Playback problems!

[R3za]

Ok so I'm new to Linux and have just installed Suse 10.2 and am trying to use Banshee music player to play my music and I get an error telling me that I may need to install the correct plugins etc can anyone tell me how to do this in Linux.

Also using Totem movie player, same problem can't playback anything anyone help here?

[Bahamut]

I have the same problem.. Is there any help out there?

[nalg0rath]

What type of music file/stream are you trying to play?

The first time you start Banshee you should get a "License Agreement"-page that you must accept (by pressing "OK") to be able to play MP3-files, but you can still play OGG-files if you don't. (for example from Wikipedia)

So you should try to play an ogg-file and if it works you probably just need to find the "License Agreement"-page again and press "OK" instead of "Cancel". If this does not work you will need to tell us what sound-card you have and more such info.

[Bahamut]

Ok Heres The problem, I never had a licence agreement... i just opened up. im running suse 10.2 Gnome, and i have also installed xmms and tried that, no use. i can play music off cds not from file. im trueing to open my mp3 collection. no use,. in xmms i can play wav files thats it. Also i have installed both all-codec and that liber somthing or another codec pack. still no use,.the ogg files play straight from mozilla firefox. i cant understand the problem. (im a new user to linux btw. sorry for the noobness This is my only problem..) thanks for the help for far! Ryan

[gogalthorp]

Here is a good place to start

Hacking openSUSE 10.2 - Software in Review

what you need is the win32 codec

mp3 is not a free codec there are patents on it so it is not distributed by default.