CD sounds but mp3 doesn't

tanveer · 10-27-2004, 01:30 PM

Hello Friends,
I recently installed xmms-1.2.8-3.p in FC1. also
xmms-devel-1.2.8-3.p
xmms-skins-1.2.8-3.p
xmms-mp3-1.2.8-3.p
It seems that I can play CD with xmms no problem in that but when I try to play mp3 stored in
/mnt/G then it shows that its playing but I cant hear any sound.
My sound card is creative sound blaster live. I also tried kmix. it works for cd but for mp3 nothing happens.

Thanks in advance.

Peacedog · 10-27-2004, 02:15 PM

Who is the owner of /mnt/G, what are the permissions on it?

tanveer · 10-27-2004, 02:41 PM

thansk for ur reply.

root is the user and permission is set as drwxr-xr-x

Peacedog · 10-27-2004, 03:05 PM

Try unmounting the directory, then mount is as your user.
good luck.

tanveer · 10-27-2004, 03:36 PM

I am the root.

In /etc/fstab I mount it as
/dev/hda5 /mnt/G auto 0 0

So what to do now? Sorry if I misunderstood u ?

Peacedog · 10-27-2004, 03:53 PM

Why are you running as root?

tanveer · 10-28-2004, 12:09 AM

No particular reason. What is ur suggestion to solve this problem?
Should I login as normal user not as root? Then it will work ?

Peacedog · 10-28-2004, 07:00 AM

You shouldn't be running as root. It's dangerous, not to mention that it's not very secure. Will it fix the problem? Probably not, but it's a start in the right direction. Is /dev/hda5 a partition on the hard drive? If so, what is the file format/system?
good luck.

tanveer · 10-28-2004, 02:19 PM

its FAT32

Peacedog · 10-28-2004, 04:57 PM

Are you trying to play the mp3's from xmms? Have you tried logging in as a user?