Gustavo have you downloaded and installed for instance xmms-mp3-??? form http://heidelberg.freshrpms.net/ more precisely http://heidelberg.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=402 a file named xmms-mp3-1.2.10-9.1.1.fc3.fr.i386.rpm as super user do a rpm -ivh xmms-mp* Then go to xmms and reove the MP3 Mpeg Place Holder and your mp3 files should play without a problem. You could also have downloaded from yum or apt-get but you should still be able to play mp3's without a problem. --- Gustavo Seabra <seabra@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm sorry to bother you again with those mp3 > problems... I guess it is a > faq already. But here's what's happening to me: > I'm trying to play a couple of mp3 files and: > > 1. Kaffeine or xine: starts playing then, after > about 30 seconds, starts > cracking and then just freezes. > 2. Kaboodle, Noatun: starts playing ok but soon > starts cracking and the > play speed increases and decreases without reason. > 3. XMMS: Pretends to play, but there's no sound at > all. > 4. Rhythmbox: Everytime I try to use it, I get the > messages: > Error: Could not pause playback > Error (2): ALSA device "default" is already > in use by another > program. > and it never plays anything. > > Has anybody had any experience with this? All the > programs I'm using are > up-to-date, and my hardware is: > - P-III 450 > - onboard Crystal CS4237B sound card. > - Driver used is snd-CS4236, 3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA > v1.0.6 Emulation Code) > > -- > -- > ---------------------------------- > Gustavo Seabra - Graduate Student > Chemistry Department > Kansas State University > ---------------------------------- > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Hope it works, Antonio __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250