MP3 Players

**Slip** · 11-29-2003

Are there any worthy alternatives to XMMS out there?

**sarumont** · 11-29-2003

noatun (if you're a KDEer) and mplayer are about all that I've ever heard mentioned that would be decent alternatives to xmms.

**flw** · 11-29-2003

I got tired of the all the distro's that are a pain to run mp3' ect so I just switched to SuSE 8.2. In my opinion only, out of the box its much better than RH 9 or Mandrake 9.1 for mp3 or realvideo etc... On other non-video/music issues its more the same than different.

**Slip** · 11-30-2003

Originally Posted by flw

I got tired of the all the distro's that are a pain to run mp3' ect so I just switched to SuSE 8.2. In my opinion only, out of the box its much better than RH 9 or Mandrake 9.1 for mp3 or realvideo etc... On other non-video/music issues its more the same than different.

Running mp3's is not a problem, everything works just fine, I am just annoyed of that player and want something else.

**lordnothing** · 11-30-2003

i personally like xine for multimedia files..

**Anonymous** · 11-30-2003

XMMS has been nothing but a pain for me.... Back when i was using just the ac97 module on a el' cheapo sound card, the thing ran fine.

Now that i have a A7N8X MotherBoard with Soundstorm technology, Surround Sound, Dolby Digital, etc... The thing just wont run. It would get a minute into a song then just die. I uninstalled and recompiled, now when ya start a song, it runs them in Fast Forward, takes about 3 seconds to play a 5 minte song.

Seems like they just don't support it the way they used to....
Usless, I am sticking to Mplayer.

**Slip** · 11-30-2003

Rhythmbox looks very nice. http://web.rhythmbox.org/

Would be nice some later releases that are faster.

http://web.rhythmbox.org/screenshots...-Rhythmbox.png

[Edit by CT: hyperlink instead of large image]

**jedimaster** · 11-30-2003

The thing just wont run. It would get a minute into a song then just die. I uninstalled and recompiled, now when ya start a song, it runs them in Fast Forward, takes about 3 seconds to play a 5 minte song.

Are you sure you are using the right plugin? Check under Options -> Preferences for the output plugin.

**Anonymous** · 11-30-2003

Are you sure you are using the right plugin? Check under Options -> Preferences for the output plugin.

Lol, well don't i feel silly....sometimes it's the obvious that eludes us.

**kriss** · 11-30-2003

Gmerlin is also quite good, but my fav. must be xine and mplayer..

That rythmbox looked quite nice, I'll have to check that one out

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