On April 30, 2003 08:59 pm, Tino Meinen wrote: > Op wo 30-04-2003, om 18:22 schreef Mario Torre: > > In prior versions of red hat linux, I was able to hear a preview for > > audio files, simply putting the mouse pointer on the file icon. > > > > With 8, to hear mp3 preview I had to add the mpg321 package from > > freshrpms.net, but I was able to listen ogg vorbis files out of the box. > > In 9, I can't get this work, even on ogg vorbis files. Elton's Linux Solution to this problem: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Re-enabling MP3 / MPEG support in Red Hat 9 (Shrike): 1) http://www.mpg123.de/cgi-bin/sitexplorer.cgi?/mpg123/precompiled/ download and install: mpg123-0.59q-1.i386.rpm OR mpg123-0.59q.3dnow-1.i386.rpm This will allow you to preview sound files by placing your mouse pointer on any mp3 sound file icon in Gnome / Nautilus (will NOT work in KDE). 2)http://www.gurulabs.com/downloads.html download and install: xmms-1.2.7-22.i386.rpm mp3-1.2.7-22.i386.rpm xmms-skins-1.2.7-22.i386.rpm Once installed, you can now *click* on any mp3 sound file in Gnome or KDE, and it will load in the Xmms player. CAVEAT: If you install the mpg* packages from freshrpms, audio (speech) recorded CDs will suffer from the "chipmunk effect". Hence, I have *specifically* indicated the above sites / sources for download. cheers, Elton Woo ;-) -- http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_4504.html "You only live once, so let's make life EASIER for each other." LINUX Registered User #193975. AMD-K7 ATHLON CPU power on board.
