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I've installed CentOS 5.3 today, and have been trying to get one of my favorite radio stations working (http://www.mountainchill.com) in XMMS, and Rhythmbox with no luck. I get the following message in Rhythmbox:
"Couldn't Start Playback:
You do not have a decoder installed to handle this file. You might need to install the necessary plugins."
I haven't found any suitable plug-ins either. Does anyone have any guidance to provide in getting this to work?
I usually use vlc or mplayer and its front end, smplayer, as an alternative. There are mozilla plug-ins for both but I use mediaplayerconnectivity to link file formats to players. This links all the types of streams I have encountered to a player, and it is easy to change the attachment.
Using several of the streams, I just heard the Cowboy Junkies on your favorite radio station. I'm not sure if that really can be considered a success or not. Here's an answer.
Installed the add-ons, and none of the streams would play. I got an error saying I don't have the right codecs. Being out of the Linux game for a few year, and just now coming back, where does one get codecs these days?
Doing a "yum xine install" now. After that finishes, I'll see what's what. Thanks for the replies, and keep them coming.
If you're wondering where I got those numbers, download any of the '.pls' playlist files or '.asx' or '.ram' and open them as text, it will list the location of the shoutcast server.
Last edited by H_TeXMeX_H; 06-16-2009 at 07:24 AM.
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