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Dimez
November 9th, 2002, 23:36
since i installed red hat linux 8, my sound will not work. when i double click on my mp3 a media player pops up but does not play the file. i add the mp3 to my playlist and it is not there. someone please help. i know my speakers are working fine because I played the test sound and i can hear it.
Ben
November 10th, 2002, 00:03
If you are using XMMS you have to let it decode. It will sit there for the amount of time it takes to play the song then it will play it.
GregT
November 10th, 2002, 00:16
there was a patch to fix this, redhat didnt include mpg123 (i think ?) when http://www.xmms.org/ is back up get it there.
Dimez
November 10th, 2002, 00:16
oh thanks, is there any other program i can download thats sort of like a winamp sort of thing (that can play the song immediatly) and is for linux?
Ben
November 10th, 2002, 00:34
Well XMMS is the Unix Winamp....

I prefer mpg123 because it plays as it's decoding. I think there's an updated version called mpg321...

By the way, cd to the directory with the MP3 files and enter the command like this for mpg123 if the filename of the mp3 has spaces in it:

mpg123 "file name here.mp3"
Yes, use the quotes and add .mp3 (remember *nix is case-sensitive so the name should match EXACTLY)
GregT
November 10th, 2002, 00:37
Originally posted by Ben
If you are using XMMS you have to let it decode. It will sit there for the amount of time it takes to play the song then it will play it.

not for me. plays imedialty. maybe your computer is slow ? i have a 2 ghz p4 and 512ddr on my sytem when i had rh 8. the only thing that plays mp3's and i had to wait for the song to decode is my sony walkman, and it takes like 4 or 5 second per song.
Ben
November 10th, 2002, 00:41
Originally posted by raz0r


not for me. plays imedialty. maybe your computer is slow ? i have a 2 ghz p4 and 512ddr on my sytem when i had rh 8. the only thing that plays mp3's and i had to wait for the song to decode is my sony walkman, and it takes like 4 or 5 second per song.
AMD Athlon 950mhz, overclocked to 1.02ghz with 256MB of synchronous dimm RAM (im bored and felt like confusing people with that last statement).

I was running Peanut Linux 9.3 on Linux 2.4.19, and soon I'll get RH8 on whatever linux kernel it comes with.
GregT
November 10th, 2002, 01:05
im going to install rhl 8 on a AMD Duron 750mhz with 320mb of SDR. ill post again on that machine. now all i need is a AB monitor/keyboard/mouse switch so i dont have to switch cables everytime i want to use the other computer :classic2: