From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Haas Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 14:36:29 +0000 Subject: Re: Problems with rvplayer Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 6 Jan 1999, samad wrote: > [SNIP] > > Anybody can help me? > I'm not sure when it became an issue, but somewhere between 2.1.131 and 2.2.0-pre4 this appeared in the linux/Documentation/Changes file for the kernel: RealPlayer ===== Current releases of Real Player 5.0 depend on a bug in the sound sub-system which is no longer there. Consequently, they don't work. Real is aware of the problem and should have an updated version of the software available shortly. In the mean time, you can always try backing up your copy of rvplayer, and then editing it by: dd if=/dev/zero of=rvplayer bs=1 count=1 seeke7586 conv=notrunc dd if=/dev/zero of=rvplayer bs=1 count=1 seekf5986 conv=notrunc If you're lucky, you'll then have sound.... > > THANKS > samad > samad.wanadoo.fr > Hope that helps. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * Atari 8-bit RULES! 400/800/XL/XE 2600/5200/7800 * * * Battlestar: Galactica! Star Wars! SeaQuest! * * * Voltron! DESCENT! Star Trek! SPARCstation 2! * * * * * ** * ** ! ! ! ! L I N U X ! ! ! ! 2.0.36 --------------------------------------------------------------------------