Music player?

**shawnbowski** · 01-03-2005, 10:22 AM

Is there any music player's that player's mp3's .asf mpeg files on redhat 9?

Skie · 01-03-2005, 12:36 PM

XMMS should play mp3's. I'm not sure about ASF files however. If you have MPlayer or Xine installed, you should be able to play ASF, WMV and other files. You'll need to install the Windows Codecs in order to play most of these files. You can get the codec at: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/dload.html

**shawnbowski** · 01-03-2005, 03:51 PM

Thanks alot, i will try it. Wait..... how do you install the windows Codecs?

Skie · 01-03-2005, 04:04 PM

Use Konquerer to uncompress the file if it's a bz2, or open a terminal window and type: tar -jxvf <filename>

Then copy the files to /usr/lib/win32 (do this as root)

**shawnbowski** · 01-03-2005, 04:13 PM

Thanks i will try it.

**shawnbowski** · 01-03-2005, 05:35 PM

I downloaded Mplayer, codecs, fonts, skin, i need a step-by-step on how to
install it.

Skie · 01-03-2005, 09:51 PM

I'll tell you right now that if you don't already have MPlayer, it's going to be a HUGE pain in the *** for you to do it. If you're stuborn and still want to do it, then I'd recommend downloading the RPM's. Basically, you'll just need to try installing each RPM until one of them tells you that you're missing something. Then just do a google search for that RPM and try installing it. You'll run into layers of missing files. In other words, mplayer needs such and such file, but that file needs 3 different files, and maybe those 3 need yet other files.

I've never tried installing Xine, but I'm sure it's similar. There's no easy way to do it however. Maybe these links might help, but they're for installing from source. http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=23218 or http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2004/01/msg00673.html.

**gotissues68** · 01-03-2005, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skie

I'll tell you right now that if you don't already have MPlayer, it's going to be a HUGE pain in the *** for you to do it. If you're stuborn and still want to do it, then I'd recommend downloading the RPM's. Basically, you'll just need to try installing each RPM until one of them tells you that you're missing something. Then just do a google search for that RPM and try installing it. You'll run into layers of missing files. In other words, mplayer needs such and such file, but that file needs 3 different files, and maybe those 3 need yet other files.

I've never tried installing Xine, but I'm sure it's similar. There's no easy way to do it however. Maybe these links might help, but they're for installing from source. http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=23218 or http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2004/01/msg00673.html.

LOL but isn't that why we love Linux Skie?

Skie · 01-03-2005, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gotissues68

LOL but isn't that why we love Linux Skie?

Definately. But I'm letting him know what he's getting into. ;) I've installed MPlayer several times, and I hate it each time.

**gotissues68** · 01-03-2005, 11:15 PM

I've done it a few times on my slackware box and haven't had too many issues, its a package my buddy rolled from source though, and I only needed one dependency that wasn't installed via the default slackware install which was nice.. thinking maybe we can roll a package for Shawn if he gets into too much trouble with a minimum of dependencies :) I have access to a couple of redhat 9 boxen so I can build it with his installed package base or a good idea of whats installed so it'll go as smooth as possible

batty_professor · 01-03-2005, 11:20 PM

I had tried unsuccessfully to install MPlayer. Then I found it was in the available packages on my mandrake 10.0 CD's. I don't know if that would work for RH9 though.

Skie · 01-04-2005, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gotissues68

I've done it a few times on my slackware box and haven't had too many issues, its a package my buddy rolled from source though, and I only needed one dependency that wasn't installed via the default slackware install which was nice.. thinking maybe we can roll a package for Shawn if he gets into too much trouble with a minimum of dependencies :) I have access to a couple of redhat 9 boxen so I can build it with his installed package base or a good idea of whats installed so it'll go as smooth as possible

This would help. :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by batty_professor

I had tried unsuccessfully to install MPlayer. Then I found it was in the available packages on my mandrake 10.0 CD's. I don't know if that would work for RH9 though.

It may or may not. This would depend on the version of installed dependencies. Mandrake 10 is a lot newer then RH 9 (by 3 years or so).

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Skie Manager, Alternative Comp Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Chicago burbs Posts: 2,194 OS: Gentoo Linux, CentOS, OS X My System	XMMS should play mp3's. I'm not sure about ASF files however. If you have MPlayer or Xine installed, you should be able to play ASF, WMV and other files. You'll need to install the Windows Codecs in order to play most of these files. You can get the codec at: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/dload.html __________________

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shawnbowski Lacoka Nostra Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: hoe's town new jersey Posts: 1,055 OS: memory hugry windows XP	Thanks alot, i will try it. Wait..... how do you install the windows Codecs? __________________

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shawnbowski Lacoka Nostra Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: hoe's town new jersey Posts: 1,055 OS: memory hugry windows XP	I downloaded Mplayer, codecs, fonts, skin, i need a step-by-step on how to install it. __________________

01-03-2005, 09:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
Skie Manager, Alternative Comp Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Chicago burbs Posts: 2,194 OS: Gentoo Linux, CentOS, OS X My System	I'll tell you right now that if you don't already have MPlayer, it's going to be a HUGE pain in the *** for you to do it. If you're stuborn and still want to do it, then I'd recommend downloading the RPM's. Basically, you'll just need to try installing each RPM until one of them tells you that you're missing something. Then just do a google search for that RPM and try installing it. You'll run into layers of missing files. In other words, mplayer needs such and such file, but that file needs 3 different files, and maybe those 3 need yet other files. I've never tried installing Xine, but I'm sure it's similar. There's no easy way to do it however. Maybe these links might help, but they're for installing from source. http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=23218 or http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2004/01/msg00673.html. __________________

01-03-2005, 11:15 PM	#10 (permalink)
gotissues68 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vancouver Washington, Mountain View CA and Atlanta GA you pick the week! Posts: 716 OS: Linux/FreeBSD	I've done it a few times on my slackware box and haven't had too many issues, its a package my buddy rolled from source though, and I only needed one dependency that wasn't installed via the default slackware install which was nice.. thinking maybe we can roll a package for Shawn if he gets into too much trouble with a minimum of dependencies :) I have access to a couple of redhat 9 boxen so I can build it with his installed package base or a good idea of whats installed so it'll go as smooth as possible __________________

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