On 4/13/05, kevin.kempter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <kevin.kempter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wednesday 13 April 2005 13:00, Douglas Frank wrote: > > Thanks to a lister, I've been introduced to the wonderful (if overly > > complex and non-intuitive setup) world of xmms. > > > > I can now listen to music w/o that hiss I complained of a few days ago, > > which no combination of kmix and kscd would get rid of. > > > > Just one thing: when a CD finishes, I can't get the tray open. Even if > > I kill xmms, the door-opener button won't function. (It will eject via > > the kdesktop icon however.) > > > > -- > > Douglas Frank HP Co. > > ZKO 110 Spit Brook Rd. The older I get, > > 603-884-0501 Nashua, NH USA 03062 the better I was. > > I am using Xine to play my CD's and I am very pleased. I used yum to install > xine and xine-skins. It has no hiss plays lots-o-formats (i.e. cd, vcd, dvd, > etc) and ejects th cd when I want every time. > > I think you may need to install mplayer to get it to work properly (I could be > wrong on this point). Here' what I did to install mplayer (thanks to others > on the list): > > First, as root run this command: > rpm --import http://freshrpms.net/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.txt > > next, as root edit /etc/yum.repos/d/freshrpms.repo > and add the following: > > # repo for Freshrpms > [freshrpms] > name=FreshRPMs > mirrorlist=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/mirrors-freshrpms > enabled=0 > gpgcheck=1 > > Then, as root run: > yum install mplayer The freshrpms.repo is not enabled, i.e. "enabled=0" in the above file. You need to do the following if you want to enable the FreshRPMS repo for one time use: # yum --enablerepo=freshrpms install mplayer > > I did this then I ran : > yum install xine > > and I then ran: > yum install xine-skins > > Hope this helps... > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
