RealPlayer


Submited by: Vaughn Bender

How do I configure the Netscape Communicator for OS/2 web browser to work with the RealPlayer 8 for Windows Utilizing ODIN?

  1. Make sure ODIN is properly installed.
  2. Install Realplayer 8 using ODIN.
  3. Start Netscape Communicator.
  4. Click the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
  5. Double-click Navigator to expand the list.
  6. Select Applications.
  7. Scroll to see if the RealPlay File type is listed.

  8.  

     

    -- If the file type is listed, select it and click the Edit button.
    -- If the file type is not listed, click the New Type button.
     

  9. Enter the following information in the appropriate fields:
  10. Description of Type RealAudio File
    Extension .ra, .ram
    MIME Type audio/x-pn-realaudio
  11. For the Application to use, click the Browse button and locate the Realplay.exe program.

  12. (The default location is C:\Program Files\Real\Realplayer)
    Please note: if you installed Realplayer with the default setting it will not work!
    Netscape path truncates it at C:\Program, the space is what throws it off. Please install Realplayer in a 8 letter  or less directory eg: C:\WINAPPS  as the Realplayer program directory. It will work fine then.
  13. Click OK.
Repeat the steps above for each of the file types whose information is listed below. Description of Type RealAudio File
Extension .ra, .ram
MIME Type audio/vnd.rn-realaudio
Description of Type RealVideo File
Extension .rv
MIME Type video/vnd.rn-realvideo
Description of Type RealMedia File
Extension .rm
MIME Type application/vnd.rn-realmedia
Description of Type RealAudio File
Extension .rpm
MIME Type audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin



How do I manually configure Netscape 6 (Warpzilla & IBM Browser) to work with RealPlayer 8 for Windows?

1. Start Warpzilla or IBM Browser
2. Click the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
3. Select the "Helper Applications" category.
4. Click New Type.
In the New Type dialog box, enter the following:
Description of type: RealPlayer File
File extension: .ra, .rm, .ram
MIME type: audio/x-pn-realaudio
5. Click Choose and locate Realplay.exe. (by deafult, C:\Winapps(where you installed Realplayer through ODIN)\Real\RealPlayer\realplay.exe).
6. Click OK.

Repeat the steps above for each of the file types whose information is listed below.

Description of Type: RealAudio File
Extension: .ra, .ram
MIME Type: audio/vnd.rn-realaudio

Description of Type: RealVideo File
Extension: .rv
MIME Type: video/vnd.rn-realvideo

Description of Type: RealMedia File
Extension: .rm
MIME Type: application/vnd.rn-realmedia

Description of Type: RealAudio File
Extension: .rpm
MIME Type: audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin

7. Close Netscape and restart Windows.
8. Start Netscape.
9. Click the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
10. Select the "Helper Applications" category.
11. Click "RealPlayer File" (or "audio/x-pn-realaudio") in the File types window.
12. Click Edit.
13. Click to clear the "Ask me before opening downloaded files of this type" check box.
14. Click OK.

Repeat steps 11-14 for each of the file types below:

RealAudio File
RealVideo File
RealMedia File
RealAudio File



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