Mastodawn

Thanks for the leads so far! Archive.org was the first place I searched, but for some reason a lot of these didn't turn up then. Looks like 7 and 8 are pretty well-covered, but I'm still looking for 5.x!

Colin 1d ago

@PurpleJillybeans I *swore* there was a YTer who covered some oddball Real player stuff... I'd share a direct link if I could remember.. I guess I could throw out some channel guesses if you like watching vids on retro tech.

What was your goal / plan with this project? just curious.

@colinstu I have a download section on my RealMedia Streams page on my CGHMN site and I wanted to include these versions for the sake of completeness. I already have Windows 16- and 32-bit, Mac PPC, and Linux x86 on there.

Mike Roach 1d ago

@PurpleJillybeans This looks like a punishing way to get there, but the source code link works!

https://web.archive.org/web/20060813001725/http://www.tools.de/solaris/realplayer/

And then I found an archived page where the RealPlayer 8 for Unix download links actually work too!

https://web.archive.org/web/20070701055715/http://forms.real.com/real/player/blackjack.html?platform2=Unix&product=RealPlayer%208&proc=Unixware%207%20(i386)&lang=en&show_list=0

Using the Unixware realplayer8 on Solaris x86

@PurpleJillybeans https://archive.org/details/rp8_solaris_sparc_cs2

HowToPhil 1d ago

RealPlayer 8 for Solaris : RealNetworks, Inc. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

RealPlayer 8 for Solaris SPARC 2.6/7 and unofficially for Solaris 8+ x86. Included are the RV9 Codec Packs for Solaris SPARC in tgz files. Note that the x86...

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@PurpleJillybeans https://archive.org/search?query=Realplayer+IRIX

HowToPhil 1d ago

And some IRIX

"realserver" seems to show up there too

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

@PurpleJillybeans if you find it lmk, i have a sun workstation from 1996

https://archive.org/details/rv50unix

@wyatt Pinging back because the Solaris 2.5 version has been found!

RealPlayer 5.0 for UNIX - Linux, IRIX, Solaris : RealNetworks : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

RealPlayer 5.0 for UNIXIncludes builds for Linux (kernel ≥2.0) x86, IRIX 6.2 MIPS, and Solaris 2.5 SPARC.

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@PurpleJillybeans thank you, saved and mirrored :)

jiub

@PurpleJillybeans i dunno why, but realplayer running on CDE looks really cursed

@jiub @PurpleJillybeans on motif*
and possibly cde but not necessarily

@wyatt @jiub It is indeed CDE.

@PurpleJillybeans @jiub yes but dtwm looks no different than mwm or fvwm and solaris can use any of those

Stéphane Calonnec 🗿1d ago

@PurpleJillybeans @flexion 🚨🚨🚨

/usr/people/flexion 1d ago

@scalonnec @PurpleJillybeans I can offer RealPlayer 8 for IRIX 6.5.x

@flexion Looks like I've got 8 covered. Mainly looking for 5.x now.

https://archive.org/details/rv50unix

Cursed Silicon 1d ago

@PurpleJillybeans @flexion Y'all better be IA'ing all that stuff, too

(and CGHMN-ing it)

http://www.n8fq.retro/real

RealPlayer 5.0 for UNIX - Linux, IRIX, Solaris : RealNetworks : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

RealPlayer 5.0 for UNIXIncludes builds for Linux (kernel ≥2.0) x86, IRIX 6.2 MIPS, and Solaris 2.5 SPARC.

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/usr/people/flexion 1d ago

@PurpleJillybeans RealPlayer 5 for IRIX: https://fsck.technology/software/Silicon%20Graphics/Software/RealNetworks/

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@flexion W00t! 🥳

That tarball had the Solaris 2.5 version too!

Cursed Silicon 1d ago

@flexion @PurpleJillybeans Oh damn there's a lotta useful software on there

Do you know how large the archive is? (and if there's any way I could get an rsync or a single tarball? so I don't strain their webserver)

Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 👽1d ago

@PurpleJillybeans I don't remember now if it came on the Solaris install disks, or in one of SUN's "Java Desktop" updates, or if I had to download it from Real's site. I know I was so hyped to play shitty real video on my workstation.

Some of those CDROMs are on archive, for sure.
https://archive.org/details/sunsolcdv-2/SUNSOLCDV2/cdSleeveBack.png

SUN SOLUTIONS CD V2 : SUN microsystems : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

This was a CD distributed by SUN microsystems in 2005 containing software from SUN and their partners. All relevant details on the software and installation...

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