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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

I tried to read about problems at Real.com and kept running into blank 
pages with both lynx and links so am investigating ways to listen to other 
streaming formats such as WMA and OGG vorbis.

Mplayer is really a monster and seems to require Xfree86 4 and all sorts 
of other libraries to use even the version compiled for Redhat 7.3 (SW8.1 
equiv?).  It plays WMA and OGG vorbis and movies and apparently also RM 
(real media) formats and DVDs.  I wonder if it can be compiled to play 
only audio formats so as not to need libgc for VIDIX, fontconfig, and 
XFree86 4.

At one forum people reported being able to play realaudio files using 
mplayer, media player classic, xine, abd Helix DNA player, or they may 
have meant they could play video formats with those.  There is also an 
xmms and Sinek for playing OGG Vorbis streaming media, and there are 
players for streaming MP3 which is patented.

I have seen internet radio stations broadcsting in a choice of up to 4 
formats.

Sindi