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

Hi Sindi,

On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 22:29:20 +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.
> 
> But hopefully it will be smaller overall if it does not also play video 
> formats.  Have you tried OGG?  At least one classical station offers it.

   I play, and make, OGG files in DOS.  I have yet to try in Linux.


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

   Don't know. Never tried.


> I got Realaudio working on its own without any browser, just typed in the 
> URL of the station's live broadcast into File, Open.  Maybe mpg123 can be 
> used the same way?  Is it compiled on the SW7.1 disk?

    I think it is part of sox.tgz.

Regards,
         Ron
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