Hello, as you notice im very new in linux, im realy interested in it. Now i ve just installed fedora core 8 , and im trying to supply all my basic necessities , and i cannot play mp3 neither video(dvd):
i found some info here: http:http://www.gagme.com/greg/linux/f8-tips.php
and i install xmms mp3 but this message appeare:

sourse code , MPEG -1/2 AUDIO LAYERS 3 MP3

any solution will be friendly accepted.

herrlied@hotmail.com

Welcome both to LQ and to Linux.

The page you found offers some good solid help for setting things up and navigating around the problems with proprietary formats, so you're off to a great start.

Did you run the commands on the page as the root user? Being new to linux, I'm not sure if you're familiar with the standard user designations in code snippets that the author uses. I'm not sure if this caused a problem for you so I'll explain it here:
The author has either a dollar sign or a hash in his command snippets denoting a normal or root user respectively. e.g.
and
You can change to the root user as follows:
Now, in case you already knew all that:
1) Could you give us a little more info about when this error message displays, i.e. this while trying to play a mp3 through xmms or while installing the mp3 plugin?

What was the output when you ran, as per the page you gave:
2) dvds need the libdvdcss library to be able to decrypt them. You'll find instructions for installing it on the page you gave. Provided the packages install successfully you should then be able to play dvds using xine.

Please don't double-post -- why my fedora core 8 does not play mp3 nor video. It makes it difficult to help you solve your problem.

In your duplicate post you said:
You need to start with the adding repositories step to be able to download the software the page suggests:

hello,i've done all of that :
but look at this.

[root@localhost ~]# yum -y install xine xine-lib xine-skins xine-lib-extras-nonfree libdvdcas
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
No package xine available.
Package xine-lib - 1.1.8-4.fc8.i386 is already installed.
No package xine-skins available.
No package xine-lib-extras-nonfree available.
No package libdvdcas available.
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package xine-lib.i386 0:1.1.15-1.fc8 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: xine-lib = 1.1.8-4.fc8 for package: xine-lib-arts
--> Running transaction check
---> Package xine-lib-arts.i386 0:1.1.15-1.fc8 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=============================================================================
Updating:
xine-lib i386 1.1.15-1.fc8 updates-newkey 2.7 M
Updating for dependencies:
xine-lib-arts i386 1.1.15-1.fc8 updates-newkey 12 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install 0 Package(s)
Update 2 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)

Total download size: 2.7 M
Downloading Packages:
(1/1): xine-lib-arts-1.1. 100% |=========================| 12 kB 00:00
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Updating : xine-lib ######################### [1/4]
Updating : xine-lib-arts ######################### [2/4]
Cleanup : xine-lib ######################### [3/4]
Cleanup : xine-lib-arts ######################### [4/4]

Updated: xine-lib.i386 0:1.1.15-1.fc8
Dependency Updated: xine-lib-arts.i386 0:1.1.15-1.fc8
Complete!
[root@localhost ~]# xine
-bash: xine: command not found

and with the xmms happens something similar, but at least is all ready install(but it does no t play mp3 yet)

[root@localhost ~]# yum -y install xmms xmms-mp3 xmms-faad2 gstreamer-plugins-ugly \ gstreamer-plugins-bad libmad libid3tag
livna 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00
fedora 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00
updates-newkey 100% |=========================| 2.3 kB 00:00
updates 100% |=========================| 2.6 kB 00:00
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Package xmms - 1:1.2.10-36.fc7.i386 is already installed.
No package xmms-mp3 available.
No package xmms-faad2 available.
No package gstreamer-plugins-ugly available.
No package gstreamer-plugins-bad available.
No package libmad available.
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libid3tag.i386 0:0.15.1b-5.fc8 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
libid3tag i386 0.15.1b-5.fc8 updates-newkey 45 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install 1 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)

Total download size: 45 k
Downloading Packages:
(1/1): libid3tag-0.15.1b- 100% |=========================| 45 kB 00:00
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing: libid3tag ######################### [1/1]

Installed: libid3tag.i386 0:0.15.1b-5.fc8
Complete!
[root@localhost ~]#


the xmms is already installed but it does not play mp3 yet, such message appeare:
Due to patent licensing, and conflicts between such patent licenses and the licenses of appliacation souse code, mpe3-1/2 audio layer 3 (mp3) supports has been removed from this application by red hat, inc.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

herrlied@hotmail.com
thanks for making linux better.

It looks like the rpm.livna.org repository hasn't been enabled. What was the output when you ran:
"rpm -ihv http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm"?

It would help if you would provide the results of "yum repolist". Even if you have the package sgmeunier listed installed, it may not be enabled. yum repolist will tell us what repos yum thinks are active. Be aware that F8 hits EOL(end of life) in early Jan (7th?) and after that there will be no updates of any kind.

The output was good, it told the installation was completed.
but as can see the problem continue, i got a fedora book, i tried to find answers there,
but it only advise to change to ogg format. But i have so much mp3 music i would have to
convert them all.
and you know as a newbie ,ran away from mp3 is a hard step.

Hi, I got the same problem for fedora 9. Could you help:

> yum repolist
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
repo id repo name status
fedora Fedora 9 - x86_64 enabled: 12,444
livna rpm.livna.org for 9 - x86_64 enabled: 3
poptop-stable PoPToP stable repository for Fedora Core 9 (x86_64) enabled: 5
pptp-stable PPTP Client stable repository for Fedora Core 9 (x86_64 enabled: 6
updates Fedora 9 - x86_64 - Updates enabled: 14
updates-newkey Fedora 9 - x86_64 - Updates Newkey enabled: 6,880
repolist: 19,352


=== Then I ran:
> yum install xmms-mp3
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
No package xmms-mp3 available.
Nothing to do

So I just cannot find the xmms-mp3 package..

Livna is in the process of shutting down its repo in favor of rpm fusion (they have joined a group effort). You can see this as only 3 packages are listed as available from them in your repo list. Goto:

http://rpmfusion.org/

and follow the install instructions (to add the repo). xmms-mp3 is available in their F9-x64bit free section.

Please somebody help me...how tu install mp3 decoder...i use fedora 14...help me...