| crazi-85crx |
I'm trying to get mp3's to play in Fedora, but can't figure it out. I've downloaded and installed RealPlayer 10 but for some reason it won't even open, let alone play my music/movies. And i've got both GNOME and KDE desktops installed.
Anyone got a suggestion? |
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| dtjohnst |
Love Linux. I've been running it pretty much non-stop since I was 18.
First problem, Fedora. haha Actually, there's nothing wrong with it, just not my distro of choice. But seriously, if you're new to Linux and actually want to learn and enjoy it more, I'd go with something more like Gentoo (my fave distro if I'm not building from scratch).
Problem 2, realplayer. That thing's a peice of junk. However, it should work.
I would start at the bottom if I were you. Is your graphics card properly installed? You'll need to make sure you've got your current drivers loading or compiled into your kernel. If you have the GLX family of diagnostics, run glxgears and see what your FPS is. I'll bet almost anything the problem isn't with RealPlayer but with either your kernel or your desktop environment not interfacing with your card properly.
I've never been very good at helping others troubleshoot. I'm like the guy from SNL who just pushes people aside and fixes it. For people who know this shit cold and are good at dumbing it down, try linuxquestions.org. |
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| the_fornicator |
| probably an *rc setting. lemme check mine. |
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| crazi-85crx |
| I'm able to play CD's without any problems, if that matters. |
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| CanuckDave |
| Realplayer sucks, try XMMS |
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| crazi-85crx |
quote:
Originally posted by CanuckDave
Realplayer sucks, try XMMS
Yeah I know, I've never used it before (not even in Windows), but I've heard it worked for Linux. I would give XMMS a try if I could figure it out. Any suggestions on how to get it? |
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| dtjohnst |
quote:
Originally posted by crazi-85crx
I'm able to play CD's without any problems, if that matters.
Ah. Well then, I'd say you need an MP3 plugin. I don't believe Fedora comes with MP3 plugins already. Are you using yum to install your software? If not, perhaps you should. I hear it's the balls for Fedora.
You should be able to just run
yum install xmms-mp3
from root. yum will automatically install all dependancies, so installing the plugin like I listed above will automatically install xmms too. Fedorafaq.org should be able to get you all set up with yum if you aren't, or direct you to where to get the rpm's *shudder*. I hate rpm's.
Gentoo and portage ftw though man. |
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| n0c7 |
| Kaffine w/ Codecs, try that as well. |
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| Z3r03rr0r |
kaffine, xmms or mplayer should do the trick
gentoo is definately not a beginners distro of linux, fedora is not a bad starting point for a linux user to learn from the other option would be ubuntu which has a huge following with lots of support.
another point would be to try finding ogg vorbis files instead of mp3 seems that the ogg format gets more respect and support from the linux community though that won't help you if you already have a pile of mp3 files |
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| dtjohnst |
quote:
Originally posted by Z3r03rr0r
kaffine, xmms or mplayer should do the trick
gentoo is definately not a beginners distro of linux, fedora is not a bad starting point for a linux user to learn from the other option would be ubuntu which has a huge following with lots of support.
another point would be to try finding ogg vorbis files instead of mp3 seems that the ogg format gets more respect and support from the linux community though that won't help you if you already have a pile of mp3 files
Gentoo is great for beginners! It's got a straightforward GUI install, portage is pure sex, and a large community.
A few years ago I probably would've said differently. The install used to be harder than Slackware. And let's face it, once you have it installed, they're all the same. |
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