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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Ron Clarke wrote:

> Hi Sindi,
> 
> On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 23:37:48 -0500 (EST)
> Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com> wrote:
> 
> > I don't understand how to get the bits to where they go.  Can I unpack 
> > this .bin file like a tar.gz file somehow and decide to put the pieces in 
> > different places?  And put realplayer on the path?
> 


>    I have been putting all such downloads into /downloads  (duh).
> Then, using MC withMC-Menu, I have been extracting tar.gz's to 
> subdirectory. Looking at the subdirectory in one MC panel, I have been 
> copying the files to matching existing directories or making the 
> directories where they don't exist. I did not put REALPLAYER in the path, 
> but I edited the icewm menu to give the path to realplayer. And it worked, 
> so I didn't try to mend it.
> 
The realplayer file is not a tar.gz but a bin and there is nothing in 
mcmenu about .bin files.

> 
> > Realplayer would probably play midi and CD files so I would like to focus 
> > on that, plus maybe a CD player but we have drivers that let you play by 
> > just pushing a button if you don't mind going straight through the CD.
> 
>    Realplayer will only play .ra, .ram. rm amd MP3 files. It will not play 
> MIDIs.

I think the Windows version played a lot of other formats too.  I might be 
wrong.

I found workbone but it cannot find /dev/cdrom.

I will look at jp's site.
 
> 
> Regards,
>          Ron
> 
>