playing real media (.RM, .RAM) files

hey guys hope you can help :)
i want to play real media files on my a3000 it has a csppc with mediator and a virge gfx card no sound other than the ami's (ks 3.1 and wb 3.9 btw )
.. im not wanting to play streaming files, just my southpark collection ;) these arnt the biggest or best quality files, even if i have to convert the files first i'll be happy :) just as long as the 3000 can play em smoooooth

ZanT

You need RAPlay off Aminet and if you want to stream them files, you also need StreamRA

edit:

In this archive there is also an ARexx script to stream .ra files straight off
the web using the widely used .ram files .. to use this you need to get and
install rxsocket.library (which you should anyways, it rules) and set the
following MIME-types in your favourite browser:

MIME: audio/x-pn-realaudio
Extension: ram
Ext. Viewer: (selected)
Viewer: SYS:RexxC/RX
Arguments: Your:Path/StreamRA.rx %f

If you make sure the S-bit is set on StreamRA.rx you won't have to put RX
infront of it ("Protect StreamRA.rx +s" (if so, put StreamRA.rx as viewer))...

thanks for the quick reply and i will be trying that ASAP :)
just relised that this is in the wrong forum.. supposed to be in software not hardware :P ..the moral of the story ...pont post when ya just woken up ;)

ZanT

@Zant

ok moved to appropriate area

@Raziel
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Yup. There's also an shoutcast player which is implemented with its help (pipes the stream to mpega). search for streammp3 on aminet
(and a gui version via awnpipe: -), after doing it on Amiga I did a quick annd dirty one on linux using regina-rexx, rexxtk and mplayer )

(A)REXX rulez

Jack.

ok ive finally managed to install a fresh wb 3.1 on the comp.. and slowly moving on to installing a backup of 3.9 etc.. so what i wanna know if i wanna get best quality from my real media and avi (we can play avi's right?!?!?!) what sound card would you recommend for the mediator? i have spare yamaha and creative pci cards i ask cause all my docs and manuals are still packed away...not good to look for at 3am anyways
having fun be a shame "when its done" hehehe

ZanT

Did not know, it where possible to do that whit Amiga, cool

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niether did i was just a hope hmm well its still to be fully assembled atm its running on just its BASE components .. this is a amiga that hasnt been in one piece for well longer than i can remember.. its a bit of a munter but its my munter

anyways as soon as i have everything setup and running the RM files are going on it.. and if i can find another HDD maybe my AVI's as well

still trying to think what i can use the amiga for other than movies .. :-/

Well that sound like antiques old computer

@LiveForit

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Nearly every sound/audio format (except the brand-new ones) can be played by Amiga

@Raziel
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Aac+ v2 (aka mpeg 4) might be a problem for m68k hardware-wise (the decompression is afaiu more cpu-intensive than of mp3)
On ppc mplayer should tackle it without problem. The internal aac decoder (some snapshot of libgaad) of mplayer does a better job than the more up-to-date libfaad. Wma should be resolved by mplayer (rc1 has an extensive liet of windblows-related formats supported internally)

Jack