On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 20:43:57 +0000, Bryan Anderson wrote: > I have just installed Fedora Core 1 and there's no mp3 support. Simply get the xmms-mp3 add-on package from http://rpm.livna.org -- note, that you may need to install the one for Fedora Core 0.9x until the Fedora Core 1 repository is filled with rebuilt packages. > I know > about having to install a different version of xmms, as I did try for a > while to use RedHat. Anyway - I have downloaded xmms-1.2.8-1 but if I > try and 'rpm -Uvh' it, it tells me that the installed version is newer > and doesn't install. > > If I 'rpm -Uvh --force' it then it installs, but on playing an mp3, > there is no sound and it plays a three minute mp3 in three seconds! Difficult to comment on since you force-installed a package I'm not familiar with. Check XMMS preferences on what audio output driver you use. Depending on whether you run GNOME or KDE, this may be "eSounD" or "aRts" or even directly to kernel OSS driver. Maybe the problem is in that area. --
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