cannot play mp3, but system sounds are being played???

spyghost · 07-18-2003, 05:35 AM

hi,

why is it that i can hear the system sounds (the driver is proprely installed), but i cannot play any mp3 no matter what software i use???

i am using redhat 9.0

crashmeister · 07-18-2003, 05:37 AM

If you use kde and alsa try to disable arts.

slakmagik · 07-18-2003, 05:46 AM

And if you're trying to play mp3s RH won't let you, so you need to go add the support for that. If oggs and whatnot won't play either, it's something else, though.

LuckyEddy · 07-18-2003, 05:58 AM

in RedHat 9.0 MP3 is not suported because of license reasons.
under
http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrp...at/9/xmms-mp3/
there is an rpm which enables MP3

;o)

spyghost · 07-18-2003, 07:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by crashmeister
If you use kde and alsa try to disable arts.

how is that?

spyghost · 07-18-2003, 08:01 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by LuckyEddy
in RedHat 9.0 MP3 is not suported because of license reasons.
under
http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrp...at/9/xmms-mp3/
there is an rpm which enables MP3

;o)

nothing happenend :-(

crashmeister · 07-18-2003, 08:05 AM

I did install alsa with a nforce2 chipset and couldn't get anything but kde apps to spit out sound.After I disabled arts: sound and multimedia - soundsystem - start arts soundserver at startup unchecked everything worked fine.It was also suggested to get rid of autodetection for arts and set it to alsa - didn't try that so far.
Anyway:Your problem is probably missing .mp3 support if you just got trouble with mp3's.

acid_kewpie · 07-18-2003, 08:11 AM

you shouldn't need to actually disable arts, just make xmms use the arts output.

crashmeister · 07-18-2003, 08:30 AM

Didn't work for me - been there,tried it.
But ever sine I compiled gentoo with -athlon-xp -O2 things tend to be flaky.Although I don't know if the new mobo with the integrated IGP (will try with other card) or the power supply (it's only 200 W - getting a new one) or anything else is to blame.

spyghost · 07-18-2003, 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by acid_kewpie
you shouldn't need to actually disable arts, just make xmms use the arts output.

how?

spyghost · 07-18-2003, 08:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by crashmeister
I did install alsa with a nforce2 chipset and couldn't get anything but kde apps to spit out sound.After I disabled arts: sound and multimedia - soundsystem - start arts soundserver at startup unchecked everything worked fine.It was also suggested to get rid of autodetection for arts and set it to alsa - didn't try that so far.
Anyway:Your problem is probably missing .mp3 support if you just got trouble with mp3's.

how do i get the support for mp3's

crashmeister · 07-18-2003, 08:35 AM

Options - Preferences - Output plugin

spyghost · 07-18-2003, 08:40 AM

xmms works just like winamp right? but why is it i cannot place any file in the playlist (the big window) even though i select the file that i want to play, it won't appear there...

LuckyEddy · 07-20-2003, 02:41 AM

you should load the rpms and install them with
rpm -Uvh rpm-name.rpm
U = update
v = verbose
h = hashtabels during install

after that you should be able to play mp3 on redhat 9
I tried it on 3 different systems and it worked fine.

:-)