xmms mp3 support
 

Is there a RPM for Fedora core 1 that will allow xmms to play mp3's ?

xmms should be playing MP3's by default... that is after all what it is, an MP3 player.

Is it right now only playing OGG Vorbis files or something? Does it output an error message when you try to play an MP3 file?

Buzz... Wrong :) MP3 support is disabled by default in Fedora. It's due to legal issues.

Look the Unoffical Fedora FAQ for your answer: http://fedora.artoo.net/faq/#MP3s

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Q: How do I make XMMS play MP3s?
A: Before I talk about this, you should know: In the United States and other countries, you legally must pay patent royalties to use MP3 players or encoders.

With that said, the plugins for these things are usually in the rpm.livna.org repository.

1. Set up your yum.conf to be able to access rpm.livna.org. (See the question about getting Fedora software)
2. Open a Terminal.
3. Become root. (su -)
4. Type yum install xmms-mp3

Legal software mp3 player for linux
 

Is there a legal software mp3 player for Fedora Core 1 ?
Also is Lame legal for mp3 encoding ?
Thank you to everyone who answered my orgional post.

I think Fedora/Red Hat is just covering their butts with the MP3 thing. I suppose that theoretically, iTunes, WinAmp, on Windows could be considered illegal since your not paying royalties, but who's gonna care?

XMMS is probably the easiest app to get setup to play MP3s with Fedora. With a little more work, you can get Rhythmbox to work, but it can be a pain to get running on FC1.

I thought all that hassle about MP3 royalties only dealt with 'if you're making money by using this codec'... and since Winamp and XMMS aren't making money for anyone that they were in the clear... guess I was wrong?

more mp3 problems
 

I'm having some trouble getting mp3's to work with Fedora core 1 (Yarrow). I downloaded the xmms-mp3 file that was recommeded here in another thread, installed it and that did not work. I used rpm -e to remove xmms and the xmms-mp3 installs and then I used apt-get to get the newest version of xmms and the xmms-mp3 plugin. That also did not work. In fact that has caused xmms not to play any kind of files at all now. Before it would play .wav but not .mp3, now it plays neither.

I then used apt-get to get xine and mplayer. Now both of these players will play mp3, but not kaboodle, xmms or any of the other players that were originally installed with Fedora. How can I get mp3s to play in these
players? I would like to use xmms for my music and it will no longer work.
Another problem is that xine will play video but mplayer will not. I get an error from mplayer saying that it cannot open the video output device -vo. Xine plays video but I would rather use mplayer for it.

Any input on how to fix this will be appreciated.

J

you need the Livna.org repository for these things...

as root (su) I did:

yum remove xmms
yum install xmms-mp3

logout and login again and it worked!
(I use fedora core2 test2)

You can also use totem (dvd/music player) to play mp3s (yum install totem)
it has a nice ui...

look here:
http://www.johnmunsch.com/articles/F...ettingStarted/
for more info on totem and where to get video codecs...

:)

The Livna.org repository is where I did get the xmms-mp3 file, and it didn't work. Then I removed xmms and updated it and still nothing. I'll try removing it again and getting the files once again. I'll have to try totem also, it looks nice and hopefully it will give me the funcitonality I'm looking for.

I have xine and mplayer both playing mp3s but xmms still won't.

What are the sites you have listed in your yum config file? I have livna.org in there but any other good sites would help.

What versions of xmms is in core2 test2? Is it that same as core1 or the newest version?

Thanks.

I think you guys are missing the fix here. Fedora ships XMMS with an MP3 "placeholder" plugin that probably isn't being removed when you try to remove xmms.


After installing the XMMS mp3 plugin, right click on the XMMS application, choose options->preferences. go to the I/O plugins section, look under input, first verify that the MPG Layer 1/2/3 plugin is listed and enabled, then look for something that says MPG Layer1/2/3 Placeholder (can't remember exact wording, am at work right now), select it and untick the 'enable' checkbox. That worked for me

That got xmms almost working. I had to change the output plugin as well. The other users on the system use the esound output plugin and it works for them with the placeholder disabled. For some reason the esound output plugin does not work for me. I had to change that to OSS driver instead and now xmms works. THANKS FOR THE INFO. This is nice now that this works. I have one other question, just a little side to this for the learning. How do I get kaboodle and noatun to play mp3s as well? These players still wont play them either. xmms works which is the main goal, but I'd like these others to work also. If for no other reason then just to learn how to make them work.

Thanks again for the info about the plugins, I just never thought about any of those.

J

Just another little question dealing with sound in general with KDE. Is there an applet available to give you a volume control in the taskbar? There is one in gnome but I cant seem to find it under KDE. It must be built into gnome and not an applet? Or a mixer in general would be nice also.

Thanks

run kmix once

I put this thead back on because it doesn't work anymore
for fedora 11. Does anyone know how to enable mp3 support for xmms in fedora 11?

yum -y install xmms.mp3 doesn't work anymore.

Installing mpg123 should do it