Web hosting resellers - CHAPTER 19 MOVIES AND MULTIMEDIA Installing RealPlayer
CHAPTER 19 MOVIES AND MULTIMEDIA Installing RealPlayer If you wish to install RealPlayer, head over to www.real.com and follow the download links for the latest free Linux player, shown in action in Figure 19-1. Download it, open a GNOME Terminal window (Applications . Accessories . Terminal), and type the following (replacing filename with the name of the RealPlayer file): chmod +x filename sudo ./filename Figure 19-1. A version of RealPlayer for Linux works just like its Windows brethren. During installation, you ll be asked various questions. When asked where you would like to install RealPlayer, type /usr/bin/RealPlayer(don t agree to using the default path!). Answer yes to creating symbolic links, and agree to the default location for the links. In my tests, I found it was necessary to restart the computer after installation to avoid unreliable playback in RealPlayer. Playing Back Video To play a movie file on your hard disk, simply double-click its icon. This will automatically start Totem, as shown in Figure 19-2.