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RealPlayer G2 for Alpha Expired! Now, What?

Posted by Cliff on from the wheres-that-new-release dept.

CPCA asks: "Yikes! Earlier today, while attempting to listen to a 'real media' webcast, I received the following error message: 'This beta version of RealPlayer G2 for Unix(tm) has expired. Please contact RealNetworks (www.real.com) for the latest version.' Well, I did that and they still haven't produced a version newer than the one they published on May 17, 1999. Just to be safe, I went ahead and downloaded the 4.3Mb "G2player-6.0-0.99051701.i386_rpm" file, renamed it to *.rpm and ran "rpm -Uvh --force G2player-6.0-0.99051701.i386.rpm". The package seemed to install just fine, so I located some other archived *.r?m files and assorted live webcast streams and ...no. I keep getting the same error message. Has anyone else experienced this? Have any of you come up with a workaround for it? "

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  1. OK, here's the whole story by PD · · Score: 3

    They didn't update the RPM file, so you need to get the gzipped tar file instead.

    I had the same trouble as you until I did this.

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  2. G2player-6.0-0.99092901.i386_rpm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2
    Go to this page, fill in the info (select the Red Hat RPM version), and press the download button (use this link if you can't get the form to work). The filename should be G2player-6.0-0.99092901.i386_rpm file (the install instructions have not been updated yet, but they are the same for both versions - just use the new filename), and this works fine.

    BTW, has anyone checked whether this version expires?

    1. Re:G2player-6.0-0.99092901.i386_rpm by bmetzler · · Score: 2
      BTW, has anyone checked whether this version expires?

      Yes.

      From their README

      INSTALLER AND PLAYER EXPIRATION

      These versions of the Installer and the Alpha 2 RealPlayer G2 will expire on March 15, 2000.

      We encourage you to visit http://www.real.com/products prior to that date to download a new version of the RealPlayer G2 for Unix, as newer versions of the product will be available far in advance of this expiration date.
      -Brent
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  3. Re:What happened to the other replies? by PD · · Score: 2

    /. looks like it's been having some troubles today.

    I was having some difficulties about 10:30 CDT this morning. When I'd click on the comments for stories on the main page, I'd get nothing at all. I checked this article out to see if it would display correctly, knowing that I posted the #1 comment yesterday.

    Anyway, all I saw was my comment, and no others. I knew that there was at least one other reply, so I had confirmation of a slashdot hose-up. All seems normal now.

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