
         RealPlayer %version% for Linux

                Release Notes

                 March 2006

  System Requirements

     * 350MHz Intel Pentium II processor or
       equivalent (500 MHz Pentium III or
       greater recommended)
     * 64MB of RAM
     * 30MB available disk space
     * 28.8Kbps modem (High-speed Internet
       connection recommended)
     * Sound card supported by OSS drivers
     * 65,000-color video display card set
       to display at 800x600 (video)

   This is the readme file for the RealPlayer
   %version% release. This file will be
   modified as we have more information -
   so please do check our website
   periodically for new and updated
   information.

  What's New in %version%

   This version is a security update.

  Known Issues

     * If you are having problems playing
       back media and are behind a proxy
       you can try using rtsp transport via
       http only (go to transports pane in
       prefs, select "use specified
       transport" and click "configure
       rtsp." Then uncheck "attempt
       multicast," "attempt udp," and
       "attempt tcp.")
     * Context Menu might not work while
       managing favorites with older GTK
       versions.
     * If RealPlayer 8 is installed on the
       system (via rpm) the RealPlayer 10
       rpm does not remove RP8 before
       installing RP10. This means that RP8
       and RP10 coexist on the same system.
       In the event that this configuration
       results in any problems with the
       embedded player (plugin) please
       delete the file rpnp.so from your
       mozilla plugins directory. (issue
       #2678)
     * Some content encoded in RealAudio 3
       fails to play. Multimedia content
       that uses RA3 as the audio codec
       will still play without audio. RA3
       has been deprecated.
     * Player does not play gnome-vfs URI's
       (smb://). Workaround is to mount the
       samba share using smbmount etc
       (issue #2269).
     * Alsa and esound drivers are not
       included in this build
       The OSS device used for playback can
       be set using the AUDIO environment
       variable. eg export AUDIO=/dev/dsp2
     * See the Helix Player bug tracker for
       a list of the latest issues that
       affect the player.
     * The value of the UDPPort preference,
       if used, needs to be set as a range,
       for example:

        UseUDPPort=1
        UDPPort=7000-7010

       Setting it to a single number
       will result in a player crash.

Technical Support

   Support pages for the RealPlayer for
   Linux are available at
   http://service.real.com. Click on
   RealPlayer and choose RealPlayer 10 for
   Linux/Unix from the drop down list.

   To reach the development team please
   send email to
   users@player.helixcommunity.org.

   You can check the player help page in
   the Helix Player project:
   http://player.helixcommunity.org

   Thank you for using the RealPlayer!
