Re: MPEG 2 : xmms/audacious

Michael Schwendt wrote:

On 10/01/2008, Richard Emberson <remberson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Fedora 8

I've got one mp3 file that plays with xmms but not with
audacious. I've got another mp3 file that can not be
played with either.

XMMS
Options->Prefences
     Input plugins
     MPEG Layer 1/2/3 Placeholder Plugin [librh_mp3.so] (disabled)
     MPEG Layer 1/2/3 Player 1.2.10 [libmpg123.so]

View File Info over file entry that plays
     MPEG 1, layer 3,
     Bitrate: 128 kb/s
     Samplerate: 44100 Hz
     19913 frames

View File Info over file entry does not play
     MPEG 2, layer 3,
     Bitrate: 56 kb/s
     Samplerate: 22050 Hz
     23352 frames


Click on file entry
On Alert popup:
     Please check that:
     Your soundcard is configured properly
     You have the correct output plugin selected
     No other program is blocking the soundcard.
StdOut:
     ** WARNING **: alsa_setup(): Set buffer time failed: Invalid argument.

AUDACIOUS

click on file that plays with XMMS
On Alert popup:
     Please check that:
     Your soundcard is configured properly
     You have the correct output plugin selected
     No other program is blocking the soundcard.
StdOut:
  *** PULSEAUDIO: Unable to create stream.
   MADPlug-Message: failed to open audio output: XMMS reverse
compatibility output plugin

Both your examples show that you could not play the file. Else you
wouldn't get those messages on stdout and not the error dialog about
verifying your soundcard configuration either.

The MPEG2 file could not be played by either xmms or audacious.
The MPEG1 file could not be played by audacious.

How do I get XMMS to play an MPEG 2 file?
How do I get audacious (the better xmms) to play any mp3 file?

Installing audacious-plugins-nonfree-mp3 would be enough for Audacious.

# yum install audacious-plugins-nonfree-mp3

Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments

Nothing to do

audacious-plugins-nonfree-mp3 is already installed.


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