XMMS crashes when trying to play mp3

JermJHart · 11-19-2004, 04:58 PM

I have a ton of mp3s and I would like to play them. When I use kaffeine, it works fine. but if I try to play them using xmms, the program starts and then disappears. I have 10.1 official. Also, if anyone knows, I have all of my mp3s in multiple subdirectories according to artist and I was hoping one of the avaliable media players would be able to go and find all of those directories to add the music to the playlist. I am sure there is, I am just so new, I don't know anything. Thanks

carl0ski · 11-19-2004, 05:31 PM

maybe you have the same problem as me
quick fix
ctrl+p
bring up preferences and change the "OUTPUT PLUGIN"
to either Esound or ALSA
oss crashes xmms on mine (Mandrake 10.0) once it even attempts to play

Junior41180 · 11-19-2004, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by carl0ski
maybe you have the same problem as me
quick fix
ctrl+p
bring up preferences and change the "OUTPUT PLUGIN"
to either Esound or ALSA
oss crashes xmms on mine (Mandrake 10.0) once it even attempts to play

same for me, i could never use the OSS driver.

oddly enough, i can use the OSS driver when I boot with knoppix.

opjose · 11-19-2004, 11:21 PM

Probably because KDE favors Arts and Alsa, and launches the Arts server at start.

carl0ski · 11-20-2004, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Probably because KDE favors Arts and Alsa, and launches the Arts server at start.

you'd think that but OSS works for XMMS if you run XMMS in root priviledges FROM the console>

opjose · 11-20-2004, 10:06 PM

Because either...

You have the alsa-oss module in use which insures interoperability or OSS is wrestling control away from Arts/Alsa.

If you can play an MP3 using OSS, but you do NOT hear system sounds at the same time the MP3 is playing, then the latter is what is happening.

tomtooter · 11-21-2004, 08:32 AM

I had a big problem with xmms in that it would freeze unless started from a console window. Then I discovered amaroK and all is well. AmaroK rocks.

opjose · 11-21-2004, 04:37 PM

If something works as root, but not as a user, then this is nothing more than a rights issue.

da_zombie · 11-21-2004, 04:45 PM

sometimes some of the unstable visualisation plugins which load during xmms start cause xmms to crash.

opjose · 11-21-2004, 05:15 PM

True, but not applicable, as it works as root.

jburford · 12-22-2004, 08:34 PM

Thanks - I had the same problem, and found his thread very easily. It is a lot easier when posts contain useful keywords!

Jim

ben_build#2.1.0 · 12-23-2004, 07:56 AM

In order to get xmms to work 100%, and if you have all the correct alsa drivers selected, then you have to go to menudrake, and choose xmms, then delete the word soundwrapper. There is a thread on this option somewhere in LQ