# RealPlayer

This article describes how to play .rmvb video files.

## Installation

The most simple way is to install VLC, which plays .rmvb now, as well as many other video format.

    # pacman -S vlc

Or you can install realplayer from the AUR.

Next, start it with:

    $ realplay &

On the first run, a configuration wizard will set up the necessary options.

## .ram files

To play .ram files, this script is intended to replace the use of realplayer by using vlc instead : http://www.sputnick-area.net/scripts/realplay.bash

See comments inside.

## Conversion of RealMedia Files

As RealMedia files are not widely (nor well) supported, it may be useful to convert them to another format. FFmpeg can be used for this.

    # pacman -S ffmpeg

For example, to convert the video foo.rm to an mp4 file:

    ffmpeg -i foo.rm -vcodec mpeg4 -sameq -acodec libfaac -ab 94208 foo.mp4

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