HOWTO_Big_Brother

Introduction

You can use RealPlayer to view the Big Brother 9 feeds on Linux.

Setup

You must have a SuperPass account.

You will need realplayer:

emerge -av media-video/realplayer

You will most likely need to turn off XVideo:

1. Launch realplayer with the command: realplay
2. Turn off XVideo: Tools > Preferences > Hardware > Use XVideo

You can obtain a RealPlayer file suitable for login from:

• https://account.real.com/login/

Pass the file obtained to realplay:

realplay signin.rxml

The Feeds

Now that you have logged in, you can view the BB no timeout feeds:

High speed feeds

• rtsp://start.real.com/rd?pid=bb9_live&url=quad_256.rm
• rtsp://start.real.com/rd?pid=bb9_live&url=cam1_256.rm
• rtsp://start.real.com/rd?pid=bb9_live&url=cam2_256.rm
• rtsp://start.real.com/rd?pid=bb9_live&url=cam3_256.rm
• rtsp://start.real.com/rd?pid=bb9_live&url=cam4_256.rm

Low speed feeds

• rtsp://start.real.com/rd?pid=bb9_live&url=quad_56.rm
• rtsp://start.real.com/rd?pid=bb9_live&url=cam1_56.rm
• rtsp://start.real.com/rd?pid=bb9_live&url=cam2_56.rm
• rtsp://start.real.com/rd?pid=bb9_live&url=cam3_56.rm
• rtsp://start.real.com/rd?pid=bb9_live&url=cam4_56.rm

Troubleshooting

OSS Support

RealPlayer uses OSS. If you do not have OSS emulation configured for ALSA, you can use the aoss wrapper to use realplay:

emerge -av alsa-oss

Run realplay as follows:

aoss realplay

Sound hogged by realplay

Solution 1: ALSA

Use the ALSA oss wrapper to share ALSA with realplay, as described above.

Solution 2: PulseAudio

Use the PulseAudio padsp wrapper.

• This only works under x86.
• This allows for independent volume control so you can have multiple windows open at once.

RealPlayer doesn't like my signin file anymore

1. Get a new one.

RealPlayer doesn't like my new signin file

• Try again later. :(
• Usually clears up in 20 to 40 minutes.