Re: gxine and real on BBC radio

2006-10-05 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Thu, 2006-10-05 at 00:04 -0700, libre fan wrote: > Many thanks for the tip! Does it mean that if you install ffmeg you could > listen to BBC4 RealAudio streams with Gxine instead of Mplayer? > > I like Mplayer for its versatility but the sound doesn't seem as good as in > VLC or Gxine. I'd lik

Re: gxine and real on BBC radio

2006-10-05 Thread libre fan
Sven Arvidsson wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-10-03 at 21:44 -0700, libre fan wrote: >> > >Gxine + w32codecs ... >> >> [snip] > > MPlayer (without w32codecs) plays BBC Radio 4 fine. AFAIK, ffmpeg has > successfully reverse engineered RealAudio. > > I simply use mplayer rtsp://... or mplayer -playli

Re: gxine and real on BBC radio

2006-10-04 Thread David E. Fox
On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 21:44:48 -0700 (PDT) libre fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (someone else wrote the following, I think): > But the w32codecs aren't free (libre) either. > The difference is I can use a couple of codecs instead of using a full > application. But you need w32codecs to be able to d

Re: gxine and real on BBC radio

2006-10-04 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Tue, 2006-10-03 at 21:44 -0700, libre fan wrote: > > >Gxine + w32codecs ... > > [snip] > > > >However I'd like to be able *not to use RealPlayer* because it isn't > > libre > > >software. > > But the w32codecs aren't free (libre) either. > The difference is I can use a couple of codecs instea

Re: gxine and real on BBC radio

2006-10-03 Thread Paul Dwerryhouse
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 09:39:03PM -0700, libre fan wrote: > I think that HelixPlayer is a free Linux player for realmedia files and > streams. Helixplayer is a free player, but it doesn't have the proprietary codecs used for Realmedia streams, and can't play them. Realplayer effectively is Heli

Re: gxine and real on BBC radio

2006-10-03 Thread libre fan
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 04:23:29AM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: > On 09/25/2006 04:18 AM, libre fan wrote: > >Gxine + w32codecs ... [snip] > >However I'd like to be able *not to use RealPlayer* because it isn't > libre > >software. But the w32codecs aren't free (libre) either. The difference is I

Re: gxine and real on BBC radio

2006-10-03 Thread libre fan
On 09/25/2006 04:18 AM, libre fan wrote: > Hello, > > Gxine + w32codecs is fine except on BCC radio (I tried radio 4 and 7): the > sound is choppy because gxine is vary often busy buffering. I'm on > dial-up. > > Now, Realplayer works fine (installed as a package): you can set the > connection

Re: gxine and real on BBC radio

2006-09-25 Thread Carl Fink
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 04:23:29AM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: > On 09/25/2006 04:18 AM, libre fan wrote: > >Gxine + w32codecs ... [snip] > >However I'd like to be able *not to use RealPlayer* because it isn't libre > >software. But the w32codecs aren't free (libre) either. > I think that HelixPla

Re: gxine and real on BBC radio

2006-09-25 Thread Mumia W..
On 09/25/2006 04:18 AM, libre fan wrote: Hello, Gxine + w32codecs is fine except on BCC radio (I tried radio 4 and 7): the sound is choppy because gxine is vary often busy buffering. I'm on dial-up. Now, Realplayer works fine (installed as a package): you can set the connection to dial-up in th