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Note: These instructions no longer work since the Medibuntu repositories are long-since discontinued. Even Real's own website just describes other media players in Linux.


Parent: Applications

Introduction

RealPlayer is a media player originally developed by RealNetworks in 1995. It supports a number of audio and video codecs such as realaudio, realvideo, mp3, ogg vorbis and theora, h263, and AAC. RealPlayer for Linux is based on the open-source Helix Player. The RPM packages can be found at the Helix Community Website.

Please Note: RealPlayer is proprietary software, is not supported by the Ubuntu community, and is not available from the official Ubuntu repositories. It is located in the non-free section of third-party repositories which the user must specifically enable.


Screenshot

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Installing RealPlayer11

RealPlayer installation method depending by version of Ubuntu that you use.

Installing on Ubuntu 10.10 & Later

RealPlayer is no longer officially supported by Real. Archived copies are available via the Helix Community. Only the 32-bit version is listed on the site and is an RPM package.

The RealPlayer11GOLD.deb file may be available as an archive on 3rd party websites. The version available in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid is still contained in the Medibuntu repositories and can be downloaded from this site

Installing on Ubuntu 10.04

32 bit

RealPlayer is available through the Medibuntu non-free repository for Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) and earlier.

64 bit

The realplayer version in the Medibuntu repositories is 64-bit compatible. Several 32-bit libraries will be installed as dependencies.

Running RealPlayer

RealPlayer can be started via Applications > Sound & Video > RealPlayer11 or via the Terminal by typing:

realplayer

or

realplay

Start file with RealPlayer

External Protocol Handling: As a standalone player, the default Ubuntu settings may start Totem when a RealPlayer file is selected (.ra, .rm, .rv, .ram, .smil, etc.). If these files are not opened with RealPlayer, the application may start and then crash or close.

To change the default to RealPlayer:

If not listed, expand Use custom command and the Browse button to point it to the RealPlayer run file. By default, this is /usr/bin/realplayer. If not installed from the Medibuntu repositories, the location may be /opt/real/RealPlayer.

Firefox Plugin

The RealPlayer Firefox plugin will be created with the instruction above. The plugin files are nphelix.so and nphelix.xpt.

If you want set Firefox to play RealAudio/Video Files:

If Firefox will not open RealAudio/Video files:

Make Firefox use RealPlayer for rtsp streams embedded in web page links:

Uninstalling

Removing .deb installs

Uninstall realplayer packages in any methods.

Removing .bin installs

Troubleshooting

RealPlayer won't start

MPlayer plugin conflicts (if installed)

enable-rm=0

enable-smil=0

enable-helix=0

See also

RealPlayerInstallationMethods (last edited 2017-09-26 20:45:50 by ckimes)