Realplayer11 realeased (should I bother?)

[Ian Malone]

Keith G. Robertson-Turner wrote:
> Verily I say unto thee, that Neal Becker spake thusly:
> 
>> I installed RealPlayer11GOLD.rpm on F8 x86_64.
>>
>> I found in the standalone player, there is no sound (it's set to
>> alsa).
>>
>> I also found it complaining about an alsa shared lib (sorry, I seem
>> to have misplaced the message).
>>
>> So it looks like this won't work without a 32-bit version of the
>> right alsa lib?  I wonder if I should bother or if this is a losing
>> battle.
> 
> Proprietary software vendors have zero interest in 64-bit, because most
> proprietary software is for Windows, and most Windows systems are 32-bit
> (the OS, if not the hardware). It's a vicious circle which won't be
> broken until Intel's monopoly is broken somehow and/or proprietary
> software vendors take a chance and lead the hardware industry with
> 64-bit software innovation.
> 

There are 64 bit builds of both Realplay and Helix in the nightlies at 
least.  However for Alsa I do successfully run 32bit realplayer on 64 
bit F8 by having the 32bit Alsa libraries installed.

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imalone