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[Ron Clarke <ariadne AT earthlink.com.au>]

Hi Sindi,

On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 17:10:02 +0000 (UTC)
sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:

> 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.

   You may need to add the libraries for those formats first. 
You certainly will for OGG.
 
> 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.

   I doubt it.
 
> 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. 

   Xine can certainly play Real media stuff, but it is a bit jerky and not as 
efficient
as the RealPlayer itself.

> There is also an 
> xmms and Sinek for playing OGG Vorbis streaming media, and there are 
> players for streaming MP3 which is patented.

   You may be able to tweak Links graphic to call mpg123 to play mp3 streams.
Worth a try ?
 
Regards,
         Ron

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Ron Clarke 
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