fedora and mp3

[pongscript]

hey guys... i found a great solution... i could now play all my mp3 file over linux player Xmms in fedora... But I download new Xmms player for other linux distribution..and install it on fedora... i used rpm file for slackware linux and it plays well,,,thanks guys....

[jens]

lol
If that was your problem, you just had to type ...

yum install xmms-mp3

... and it would have done evrything for you.

I really don't like fedora.us, Livna and that other one tho(and don't recommend using them).
see:
http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/FAQ.php#D

[whittler]

Hi,

I'm a noob. I finally sucessfully installed xmms but it won't play mp3s b/c fedora core 3 has withdrwan support for it.

The command yum install xmms-mp3 had not effect. In fact, yum search xmms-mp3 did not turn anything up and yum list applications also indicated that there was no such file/package as xmms-mp3.

If anyone has managed to figure this out, can you let me know how to get past this hurdle.

[bradmatic]

Alternatively, you can download and install this rpm if you're using xmms v1.2.7 or greater and want to install mp3 support for it.

[prosen]

Go to http://heidelberg.freshrpms.net/
from the list on the left side, select xmms, a list of rpms available will come up at the top. there you will get xmms-mp3 rpm for exactly the version of xmms you are using now.
You will also get loads of other stuff here all packaged specially for fedora core 3.

[whittler]

Thanks guys.

I think my sound card has not been properly configured for Linux. I'll need to figure out how to do that. I downloaded an ogg file and got no sound when it played in Helix. I'm still used to Plug and Play convenience.

Weird thing is, I would have thought the file would have started playing in the player anyway. But I got nada. Once I get the sound card working, if XMMS still doesn't play mp3s, I'll come back here.