How do I play .rm files in Ubuntu?

Question

I tried downloading VLC player with these instructions to play a .rm file.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ubuntu.html

VLC downloaded just fine, but it is unable to play my .rm file. Is there a codec I need to install?

Answer 1

You will need ubuntu-restricted-extras to get the right codec, which is a Real Player one.

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

VLC cannot play .rm apparently, but mplayer will.

sudo apt-get install gnome-mplayer