instructions on this
page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

And if you have further questions, mail this list :)


>
> Thanks-in-advance.
>
> Mischa
>
-- 
Vincent
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