Re: mp3 files don't launch right (XMMS and Audio Player)

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On 8/22/05, Bart Couvreur <dencouf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 8/22/05, Oliver Leitner <shadow333@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Matt Morgan wrote:
> >
> > | I'm using FC3 with Gnome, with all updates automatically (using the
> > |  yum.conf suggested by fedorafaq.org).
> > |
> > | When I double-click on an ogg file, XMMS launches and plays the
> > | file. If I right-click and choose  "audio player" (which I think
> > | means rhythmbox) instead of XMMS, it also launches successfully and
> > | plays the file.
> > |
> > | On the other hand, if I try either of the same tasks with an mp3
> > | file, the apps launch fine but do not begin playing the file. If I
> > | then go to File--Open or File--Play File, I can play the file.
> > |
> > | In other words, both players can launch correctly, and both players
> > |  can play mp3 files, but neither will launch AND play the file.
> > |
> > | Any thoughts? Obviously I can work around this but I'm going
> > | through a lot of digitizing lately and it would be great to fix
> > | this.
> > |
> > | Thanks, Matt
> > |
> >
> > vi /etc/yum.repos.d/livna.repo
> > ~    [livna]
> > ~    name=Livna Stable
> > ~
> > baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.stable/
> > ~    enabled=1
> >
> > yum install xmms-mp3
> 
> He has done that i guess, if xmms can play mp3's
> Check how a mp3-file is executed (File Associations, where it is, I
> can't remember), probably with an xmms -e (which adds it to the
> playlist) and not an xmms -p (which plays the file) and for rhythmbox
> make it rhytmbox --play

Thanks, Bart, that sounds like it's probably my issue. (Can't check from here).

And I have installed xmms-mp3, but given the frequency of that issue
on the list, I'm not surprised to get the response!

--Matt


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