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  • From: Ron Clarke <ariadne AT earthlink.com.au>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] Sound works (workbone), Realaudio won't install in Xvesa
  • Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 08:17:27 +1000

Hi Sindi,

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 02:58:14 +0000
sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:

> In DOS I can play midis without wave table or patches, that sound like a
> kazoo.

There are a few like that - and some of them can only play one track.
If you want a DOS MIDI player, try FreeCDP. It is freeware, written by
Florian Xaver. Go to:

http://stud3.tuwien.ac.at/~e0225895/drdos/drplayer.htm

There are a heap of DOS players of all sorts there.

> Is there something similar for linux?

Not that I am aware of. And I wouldn't recommend anything that
plays MIDIs like that - I speak as a musician.


> Most of the online radio stations call for Windows Media Player now and
> you say mplayer is the linux equivalent and it also plays movies.

Xine also plays Windos Media (.wmv, .asf)

> I would
> like to see a version that plays only internet radio files.

Don't think there is such an animal.

> > I get RealPlayer to be called from Links graphical when running under
> > X.
>
> Please explain exactly how you set this up in Setup - associations and
> file extensions, I presume. Thanks. It took me two hours of
> experimenting to get it working with Opera. audio/x-pn something or
> other? ram,rm,rmm,rpm as file extensions?

It was working, but I seem to have adjusted it to death. :(
I will have a play later, and get back to you.

Regards,
Ron

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Ron Clarke
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