On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:30:34 +0200 "Pekka K. Kurki" <Pekka.Kurki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi! > > I used to play MP3 in RH 7.1 with "noatun". Now after RH9 upgrade > noatun or kaboodle start with the MP3 file but just show the sign > --:-- in the play window. As to XMMS it starts, runs "too fast" (about > 2x speed) and brings no sound (yes, I checked the volume...). And > RealPlayer 8 hangs the X11 completely but that had problems with > RH7.1, too... > > Any ideas? > > br > Pekka Hello, Everyone :) That's funny. I just had the exact same thing happen to me. I had been running Cheapbytes.com's Pink Tie 9, and I had never had any problems playing mp3's with XMMS. (Well, after the appropriate xmms-mp3 plugin was installed, anyway :)) Now, I am actually running Red Hat 9 (instead of "Pink Tie" 9), and XMMS "plays" mp3's exactly the way Pekka describes. I tried installing the current version of XMMS from xmms.org, with the exact same results - the mp3's are played at lightning speed (2x seems a bit conservative compared to what I've seen. My unofficial figures go something like this: a four minute song takes about 6-10 seconds to play) and with no sound. The only other thing I've tried is installing kdemultimedia-3.1.4 from source code, which gives me all the mp3 support that Red Hat took out. The result is that I can now play mp3's (at the normal speed, and with expected sound quality) with noatun and kaboodle. Since XMMS isn't part of KDE, I didn't expect installing kdemultimedia from source code to fix the XMMS issue, but if I stated my point clearly, at least this information might help someone with greater insight into these things than I have :) I am running Red Hat 9, full installation (not an upgrade, and I chose EVERY package). All of the official updates are installed, including the kernel. The only unofficial changes I've made that should have any bearing on this are installing kdemultimedia-3.1.4 and kdeadmin-3.1.3 from source code. Looking forward to the solution to this :) Steven P. Ulrick -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
