RealPlayer 10 And Custom Mozilla Install
Hi, Since I like to keep up-to-date (with non-beta releases) of Mozilla, I have a non-RPM-, non-YaST-installed copy of Mozilla that I use in place of the one included in the SuSE distribution. That one is only 1.6.x, despite a recent update via YOU. What I found was, not surprisingly, the installation of RealPlayer 10 (using the RPM, anyway) did not install it's plug-in files into the non-standard Mozilla installation that I actually use, so embedded RealPlayer streams such as that on the C-Span site don't work. This problem was readily solved by following the pattern of symbolic link additions the RealPlayer created for the stock Mozilla and for other browsers (I guess--what's /usr/lib/browser-plugins used for? Konqueror? Opera? ??). So, let's say that you, like I, have a non-standard Mozilla installation in /usr/local/mozilla1.7.2. These two simple commands, which must be issued by some one with permissions to the Mozilla installation directory (root will do...), will render RealPlayer usable in the add-on Mozilla: % cd /usr/local/mozilla1.7.2/plugins % ln -s /usr/local/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.so . % ln -s /usr/local/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.xpt . Note that in the 1.6 variety of Mozilla packaged by SuSE for installation via YaST and YOU, the plug-ins directory is slightly different (/opt/mozilla/lib/plugins). After doing this, you should be able to: 1) Confirm the plug-ins in the "Help -> About Plug-ins" page ("Helix DNA Plugin: RealPlayer G2 Plug-In Compatible") 2) Play Real streams. Oh, yeah, one last thing: You don't need to restart Mozilla! By the way, based on my attempt to access C-Span, both audio and video are working (for me). Good luck. If any of this is unclear, let me know (here, on the list). Randall Schulz
Hi,
Since I like to keep up-to-date (with non-beta releases) of Mozilla, I have a non-RPM-, non-YaST-installed copy of Mozilla that I use in place of the one included in the SuSE distribution. That one is only 1.6.x, despite a recent update via YOU.
What I found was, not surprisingly, the installation of RealPlayer 10 (using the RPM, anyway) did not install it's plug-in files into the non-standard Mozilla installation that I actually use, so embedded RealPlayer streams such as that on the C-Span site don't work.
This problem was readily solved by following the pattern of symbolic link additions the RealPlayer created for the stock Mozilla and for other browsers (I guess--what's /usr/lib/browser-plugins used for? Konqueror? Opera? ??).
So, let's say that you, like I, have a non-standard Mozilla installation in /usr/local/mozilla1.7.2. These two simple commands, which must be issued by some one with permissions to the Mozilla installation directory (root will do...), will render RealPlayer usable in the add-on Mozilla:
% cd /usr/local/mozilla1.7.2/plugins % ln -s /usr/local/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.so . % ln -s /usr/local/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.xpt .
Note that in the 1.6 variety of Mozilla packaged by SuSE for installation via YaST and YOU, the plug-ins directory is slightly different (/opt/mozilla/lib/plugins).
After doing this, you should be able to:
1) Confirm the plug-ins in the "Help -> About Plug-ins" page ("Helix DNA Plugin: RealPlayer G2 Plug-In Compatible") 2) Play Real streams.
Oh, yeah, one last thing: You don't need to restart Mozilla!
By the way, based on my attempt to access C-Span, both audio and video are working (for me).
Good luck. If any of this is unclear, let me know (here, on the list).
Randall Schulz In your 'ln -s' examples I am a little confused because there seems to be no symlink name...? I also use Firefox 0.8 on this box (SuSE 9 Pro), if that makes any difference. I get the idea, but am just a little confused about
On Sunday 22 August 2004 10:13, Randall R Schulz wrote: the links. -- ..."Yogi" CH Namasté Yoga Studio "If music be the food of love, why can't rabbits sing?"
CH, On Sunday 22 August 2004 08:42, C Hamel wrote:
On Sunday 22 August 2004 10:13, Randall R Schulz wrote:
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So, let's say that you, like I, have a non-standard Mozilla installation in /usr/local/mozilla1.7.2. These two simple commands, which must be issued by some one with permissions to the Mozilla installation directory (root will do...), will render RealPlayer usable in the add-on Mozilla:
% cd /usr/local/mozilla1.7.2/plugins % ln -s /usr/local/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.so . % ln -s /usr/local/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.xpt .
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In your 'ln -s' examples I am a little confused because there seems to be no symlink name...? I also use Firefox 0.8 on this box (SuSE 9 Pro), if that makes any difference. I get the idea, but am just a little confused about the links.
Look more closely (use a fixed-width font). The last argument to the "ln -s" command is ".", which means create the symlink in the current directory using the original base file name. Naturally, this makes the preceding "cd" command an absolute necessity. It also means I can't count, I suppose.
-- ..."Yogi" CH Namasté Yoga Studio "If music be the food of love, why can't rabbits sing?"
Randall Schulz
On Sunday 22 August 2004 11:07, Randall R Schulz wrote:
CH,
On Sunday 22 August 2004 08:42, C Hamel wrote:
On Sunday 22 August 2004 10:13, Randall R Schulz wrote:
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So, let's say that you, like I, have a non-standard Mozilla installation in /usr/local/mozilla1.7.2. These two simple commands, which must be issued by some one with permissions to the Mozilla installation directory (root will do...), will render RealPlayer usable in the add-on Mozilla:
% cd /usr/local/mozilla1.7.2/plugins % ln -s /usr/local/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.so . % ln -s /usr/local/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.xpt .
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In your 'ln -s' examples I am a little confused because there seems to be no symlink name...? I also use Firefox 0.8 on this box (SuSE 9 Pro), if that makes any difference. I get the idea, but am just a little confused about the links.
Look more closely (use a fixed-width font). The last argument to the "ln -s" command is ".", which means create the symlink in the current directory using the original base file name. Naturally, this makes the preceding "cd" command an absolute necessity. It also means I can't count, I suppose.
-- ..."Yogi" CH Namasté Yoga Studio "If music be the food of love, why can't rabbits sing?"
Randall Schulz I caught the last dot, thanks to you. ;-) That helps quite a bit. Thanks! -- ..."Yogi" CH Namasté Yoga Studio "If music be the food of love, why can't rabbits sing?"
On Sunday 22 August 2004 19:47, C Hamel wrote:
% cd /usr/local/mozilla1.7.2/plugins % ln -s /usr/local/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.so . % ln -s /usr/local/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.xpt . I caught the last dot, thanks to you. ;-) That helps quite a bit. Thanks!
Actually, last dot is not required. Without it, ln wil create a symlink in the current directory, with the same name as the linked file. man ln it helps. SYNOPSIS ln [OPTION]... TARGET [LINK_NAME] DESCRIPTION Create a link to the specified TARGET with optional LINK_NAME. If LINK_NAME is omitted, a link with the same basename as the TARGET is created in the current direc tory. Never just copy paste comands, without caring what they do and how they work. Someone might just advise you to rm -rf /
On Monday 23 August 2004 05:33, Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
On Sunday 22 August 2004 19:47, C Hamel wrote:
% cd /usr/local/mozilla1.7.2/plugins % ln -s /usr/local/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.so . % ln -s /usr/local/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.xpt .
I caught the last dot, thanks to you. ;-) That helps quite a bit. Thanks!
Actually, last dot is not required. Without it, ln wil create a symlink in the current directory, with the same name as the linked file.
man ln it helps.
SYNOPSIS ln [OPTION]... TARGET [LINK_NAME]
DESCRIPTION Create a link to the specified TARGET with optional LINK_NAME. If LINK_NAME is omitted, a link with the same basename as the TARGET is created in the current direc tory.
Never just copy paste comands, without caring what they do and how they work. Someone might just advise you to rm -rf / Actually, if I'm going to go that far I just use mkreiserfs /dev/hdax. <G>
Point taken. Got some more reading to do. -- ..."Yogi" CH Namasté Yoga Studio "If music be the food of love, why can't rabbits sing?"
On Sunday 22 August 2004 11:07, Randall R Schulz wrote: <SNIP>
% cd /usr/local/mozilla1.7.2/plugins % ln -s /usr/local/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.so . % ln -s /usr/local/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.xpt .
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In your 'ln -s' examples I am a little confused because there seems to be no symlink name...? I also use Firefox 0.8 on this box (SuSE 9 Pro), if that makes any difference. I get the idea, but am just a little confused about the links.
Look more closely (use a fixed-width font). The last argument to the "ln -s" command is ".", which means create the symlink in the current directory using the original base file name. Naturally, this makes the preceding "cd" command an absolute necessity. It also means I can't count, I suppose.
-- ..."Yogi" CH Namasté Yoga Studio "If music be the food of love, why can't rabbits sing?"
Randall Schulz Finally had time to play w/it, and your idea worked just fine. C-Span came up w/the RP interface, just as it should. Thanks! -- ..."Yogi" CH Namasté Yoga Studio "If music be the food of love, why can't rabbits sing?"
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