If you're having trouble viewing the lighthouse videos
the most common reason is that you don't have the
RealPlayer installed on your system. Click on your
Operating system type below for instructions on
what you need to do to get RealPlayer.
Microsoft Windows (all versions)
Microsoft Windows
This is an easy download and install of the
latest RealOne Player. Go to http://www.real.com
and download and install their latest FREE player.
UPDATE: Most of the videos are now available
in Windows Media Player format. Go to
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/
to download the latest update for Windows Media Player.
It's a bit trickier for linux than it is for MSWindows.
There are a few things you should install to view our
entire site properly. They are:
Mozilla Web Browser
Go to http://www.mozilla.org to get the latest version
of
Mozilla.
To install, download the tar.gz file, uncompress
and un-tar it. This will create a directory called
mozilla-installer. cd to that directory and run:
./mozilla-installer
script. This will install mozilla into
/usr/local/mozilla
If you want to ensure you're installing the most recent
version
go to http://java.sun.com and retrieve the
latest and follow their
instructions for loading.
Once downloaded run the command:
rpm -iv j2re-1_4_2_04-linux-i586.rpm
(or whatever the rpm filename is)
This will install it in /usr/java
Next, cd
into the mozilla installation directory (in our
case it's /usr/local/mozilla)
then cd
into the plugins
directory. Create a symbolic link from the javaplugin
library like this:
ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_04/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so .
(change the j2re path to the appropriate version directory name)
This will install the java plugin for mozilla. To confirm
the
installation start Mozilla and click on
HELP -> About Plugins
RealPlayer
real.com no longer supplies a unix version of the RealPlayer.
However, they have gone into partnership with the Helix group to
co-develop an open source unix version of the RealPlayer (good
for them!). Here is the latest version of RealPlayer 10 for Linux
as of May 26, 2004. For the latest version go to the Helix
Community site at
http://www.helixcommunity.org
The version we have is
v0.30.0.120. It works
just fine on my
Redhat 9 linux box. Download the RPM from our site and install the
RPM with the command:
rpm -iv RealPlayer-0.3.0.120-gcc32-20040517.i586.rpm
This will install the RealPlayer plugin libraries in /usr/lib/mozilla
which, if you installed the latest mozilla, is the wrong location (it
should be in /usr/local/mozilla). Cd to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins and
copy the files:
nphelix.so
nphelix.xpt
to /usr/local/mozilla/plugins
This will install the RealPlayer plugins for Mozilla. To
confirm the
installation start Mozilla and click on
HELP -> About Plugins