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Inuyasha-kun 12-07-2003 08:46 PM

Cannot play MP3s
 
I can't play any MP3s on Linux. I'm just using the built-in media players. They don't work. Any suggestions?

ferrix 12-07-2003 08:59 PM

Since Red Hat ships without any mp3 codecs, you have to install them yourself. Have you done that? If not, have a look around in Red Hat forums to find out where to get them from. I don't use RH myself so I can't help you with that.

synaptical 12-07-2003 08:59 PM

i think red hat disabled mp3 support because of licensing concerns. you'll probably have to find workarounds or plugins for your media apps.

Bruce Hill 12-07-2003 09:04 PM

Re: Cannot play MP3s
 
What happens when you try to play MP3's with the built-in media players, and what are the built-in media players?

edit -> someone else knew RH doesn't have the codecs

ako 12-07-2003 09:33 PM

because of legal issues Linux didn't include mp3 support...

try to check check this site

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

download the xmms file and "rpm -i" the said file...

this will solve your problem...

-AKO-

Scruff 12-07-2003 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ako
because of legal issues Linux didn't include mp3 support...

Red Hat didn't include MP3 support ;) Other linux distro's do. "Linux" is only the kernel that all these packaged distro's run on :)

Inuyasha-kun 12-08-2003 01:27 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ako
because of legal issues Linux didn't include mp3 support...

try to check check this site

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

download the xmms file and "rpm -i" the said file...

this will solve your problem...

-AKO-

Thank you for the info. It installed. Now what? I tried to use the media players, no luck.

EDIT: The Audio Player worked.

ako 12-08-2003 08:52 PM

thanx to scruff, for correcting me...

-AKO-


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