FC5= Sound but no music !!

baccilus · 04-17-2006, 07:22 AM

System sounds work perfectly.But when i tried to play mp3's, no matter which music player i use it doesn't work. It just says- 'nautilus stopped' or 'stopped'. I am not sure about the spellings though. Even tried a video DVD but no success. Help out guys !!

camorri · 04-17-2006, 08:11 AM

Have a look at this thread. Same distro, same problem, with resolution.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hlight=fc5+mp3

baccilus · 04-17-2006, 11:44 AM

Thanks for the reply Cammori.
That seems to be a really old thread. I couldn't conclude anything. I don't think that FC5 can't play mp3 by default. C'mon they can't be that stupid.
Anyways i am looking forward to more solutions.

Avi · 04-17-2006, 12:23 PM

Compile XMMS from source.

BobNutfield · 04-17-2006, 01:46 PM

FC5 does not play mp3 in the default installation (legal reasons). However, it is very simple to go to freshrpms.net and download the plugins. Noatun is the default player in Gnome, and, to be quite honest, it's pretty useless. You will have much better luck with Rhythmbox or mplayer.

Hope this helps,

Bob

baccilus · 04-17-2006, 11:45 PM

Thanks Bob and Avy. Now i atleast know what the problem is. i will keep you updated on this.

baccilus · 04-18-2006, 12:00 AM

Problem finally solved. I used the yum installer. Then did a search to find where it actually disappeared. Thanks a lot guys. This is the fist time i have actually made something work on linux. Linux Rocks !

BobNutfield · 04-18-2006, 12:47 PM

Perseverence is necessary in Linux, but it definitely pay off in the end. If something isn't working, do something else.

Glad you got it going.

Bob