Re: [TCLUG:7601] G2 player rebuffering

["Clayton T. Fandre" <cfandre@maddog.mn-linux.org>]

Always check freshmeat first.

http://www.real.com/products/player/linux.html

Clay


Ben Luey wrote:
> 
> > Can you give the link from where you got beta G2player ?  I can't find it
> > anywhere.
> 
> I can't find my link, but I sorta know how I got there. There is a patch
> for realaudio 5.0 called (I think) rpopen. The guy who runs this site has
> a link to the g2 beta and mentions that although it is on realplayer.com
> there is no link to page from the main site (err!). I just deleted the
> .rpm so I can't e-mail it to you.
> 
> Sorry
> 
> > Thanks.
> >
> > -Unni
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ben Luey [mailto:lueyb@carleton.edu]
> > > Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 6:16 PM
> > > To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
> > > Subject: Re: [TCLUG:7601] G2 player rebuffering
> > >
> > >
> > > I have realplay (G2 linux beta) working fine. The rebuffering
> > > works fine.
> > > This is G2player-6.0-0.99051701.i386.rpm -- Now I just need to get
> > > netscape open it correctly when I click on a link.
> > >
> > > Ben
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Joel A. Koepp wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi everyone,
> > > >
> > > > I was up at 9 Saturday morning to listen to the broadcast
> > > of my English
> > > > football club's match live. They require the Real G2 player
> > > nowadays, and my
> > > > system is an old one struggling with a 28.8 modem
> > > connection. However, I'm
> > > > wondering if anyone else has used the G2 player extensively for live
> > > > feeds--when it rebuffers, I have to manually hit the Pause
> > > button and then hit
> > > > Play for it to begin streaming again. When it happens, the
> > > audio cuts out, the
> > > > status bar tells me that it's rebuffering, and it gets up
> > > to 50% where it
> > > > stops...I'm sure it would stay there until my ppp
> > > connection timed out. I
> > > > remember using the Windoze version of the player when I was
> > > at school on a T1,
> > > > and it never needed intervention when it had to rebuffer.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone with a similar experience? Or maybe I just deserve
> > > it for being weird
> > > > enough to get up early every weekend to listen to football
> > > from England. :)
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Joel
> > > >
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> > > Ben Luey
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-- 
Clay Fandre
cfandre@maddog.mn-linux.org
Twin Cities Linux Users Group
http://www.mn-linux.org