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

[Mischa Falkenburg]

Vincent wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Mischa Falkenburg 
> <because_productions at myfairpoint.net 
> <mailto: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>
>     > <mailto: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
According to the Xubuntu Desktop Guide, I'm running 8.04. Does this make 
a difference? If it does, how do I go-about upgrading to 9.04?

M.
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