I had this problem below and i seems to be sorted out, except that i ran into another problem.... hope that you guys can help me....

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I have a problem and here is the situation.
I recently decided to migrate over from windows xp... I have 2 hard disks, C and D.... C has 20 gb of space and D has about 2.5 gb of space. D is primarily used to store my mp3 files. I installed and formatted C and installed RH linux 8 on it. In order not to lose any data on D, i left D intact during the installation process. Right now, i've got my RH linux 8 running on my com.

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So now, i mounted the files from my D to a folder in my directory... but when i tried to use XMMS to play the files, all that came out on display was a jumbled up mix of characters i can't even read, and the tracks started advancing real quick and no sound came out. I suspect that the player has a problem reading the files i mounted.... do you guys have any suggestions? please help.... i'd really appreciate it...

Thanks - Timberwolf

hi wolf. the problem is with XMMS, it does not have support to play mp3 in RH8. search for XMMS related posts and u willl find one which has a link to a patch.

hi wolf, i found it
;D

http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/s...?query=xmms-mp3

Do you know how i can install that patch?
I tried clicking on 'install packages' but it says that it doesn't seem to be a valid .rpm file?

Thanks for your aid LinuxLala - Timberwolf

This is a weird problem - i installed xmms 1.2.8 but when i try to run the program, xmms 1.2.7 runs instead of the newer version i downloaded... do you know how to solve that problem?

Thanks

u wud have to delete the other version(older) of XMMS.

rpm - e xmms

the same way u uninstall gaim, explained in one of ur other posts.

yup... thanks for the help