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  • From: Ron Clarke <ariadne AT earthlink.com.au>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] streaming audio for BL2
  • Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 08:59:40 +1000

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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Ron Clarke
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