Hi,

Slackware 13.1 comes with xmms however it cannot play any of my m4a files. I have been looking for a plugin but the sources seems to be very old and dont compile.

Any ideas where can I get a working plugin for Slackware 13.1 or 13.37?

Many thanks,
Carlos.

you are talking about the mp4 AUDIO format (m4a)
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikiped...MPEG-4_Part_14

or is it a miss labeled video

ether one mplayer plays fine

Yes, the audio format. But with xmms

In order tp playback M4A files with XMMS you will need a plugin.

I am just uploading a rebuilt "faad2" package (for Slackware 13.37) which includes a xmms plugin for the playback of m4a audio.
Get the package here: http://slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/faad2/ . You will need a second package as well: id3lib which you can get here: http://slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/id3lib/

If you are not running Slackware 13.37 you can just grab the SlackBuild and other source stuff available in the same location and compile a faad2 package with xmms plugin yourself.

I verified on my laptop that installing my faad2 and id3lib packages will enable xmms to play m4a audio straight away.

Eric

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Brilliant! Works perfectly!

Thanks!!!