On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 18:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Thanks Artemio. Actually this is more complicated than I thought - 
> 
> Yes it is Real Player.
> 
> When I run it standalone, it can't see the net, and can't load any of the
> channels from its menu. (Yes, the network settings in its options appear
> to be sane, except that I'm attempting to do this over a modem...) 
> 
> I know it can't see the net since when I run the wizard to check for the
> best connection type, it thinks I have a firewall. I don't. Are there
> ports which should be specifically opened that aren't by default? If so,
> which, and how? 
> 
> BUT, when inside firebird, it can run movies from real.com (the website).
> That's the only site out of several which works. As a test, could you
> maybe post a site from which real movies work for you, so I can check? 
> 
> Thanks

Can't remember the link path but in the area of the prefs that you
mention above there is a checkbox to force the use of http.  Since it
works in the browser (this is an http transfer AFAIK) it should then
allow the rest to work as well.

James

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> On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 08:38:38 +0200, "Artemio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > 5) Went to movies.yahoo.com and tried to play a trailer. RealPlayer shows
> > > up, but does nothing (i.e. there is no network activity for 5+ minutes).
> > 
> > Do you have RealOne or RealPlayer8?
> > 
> > When I had RealPlayer 8 - mozilla/firebird worked great with it - click
> > on a 
> > realmedia link and it plays in realplayer.
> > 
> > But then I upgraded to RealOne and got the same thing as you - it fires
> > up, 
> > but doesn't do anythings.
> > 
> > Then I got back to RP8 and it works fine again ever since with all
> > mozillas I 
> > ever had.
> > 
> > Get a RP8 instead of RealOne if that's your case.
> > 
> > 
> > I can send you a link or a RP8.tar.bz2 itself if you want.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Artemio.
> > 
> > 
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