[ale] playlists not available in RealPlayer?

Tim Youngblood timyoungblood at gmail.com
Mon Nov 13 16:48:08 EST 2006


Amarok is amazing. It changed the way I listen to music on my computer.

What dist is your friend using?

mp3 support is not built into the major dists due to it having potential
legal strings attached (same reason why Sun's Java is not included). Instead
you have to update your OS to support mp3 encoding/decoding.

For FC5, Stanton Finley's guide is pretty helpful in this regard:
http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html

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>    1. Re: OpenVPN Question (John Mills)
>    2. playlists not available in RealPlayer? (Jeff Lightner)
>    3. Re: playlists not available in RealPlayer? (Jeff Hubbs)
>    4. Re: Dual boot setup (Robert Reese)
>    5. Re: playlists not available in RealPlayer? (Jeff Hubbs)
>    6. Tomcat/OpenNMS question? (Robert L. Harris)
>    7. Re: playlists not available in RealPlayer? (Scott Castaline)
>    8. Re: OT:  Suggestions for VoIP on OS X ? (Chris Ricker)
>    9. Re: playlists not available in RealPlayer? (Jay Loden)
>   10. linux migration study (Buchen, Amy)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:23:27 -0500 (EST)
> From: John Mills <johnmills at speakeasy.net>
> Subject: Re: [ale] OpenVPN Question
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
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> Jerry -
>
> Thanks for your comments. They raised a question for me.
>
> Further suggestions welcome.
>
> - Mills
>
> On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, Jerry Yu wrote:
>
> > openVPN runs as a least-privileged user such as 'nobody', so, I'd think
> you
> > need let this 'nobody' read. other than that, as restrictive as you can
> be.
> > The certificate is guarded by a passphrase, so use a long winding one.
>
> Q) Are you referring to the client here, and if so, what should I do to
> set openvpn's USER to 'nobody'?
>
> > set up sudo, so you can start/stop openvpn at will as a regular user.
> Add a
> > command line alias "alias off='sudo /etc/init.d/openvpn stop", so you
> can
> > save a few keystrokes.
>
> I made a 'sudo' script. 'openvpn' wanted to be started just above the
> directory holding my certificates, and - in my case - that's the directory
> with the *.ovpn configuration directory. I unpacked the files from our IT
> dept.  into '~/.openvpn' and my script 'cd's there to run. There's
> probably a cleaner way to do this. Effectively my startup is:
> # cd $HOME/.openvpn; openvpn --config <configfile>
>
> > If you do want GUI on linux, there's a lot on sourceforge. In
> particular,
> > OpenVPNmanager sounds like what you requested.
> > http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&words=openvpn+gui
>
> Good thought. I used the GUI once to get an idea of the sequence, then
> 'winged it' with my sudo script.
>
> > On 11/3/06, John Mills <johnmills at speakeasy.net> wrote:
>
> > > 1. I have file set with certificate, etc., for the connection. Where
> is it
> > > appropriate to save this, and with what permissions?
>
> > > 2. As a client I would like to open and close the tunnel manually (by
> > > screen widget for example). How can I achieve this?
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:37:38 -0500
> From: "Jeff Lightner" <jlightner at water.com>
> Subject: [ale] playlists not available in RealPlayer?
> To: <ale at ale.org>
> Message-ID: <99E6A67A9DA87041A8020FBC11F480B3014FC3B6 at EXVS01.dsw.net>
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> Hi,
>
> I have a co-worker who is trying to do Linux.  He only wants to do GUI
> stuff.   His most recent challenge was getting RealPlayer installed (he
> wants to play MP3s).  This morning he told me it appears this is a
> "lite" version of RealPlayer as it will play MP3s but won't let him set
> it up to do a play list of one song after another.
>
> Unfortunately I don't have a sound card in my Linux desktop and don't
> want to do this on any of my Linux servers in the office so can't really
> check this.
>
> Is he correct?  If so is there something else that will play MP3s and
> let him do a play list instead of having to select the next MP3 after
> the prior one has finished playing?   If he is incorrect is there any
> advice on what he may not be doing but should be?
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> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:39:51 -0500
> From: Jeff Hubbs <hbbs at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [ale] playlists not available in RealPlayer?
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
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> Xmms and Amarok will play MP3s, etc. using playlists.
>
> Jeff Lightner wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a co-worker who is trying to do Linux. He only wants to do GUI
> > stuff. His most recent challenge was getting RealPlayer installed (he
> > wants to play MP3s). This morning he told me it appears this is a
> > ?lite? version of RealPlayer as it will play MP3s but won?t let him
> > set it up to do a play list of one song after another.
> >
> > Unfortunately I don?t have a sound card in my Linux desktop and don?t
> > want to do this on any of my Linux servers in the office so can?t
> > really check this.
> >
> > Is he correct? If so is there something else that will play MP3s and
> > let him do a play list instead of having to select the next MP3 after
> > the prior one has finished playing? If he is incorrect is there any
> > advice on what he may not be doing but should be?
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:39:09 -0500
> From: "Robert Reese" <ale at sixit.com>
> Subject: Re: [ale] Dual boot setup
> To: ale at ale.org
> Message-ID: <200611131239090046.02D2C9A1 at smtpout.secureserver.net>
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> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
> On 11/12/2006 at 11:27 PM Jim Popovitch wrote:
>
> >does win2k have to be in the first partition.  I'd as Microsoft, but....
>
> No, it doesn't.  What you need to edit is the boot.ini file to point to
> the right location.  But make sure that you format the partition as FAT32
> because editing anything that is NTFS is a pain in the arse.  If you want
> NTFS, you can easily convert the partition to it once you have the system
> running correctly.
>
> OTOH, I don't recommend this method due to the likelihood of problems,
> particularly of MBR issues, and instead encourage you to resize your Linux
> installation to a size you want (after you back it up, of course), then
> backup that resized installation.  Use the Windows disk to install W2K,
> allowing it to partition and format the disk as you want it.  Once the
> installation is complete, then restore your Linux to the remainder of the
> disk.  Lastly, you'll likely have to use a boot manager of your choice to
> enable the dual-booting.
>
> Sadly, I still know very little about Linux, but that's the primary reason
> I'm here.  Maybe one day the primary reason will be to help others in areas
> of Linux.  ;c)
>
> Cheers,
> Robert~
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:48:12 -0500
> From: Jeff Hubbs <hbbs at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [ale] playlists not available in RealPlayer?
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> Message-ID: <4558AFDC.1030309 at comcast.net>
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> Belay that re xmms; see
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/sound/xmms.xml
>
> Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> > Xmms and Amarok will play MP3s, etc. using playlists.
> >
> > Jeff Lightner wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have a co-worker who is trying to do Linux. He only wants to do GUI
> >> stuff. His most recent challenge was getting RealPlayer installed (he
> >> wants to play MP3s). This morning he told me it appears this is a
> >> ?lite? version of RealPlayer as it will play MP3s but won?t let him
> >> set it up to do a play list of one song after another.
> >>
> >> Unfortunately I don?t have a sound card in my Linux desktop and don?t
> >> want to do this on any of my Linux servers in the office so can?t
> >> really check this.
> >>
> >> Is he correct? If so is there something else that will play MP3s and
> >> let him do a play list instead of having to select the next MP3 after
> >> the prior one has finished playing? If he is incorrect is there any
> >> advice on what he may not be doing but should be?
> >>
> >>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:54:37 -0500
> From: "Robert L. Harris" <Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net>
> Subject: [ale] Tomcat/OpenNMS question?
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> Message-ID: <20061113175437.GB4801 at rdlg.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
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>
>
>   Anyone have an experience setting up tomcat/opennms?  I'm trying to get
> an installation up and running and hitting some odd errors.
>
> (Semi-OT, linux server + amd64 :> )
>
> Robert
>
>
>
> :wq!
>
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> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:57:23 -0500
> From: Scott Castaline <hscast at charter.net>
> Subject: Re: [ale] playlists not available in RealPlayer?
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
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> RhythmBox will play MP3's as well as ogg and other formats as playlists.
> Also Songbird works as well for MP3's. Although that one is still under
> heavy development stages.
>
> On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 12:37 -0500, Jeff Lightner wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a co-worker who is trying to do Linux.  He only wants to do GUI
> > stuff.   His most recent challenge was getting RealPlayer installed
> > (he wants to play MP3s).  This morning he told me it appears this is a
> > ?lite? version of RealPlayer as it will play MP3s but won?t let him
> > set it up to do a play list of one song after another.
> >
> > Unfortunately I don?t have a sound card in my Linux desktop and don?t
> > want to do this on any of my Linux servers in the office so can?t
> > really check this.
> >
> > Is he correct?  If so is there something else that will play MP3s and
> > let him do a play list instead of having to select the next MP3 after
> > the prior one has finished playing?   If he is incorrect is there any
> > advice on what he may not be doing but should be?
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Ale mailing list
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> Message: 8
> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:25:02 -0500 (EST)
> From: Chris Ricker <kaboom at oobleck.net>
> Subject: Re: [ale] OT:  Suggestions for VoIP on OS X ?
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0611131323400.16180 at urd.oobleck.net>
> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
>
> On Fri, 10 Nov 2006, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
>
> > Does anyone have any recommendations for a good sip/voip phone on OS X
> > or Linux?
>
> Try twinkle <http://www.twinklephone.com/>
>
> Linux only, but I've not had major problems with it
>
> later,
> chris
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:30:57 -1000
> From: Jay Loden <jloden at toughguy.net>
> Subject: Re: [ale] playlists not available in RealPlayer?
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> Message-ID: <4558C7F1.8030605 at toughguy.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed
>
> I would definitely recommend Amarok as tops for Linux MP3 players. It
> has all the features you could want from a music player (lyrics, album
> art, playlists, even iPod sync, etc) and it's actively under
> development. There are some other excellent players out there, but I
> think amarok arguably has the most complete package similar to an iTunes
> type of functionality on Linux.
>
> -Jay
>
> Jeff Lightner wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a co-worker who is trying to do Linux. He only wants to do GUI
> > stuff. His most recent challenge was getting RealPlayer installed (he
> > wants to play MP3s). This morning he told me it appears this is a
> > ?lite? version of RealPlayer as it will play MP3s but won?t let him
> > set it up to do a play list of one song after another.
> >
> > Unfortunately I don?t have a sound card in my Linux desktop and don?t
> > want to do this on any of my Linux servers in the office so can?t
> > really check this.
> >
> > Is he correct? If so is there something else that will play MP3s and
> > let him do a play list instead of having to select the next MP3 after
> > the prior one has finished playing? If he is incorrect is there any
> > advice on what he may not be doing but should be?
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Ale mailing list
> > Ale at ale.org
> > http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>
>
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> Message: 10
> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:18:53 -0500
> From: "Buchen, Amy" <abuchen at key-inc.com>
> Subject: [ale] linux migration study
> To: <ale at ale.org>
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> Hi all,
>
> I'm conducting a study for a Harvard Business School professor on the
> costs associated with migrations between different Linux distributions,
> and I am looking for companies that have undergone a migration like
> this.  Does anyone have any contacts for IT professionals at large
> companies (500+ full time employees) who have migrated from one Linux
> distribution to another?  I can provide an honorarium of $200 to the
> company IT individuals willing to participate in the study.  It will
> involve a 30 to 45-minute phone conversation.  I am not looking for
> external consultants who have done migrations, but specifically someone
> who works for a large company that has undergone a Linux migration.
> Thank you for any advice or assistance.
>
>
>
> Amy
>
> abuchen at key-inc.com
>
>
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