On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, you wrote:
> >>>>> "LS" == Laine Stump writes:
> 
> LS> Does anyone know if Real Networks plans to release a G2 player for Linux?
> LS> Or have they decided to drop support for everything but Mac and Windows?
> 
> 	real networks already released linux version of g2 player. this
> 	player works MUCH better than rvplayer 5.0. i recommend you forget
> 	about the old one.
> 
> 	installation is very simple (i even installed it from rpm packege, it
> 	installed into  `/usr/bin'   but  i  decided  to forget  about   that
> 	crime. may be i will try to reinstall with relocated root directory):
> 
> 	- install linux emulation   package   or setup your existing    linux
> 	  installation  (for example, i  just  mounted linux partition   over
> 	  `/emul/linux');
> 	- start realplayer.
> 
> p.s.  "much better"  means  that it  requires  much  less cpu  resources  and
> (finally) writes to `/dev/dsp'  with chunks larger than one  byte. i have two
> seti@home  clients  working  in background (load   average  is about  3 on my
> p2-350) and they don't affect on real video playing  (300 kbps).

Which linux emulation package? I installed the Suse Linux emulator. But that
does not appear to work with Real Player G2 as G2 uses glibc libraries which
are not installed with the emul package. Or does Real Player G2 come linked
against libc5 ? .

Thanks 

Dave