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Nick W
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 Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 4:46 pm Post subject: Playing Real Media Files? |
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Hello all,
Yes i have searched, but not came up with much 
I see that realone and realvideo-codecs are masked, and that surely is for a good reason - but, i need to play real audio and video - preferably in Firefox but any way would do...
Can somebody please tell me the best way to do this? |
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Genfoo'
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| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Download RealPlayer 10 for Linux and follow the instructions. Works great for me. |
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plasmagunman
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| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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that doesn't really solve the problem, since all versions of realplayer are masked, because of a security issue. before downloading and installing it manually you can also unmask it in /etc/portage/package.unmask and install it via portage.
check bug #40469.
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Nick W
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| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Ok, so unmasking what? realone? would be the best option, but it will open me up to a vulnerability right? |
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plasmagunman
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| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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yes. i didn't understand if realplayer 10 is affected, too, but it doesn't seem that stable, since it is also masked by the keyword "~x86".
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Nick W
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| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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Well, portage does not appear to be a valid option at the moment, it tells me to download a file and put it in the distfiles, but the download page has a file several versions newer than the one portage wants...
Hmm.. why isnt this stuff easy? heh... |
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plasmagunman
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| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Nick W wrote: | | Hmm.. why isnt this stuff easy? heh... |
i don't understand why this bug is open for more than a year. don't the realmedia-people care?
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Nick W
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| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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Well, i just went and installed the binary, i'll just have to live with the vulnerability as i really need real support...
thanks guys.. |
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John5788
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gxine can play realmedia files
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Gullible Jones
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| Yep, just add "reaL" to your USE flags and 'emerge -uD --newuse world'. |
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