[clue-tech] RealPlayer doesn't play

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On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 00:07:14 -0700
Matt Gushee <mgushee at havenrock.com> wrote:

> Well, I thought I'd listen to some Web radio. I click on the link 
> [http://foo/bar.ram], and RealPlayer comes up ... does its buffering 
> thing, then starts playing, or so it claims--but no sound comes out. 
> Similar results with several sites, both with *.ram and *.smil URLs.
> 
> Now if, instead of clicking on the link, I try File -> Open Location
> in an already running Player (using an rtsp:// URL), I get the
> following error:
> 
>    Cannot open the audio device. Another application may be using it.
> 
> No, there are no other audio applications running.
> 

Matt,

There may be some audio daemons using the audio. Maybe you have esd
running? Have you tried restarting X, running RealPlayer first instead
of xmms. This might indicate that xmms stole the device!

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> And I've checked all the obvious trouble spots: checked the RealPlayer
> volume controls and the mixer, made sure the master volume and PCM are
> unmuted and the volume turned up to a reasonable level, etc. I also 
> played some music w/ XMMS--no trouble there.
> 
> The only thing that comes to mind is that I use ALSA, and maybe 
> RealPlayer wants OSS devices? I think I have the OSS compatibility
> layer installed, but I've never really used it and I'm not sure it's 
> configured properly. Other than that, I'm stumped. Any ideas?
> 
> Oh, and here's a little system information:
> 
>      Linux kernel 2.6.10
>      ALSA 1.0.8
>      RealPlayer 10.0.2
> 
> --
> Matt Gushee
> Englewood, CO, USA
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