Bugzilla – Bug 134557
xmms does not play mp3 files
Last modified: 2005-11-24 13:02:53 UTC
I'm trying to get my xmms working like in 9.3 version. I'm using same soundcard (SoundBlaster - Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI) No playing at all, mp3 or ogg files I tryed under WindowMaker, KDE and GNOME. For records, some outputs: sagan:~ # cat /etc/SuSE-release SUSE LINUX 10.0 (X86-64) OSS VERSION = 10.0 sagan:~ # uname -a Linux sagan 2.6.13-15-smp #1 SMP Tue Sep 13 14:56:15 UTC 2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux sagan:~ # cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 4 model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz stepping : 1 cpu MHz : 3200.665 cache size : 1024 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl cid cx16 xtpr bogomips : 6410.47 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 128 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 4 model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz stepping : 1 cpu MHz : 3200.665 cache size : 1024 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl cid cx16 xtpr bogomips : 6401.54 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 128 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: sagan:~ # rpm -qa|grep alsa alsa-1.0.9-23 alsa-devel-1.0.9-23 kalsatools-1.5.0-350 alsa-firmware-1.0.9-4 alsa-32bit-1.0.9-23 alsamixergui-0.9.0rc1-546 alsa-tools-gui-1.0.9-6 FA_clalsadrv-1.0.1-5 alsa-tools-1.0.9-6 sagan:~ # rpm -qa|grep xmms xmms-lib-1.2.10-77 xmms-jack-0.14-2 amarok-xmms-1.3.1-7 xmms-kde-3.1-57 xmms-plugins-1.2.10-15 xmms-gnome2-0-510 xmms-1.2.10-77
Please elaborate what do you mean "no playing". mp3 doesn't work with xmms on 10.0 with an extra package (which is not distributed).
I solve the problem installing xmms from the "pac-man" repository. But, for records, when I was trying to play a mp3 list, the cursor was jumping trough all files, and was playing no one of them. Now: xmms-devel-1.2.10-79.pm.1 xmms-lib-1.2.10-79.pm.1 xmms-lib-mad-1.2.10-79.pm.1 xmms-1.2.10-79.pm.1 xmms-plugins-1.2.10-15
Skipping files means that the format isn't supported. Possibly lack of libmad or so. Note that basically I can't help about MP3 on 10.0 unless you bought a license of MP3. So I recommend you to ask on packman list.
Ok, Now I understand, reading the http://www.mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html page. I'll buy it. Thanks in advance.