Getting Real Audio to work was: Unidentified subject!

[Toby Fisher <toby@cottingham.u-net.com>]

On 1998-06-30 blinux-list@redhat.com said:
   >On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Toby Fisher wrote:
   >> Is their a version of Real Audio Player that _doesn't_ require
   >X-Windows? No. The company who produced RealAudio and RealVideo
   >didn't even release exact specifications of the compression format
   >they use for RealAudio and therefore for RealPlayer.

   Hmmm, I guess that's so people have to register it.

Mind you, I did hear something about a Command-line interface for one of the
earlier versions of Real Audio, any ideas?

   >> I have neither the ram nor the inclination to run X.
   >You dont need to run the whole X-Windows. RAP (formaly traplayer)
   >is a script which starts RealPlayer with the Xvfb (X virtual Frame
   >Buffer server). This is something like 'n X-Emulation where
   >programs can be run with.

   Ok, so where can I get RAP and does the above mean I need to download X
   from somewhere?

   >Unfortunately the main problem with this technique is that no
   >feedback of RealPlayer can be sent to Console. So no error will be
   >reported. I too had major problems getting this to work.
   >I think you cant even tell if the url really exists you have
   >requested because RealPlayer reports this through X. And I think it
   >doesn't automatically stop running. SO it will remain in a quite
   >undefined state till you kill it or stop Rap/Traplayer with ctrl-c.

   That's probably not a significant problem, if I can collar a friend to help me
   set it up.


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