RealPlayer only partly working

[John the train]

Hi all,
I've finally managed to get Flash-player installed in Firefox ( thanks to Stanton Finley and a lot of other posters ), and I've got to the point where RealPlayer is recognised by Firefox ( installed using S-F's guide from an .rmp ).
The problem is, I can play audio from ABC-online, but so far no joy playing from the BBC site, and video is even worse! Both on the BBC and ABC ( that's Australian Broadcasting Co. ) sites the player opens as Helix, and I get a ' Bad transport... ' error message. BTW I don't have Helix installed. On the ABC site selecting an audio stream opens RealPlayer in a seperate window, it then shrinks to the audio-only control panel, and I can listen to live streaming or playback. On the BBC radio page I don't seem to get past the selector. Presumably I need to change some settings, but in RealPlayer or Firefox? Can anyone point me at a thread that might help, I don't think the search engine could get it's head round this! Thanks in advance.

[John the train]

Further to my original post, I've run ' aboutlugins ' in Fedora, and the only file installed for RealPlayer/Helix is audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin, which would seem to explain why I'm audio only, but surely the install should have installed the video codec as well? i think I'll have to go back to S-F's instructions and check that everything ended up in the right place.

[John the train]

Sorted, I hope! I'd screwed up the /usr/bin path, put that right and I've now got Real video, audio disappeared briefly, but a rummage in desktop/preferences/volume control sorted that - for some reason my speakers had got muted.
My awful writing noting down the steps may have contributed, notes only help if you can read them! I've learned a bit, and maybe this monologue will help, or at least encourage, anyone else trying to get RealPlyer to work.