[PLUG] Getting a red Hat system to play audio files

[Scott Van Hoosen]

Michael,

Red Hat removed MP3 support from xmms due to patent
issues, I believe. There is an rpm that will add mp3
support back into it. It is no longer on their web
page like it used to be, but I have posted a copy of
it to my web page. This is actually the Red Hat 8
version, but works for Red Hat 9. The URL is:


http://vanhoosen.net/temp/xmms-mpg123-1.2.7-13.i386.rpm

Hope this helps.

-Scott

--- Michael Hopcroft <mhopcroft at seraphimguard.com>
wrote:
> Red hat 9 has one glaring weakness. the deliberately
> disabled MP3
> support, making their audio player virtually
> useless. Worse, the video
> player (which is supposed to have MP3 support) that
> I just downloaded
> not only won;t play MP3 files (it starts the files
> but no sound comes
> out) but it won't play the audio track on my video
> files. Is there
> something in the Red Hat system that blocks out
> those audio standards
> from ALL pieces of software, or is there some RPM or
> code I can install
> that would re-enable MP3 and audio?
> 
> Before anyone asks, Red Hat did test the sound card
> successfully.
> 
> 
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