On 26-Jul-07 16:05:58, Bev Nicolson wrote:

I use Ubuntu 6.06 in case that helps. Well, I have Real Player working fine for Listen Again and webcams but if I want to play any of the videos on the BBC news web site I can't. Any ideas why? I'm just curious to know what the reason might be. Bev.

I often find that when I click on the BBC link for a video clip, the BBC Player (with embedded Real Player) opens, but nothing further happens. Is that what's happening for you?

In that case, usually there is an option below the "screen":

"Launch in stand alone player"

If I place my mouse cursor over this, and right-click (Firefox), I get the option to "Copy link location". I then left-click on this, to save it into the X buffer.

Then I go to another xterm, and enter

realplay

followed by a space, then middle-click to enter the URL saved by "Copy link location". Thus I get a line like;

realplay http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/news/world/ video/108000/bb/108931_16x9_bb.ram

[all one line, no break].

This comand then launches Real Player with the video clip (it may be necessary to first kill the BBC Player since it sometimes "locks onto" the sound).

I don't know why this happens, and it's not entirely systematic. But when it does happen, the above work-round solves it (provided you get the "Launch in stand alone player2 option).

Hoping this helps, Ted.

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