thanks, I'll get it installd. :) Tyler Littlefield Unlimited horizons head coder. check out our website: tysplace.homelinux.net msn: compgeek134 at hotmail.com aim: st8amnd2005 skype: st8amnd127 ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Sutherland <doug@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 12:32 AM Subject: Re: question about mp3 files, and screen readers > Yes, mplayer supports many different codecs, its even can > play windows formats. Download page is here: > > http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html > > I usually install the binary codecs first then build it from > source but I see fedora rpms there also. You need to > install the binary codecs first then install the program. > Mplayer is actually a movie player, it can play all sorts > of audio formats: > > MPEG layer 1, 2, and 3 (MP3) audio > AC3/A52 (Dolby Digital) audio (software or SP/DIF) > AAC (MPEG-4 audio) > WMA (DivX Audio) v1, v2 > WMA 9 (WMAv3), Voxware audio, ACELP.net etc (using x86 DLLs) > RealAudio: COOK, SIPRO, ATRAC3 (using Real libraries) > RealAudio: DNET and older codecs > QuickTime: Qclp, Q-Design QDMC/QDM2, MACE 3/6 (using QT libraries), ALAC > Ogg Vorbis audio > VIVO audio (g723, Vivo Siren) (using x86 DLL) > alaw/ulaw, (ms)gsm, pcm, *adpcm and other simple old audio formats > > All of those plus a bunch of video formats also! > See the supported list here > http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/info.html > > -- Doug > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup