Platform 

• Linux

Problem  

Change Request Number: 6238266 

The audio output from RealPlayer is poor when the application plays .au audio streams.

RealPlayer crashes when you play .aif files

Solution  

Use Java Media Player to play .au files.

When you run RealPlayer for the first time, deselect the Configure Mozilla Helpers option. This ensures that Mozilla uses Java Media Player as the default application for .au and .aif files.

However, if you have already configured Mozilla to use RealPlayer to play .au and .aif files, perform the following steps:

1. Start Mozilla.

2. Choose Edit ->Preferences and then select Navigator -> Navigator -> Helper Applications from the Category sidebar.

3. Create a new entry, or edit the existing entry for each of the following file/MIME types:

   • audio/basic

   • audio/aiff

   • audio/x-aiff

   • audio/x-pn-aiff

4. Set the associated action in each entry to Open it with: /usr/bin/jmplay

See also 2.7.3 Mozilla .