Re: [LUG] Good media player ?

[luke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Richard,

I also should have mentioned the xmms package is an 
upgrade. So you will need to open a console/terminal 
and type in:

]#su
(and then your root password)

Note redhat uses rpm (redhat package management).

]#rpm -Uvh xmms-mpg123-1.2.7-21.i386.rpm 

Check out the tutorials that Neil put on the lug site. 
Especially the one on command line.

Quoting luke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> Hi Richard,
> 
> You can use xmms for your mp3s. But note that as
> the 
> player comes on the redhat install it will not
> play 
> mp3s (this is due to redhat being to nervous
> about 
> patents?!)
> 
> However there is a binary you can use that will
> remove 
> the restrictions:
> 
> <careful of the wordwrap on this url>
> 
> http://havardk.xmms.org/dist/xmms-1.2.7-rh8-rh9-
> rpm/xmms-mpg123-1.2.7-21.i386.rpm
> 
> I use xine for my dvd vcd stuff:
> 
> http://xinehq.de/
> 
> Note that you need the plugins for the winders
> stuff to 
> play. RPM's are available you may have to google
> a bit!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Luke
> 
> Quoting richard.fuller1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> 
> > Hello a newbie here again.
> > 
> > Thanks to all who have helped me so far.
> > 
> > I've installed RedHat 9 and it seems (?)
> that
> > the basic personal
> > install does not include a multi-purpose
> media
> > player.
> > 
> > CD player yes, CD ripper yes but not a media
> > player that will play
> > .avi's
> >
> .......mpg's........wav........mov.........mp3........
> ...asf
> > etc.
> > 
> > I have tried to look through the 7 CD's in
> the
> > Redhat Dist package and
> > have come across the cast list of Lord of
> The
> > Rings.(abbreviated)...the extreme terseness
> of
> > the file name doesn't
> > really tell me very much.
> > 
> > If anyone is familiar with RedHat 9 can they
> > tell me of a good all
> > round Media player in the Distribution
> ??..and
> > is it as easy as double
> > clicking on the file to get it to install
> (?)
> > (probably not I rather
> > feel, we are not in windows territory now
> young
> > man.)
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Richard
> > 
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