Playing Mp3 with Amarok etc. on Open Suse10.1

[mohdfurqankhan]

Dear Friends,

I am very new to Linux and am only a Suse 9.1 Desktop Crash Course old! I am a Biotechnology student and need to use several Linux based applications for my work; just managed to lay my hands on Suse 10.1. I am really fascinated with its amazing powers; and hope to make a complete switch over someday from the old, disabling OS. However sometimes Linux surprises me by behaving like a raw youngster; somewhat like myself!

One fine day I realized Amarok and other multimedia agents cannot play Mp3 and other popular formats.

After much looking around and reading through post on this forum and other online stuff (Jem Report etc.) I got the following rpms and tried installing them, to the best of my ability. I tried installing all those rpms after downloading them and burning them onto a cd; in Yast as well as other options in KDE using "open with".
rpm source http://rpm.pbone.net/

Common Libraries:
w32codec-all-20060501-0.pm.0.i586
boost-1.33.0-0.pm.0.i586
libdvdcss2-1.2.8-0.pm.2.i586
libfame-0.9.1-0.pm.6.i686
libXvMCW-0.9.3-1.1.i586
speex-1.1.12-0.pm.0.i686

Kaffeine
kaffeine-0.8.1-0.pm.0.i686

Xine
libxine1-1.1.1-16.pm.0.i686
libxine1-aa-1.1.1-16.pm.0.i686
libxine1-devel-1.1.1-16.pm.0.i686
libxine1-dxr3-1.1.1-16.pm.0.i686
libxine1-gnome-vfs-1.1.1-16.pm.0.i686
libxine1-sdl-1.1.1-16.pm.0.i686
libxine1-stk-1.1.1-16.pm.0.i686
xine-ui-0.99.4cvs-20060423.pm.0.i686
xine-mad-1.1.0-12.i586

xmms
xmms-lib-1.2.10-103.pm.1.i586
xmms-lib-1.2.10-103.pm.1.i586
xmms-lib-1.2.10-98.pm.1.i586

Additional
lame-3.96.1-2.i586
libdvdcss2-1.2.9-1.i386
transcode-1.0.2-0.pm.4.i686

However after some initial "parsing", the rpms don't install and / or I get the error message "...no rpm found on the media..."

My problem is that I cannot install by adding online resources like Pack and Guru, cause the machine is new and I dont have a decent Broadband connection available there.

My System Configuration are:
CPU type and speed: PIV 2.66 Ghz 32 bit (64 bit compatible!?)
Motherboard make and model: VIA HIS 775 with onboard Sound and Graphic cards.
RAM: 512Mb
Other OS: Windows XP SP2

Could anybody please provide something like a beginners guide to playing all multimedia with Suse 10.1? If anybody has any suggestions you can also email me at em_iiem@yahoo.co.in

Regards.

Thanking you,
MFK.

[bigtomrodney]

Unfortunately you sem to have all of the correct packages - so I hope that they are full complete files and not corrupted. You may try installing them from the command line, though you may have to force one or two of them in as dependencies troubles are usually sorted out by YaST. If you open a terminal, and change to the directory they are in should be able to install - Just enter your root password when you are prompted

cd /path/to/rpmfiles
su
rpm -Uvh name_of_rpm.rpm

See if you can get them installed like this due to dependency loops,you can force them in but we'll try doing it the correct way first. Post back and let us know.

[akshay_iitd]

heres the how - to
http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/254/42/

Try using smart (look @ my signature below) and add a channel for the local directory...ie install from the harddrive itself by copying them somewhere...

You burned the RPM as what--image or data disc.....?

cheers

[mohdfurqankhan]

Dear Tom,

Thanks for the quick reply, that is some motivation!

I tried whatever you said. It seems as if the rpms did install; I got some messages like:
-info about the rpm
"... this software can be redistributed under GNU licencse..."
-lots of text in []

After Exit from the command prompt I even Shut Down and Restarted the System (Old Habits, Die Hard).
But the same error message "...Xine engine...cannot play Mp3..." and none of the agents (Amarok, XMMS, Banshee) could play those files.

And answering Akshay's question: Data Disc~using Nero in OS2.

Tom over and out you! Please see if I could get them rpms installed the correct way, or I goofed up somewhere / something and suggest the needful if we need to go the other way.

Regards.
MFK.

[bigtomrodney]

I just read back over your list of packages. You may be missing the specific amarok/BAnshee plugins. There is usually a package called amarok-xine or banshee-xine-plugin. (Sorry I don't have my SUSE install to hand, I'm posting from my laptop). These are usually needed to allow the applications to interface with the engines. To check if the existing packages are installed run the rpm query command -

rpm -q w32codec
rpm -q transcode

Let us know which packages installed correctly and then we'll go to work.

[mohdfurqankhan]

Dear Tom,

Sorry for the down and out time! Almost all of our telephony etc. was dead due to heavy rains.

With respect to our earlier discussions regarding the Suse10.1 multimedia agents, I tried installing most of the rpms and have generated something like a log, off course with a volley of questions!

Some good news first: I can now play .mp3, .avi, .mov and .mpg on Open Suse10.1; with some minor loss of quality though! And thanks to you, now i'm more comfortable with the command prompt.

All the rpms that I managed to install:

w32codec-all-20060611-0.pm.0.i586
libfame-0.9.1-0.pm.6.i686
speex-1.1.12-0.pm.0.i686
xmms-lib-1.2.10-103.pm.1.i586
lame-3.96.1-2.i586

libxine1-1.1.1-16.pm.0.i686
libxine1-aa-1.1.1-16.pm.0.i686
libxine1-devel-1.1.1-16.pm.0.i686
libxine1-gnome-vfs-1.1.1-16.pm.0.i686
libxine1-sdl-1.1.1-16.pm.0.i686
libxine1-stk-1.1.1-16.pm.0.i686
libxine1-dxr3-1.1.1-16.pm.0.i686
xine-ui-0.99.4cvs-20060423.pm.0.i686
xine-mad-1.1.0-12.i586

Some that were previously installed (rpmquery “says so”)

boost-1.33.1-17.pm.0.
libdvdcss2-1.2.9-1.

Upon installation a few rpms gave the following error messages

speex-1.1.12-0.pm.0.i686
speex-1.1.12-0.pm.0.i686 (new - installed) conflicts with files from package speex-1.0.5-12 (inbuilt?)

libdvdcss2-1.2.9-1.i386
libdvdcss2-1.2.9-1.i386 (new - installed) conflicts with libdvdcss2-1.2.8-0.pm.2.i586 (inbuilt?)

libXvMCW-0.9.3-1.1.i586 (query ‘says” not installed)
libXvMCW-0.9.3-1.1.i586 conflicts with files from package xorg-x11-devel-6.9.0-48 (inbuilt?)

Some that I couldn’t install

kaffeine-0.8.1-0.pm.0.i686
cause its dependencies libgstreamer and libgstinterfaces (plugins) conflict with some existing package

file /opt/gnome/bin/gst-feedback from install of gstreamer-0.8.11-3 conflicts with file from package gstreamer010-0.10.4-11
file /opt/gnome/bin/gst-inspect from install of gstreamer-0.8.11-3 conflicts with file from package gstreamer010-0.10.4-11
file /opt/gnome/bin/gst-launch from install of gstreamer-0.8.11-3 conflicts with file from package gstreamer010-0.10.4-11
file /opt/gnome/bin/gst-md5sum from install of gstreamer-0.8.11-3 conflicts with file from package gstreamer010-0.10.4-11
file /opt/gnome/bin/gst-typefind from install of gstreamer-0.8.11-3 conflicts with file from package gstreamer010-0.10.4-11
file /opt/gnome/bin/gst-xmlinspect from install of gstreamer-0.8.11-3 conflicts with file from package gstreamer010-0.10.4-11
file /opt/gnome/bin/gst-xmllaunch from install of gstreamer-0.8.11-3 conflicts with file from package gstreamer010-0.10.4-11

# and the question is do I really need to install kaffeine-0.8.1-0.pm.0.i686 and cause kaffeine-0.7.1-28 is already installed, though newer is better?

transcode-1.0.2-0.pm.4.i686
cause some of its dependencies yeild some conflict info

file /usr/bin/lib/libmp4v2.so.0.0.0 from faad2 conflicts with file from package libmp4v2-1.4.1-2 and therefore faac & libffmpeg-0.4.9-6.pm.svn 20060701.i686 etc. could not be installed

file /usr/bin/x264 from install of libx264-0.svn532-1 conflicts with file from package x264-0.0svn20060625-1
file /usr/lib/libx264.so.47 from install of libx264-0.svn532-1 conflicts with file from package x264-0.0svn20060625-1

# I think this is where your pushing stuff in approach would be needed! ?

Like always you can also reply via email

Regards,
MFK.

[bigtomrodney]

If you really want to force these apps in you can do it using the force and nodeps options. I must highlight that there is a reason why you are forcing them, so if any trouble comes of this I'm stepping away

I would ignore the x264 package as you already have a different version. What you need to do is -

rpm --force --nodeps nameofrpm.rpm

You can use a wildcard like *.rpm if you want, and everything in the directory is to be installed. YaST wil most likely complain of broken dependencies from now on, so you can choose to ignore this but there is potential of problems.

Again, use at your own risk.

[mohdfurqankhan]

Dear Tom,

Thanks for the advice and the word of caution!

Just forced in transcode-1.0.2-0.pm.4.i686 and for the moment no problems, everythings working like before.

Will post if some issue comes up.

Regards,
MFK.