Playing mp3's and videos in fedora

mouse46 · 09-25-2004, 10:03 AM

Hello,

I am new to multimedia side of things in fedora, and would like some help in pointing me in the right direction. I have 3 main questions;

1. What is the best piece of software to install so that I may play mp3's?

2. I have videos files ranging from avi, mpg, mpeg and etc, what is the best program to runs these effectively?

3. Best program to copy audio cd's?

I have tried to read around, but I would like to benefit from your experiences.

Thank you for any help provided.

My system,
Fedora Core 2, AMD XP 2600, 512mb RAM

GuidoS · 09-25-2004, 10:44 AM

1.) I like XMMS best, performance and integration wise. If you need to have control over a big music collection I heartily can recommend a little tool called madman. More here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=217894

2.) I use Xine or MPlayer. Both should do fine with any of these formats. More here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ticle&artid=28

3.) I found K3b very useful for any burning needs I have, be it CDs or DVDs. Here are some alternatives:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...rning+software

HTH,

Guido.

mouse46 · 09-25-2004, 11:30 AM

Excellent, top marks my man!

Help greatly appreciated!

mouse46 · 09-28-2004, 08:32 AM

I thought it best to post my problems here, so saves making a new thread.

I am having problems with XMMS. I am in the process of installing it and when I get to the

Code:

make install

part I get the following error

Code:

[yellowmonkey@localhost xmms-1.2.10]$ make install
Making install in intl


SOME OTHER STUFF WAS HERE BUT DELETED FOR SANE POST LENGTH!


  done; \
else \
  : ; \
fi
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/yellowmonkey/xmms/xmms-1.2.10/intl'
Making install in libxmms
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/yellowmonkey/xmms/xmms-1.2.10/libxmms'
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/yellowmonkey/xmms/xmms-1.2.10/libxmms'
/bin/sh ./../mkinstalldirs /usr/lib
 /bin/sh ./libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c  libxmms.la /usr/lib/libxmms.la
/usr/bin/install -c .libs/libxmms.so.1.3.1 /usr/lib/libxmms.so.1.3.1
/usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file `/usr/lib/libxmms.so.1.3.1': Permission denied
make[2]: *** [install-libLTLIBRARIES] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/yellowmonkey/xmms/xmms-1.2.10/libxmms'
make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/yellowmonkey/xmms/xmms-1.2.10/libxmms'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
[yellowmonkey@localhost xmms-1.2.10]$

could anyone help me out? I have a feeling it is to do with folder permissions but I have no idea how to sort it out. I can provide more information on my problem.

Thanks

edit: I thought I let you know that /usr is on a separate hard drive called sdb1. Also I am unable to access my partition /orange that is on a another hard drive sdb2.

morrolan · 09-28-2004, 09:24 AM

You need to log in as root to do the "make install" step, your standard user account doesn't have permission to create a new file/folder in /usr/bin.

mouse46 · 09-28-2004, 11:01 AM

okay, I logged in as root and completed the install. I tested it in root and it works. I have also tried it in my user account and it paused/froze for about 20 secconds and started to work. So, it is now working

thank you for the help morrolan, it is much appreciated