[16587] in Athena Bugs
Re: real player
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Mon Jan 4 20:09:33 1999
To: "Noah P. Snyder" <noahp@MIT.EDU>
Cc: bug-infoagents@MIT.EDU
From: amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Date: 04 Jan 1999 20:09:28 -0500
In-Reply-To: "Noah P. Snyder"'s message of "Mon, 04 Jan 1999 17:43:02 -0500"
<noahp@MIT.EDU> (Noah P. Snyder) writes:
> I get an error when I try to hear some real audio files using Athena,
> suggesting that I need a more recent version of real player. Is there
> any chance that this update will come to Athena soon?
Unfortunately, the licnenses on newer versions of Real Player prevent
them from being installed anywhere public on Athena. Some people in
I/S have been trying for a while to get Progressive Networks to change
this, but not had any luck yet.
--
Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC <amu@mit.edu> (finger amu@monk.mit.edu)
