[Gllug] X - .mp3 problem

[Ashley Evans]

MPlayer solves all of my movies viewing problems. XINE is also poplar but I 
find it a bit unstable and it handles less movie types.

Ash.

On Tuesday 25 Mar 2003 11:42 am, Manjush G. Menon wrote:
> hi list,
>
> solved the .mp3 problem by applying the patch.
>
> Now my friend needs to see .dat and .mpeg/.mpg
> movies. Any suggestions?
>
> what all packages are needed for viewing .mp(e)g
> and .dat files?
>
> Thanks for your spared time :-)
>
> Have a great day
>
> ~~Manjush
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: John Hearns
>   To: gllug at linux.co.uk
>   Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 5:03 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Gllug] X - .mp3 problem
>
>   On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 06:45, Manjush G. Menon wrote:
>   > Hi List,
>   >
>   > Recently, my friend installed RH8.0 on his
>   > machine with Win 2k and Win 98
>   > The only problem he's facing is that the
>   > X media player doesnt play .mp3 songs
>
>   Manjush, I also run Redhat 8.0, and came across the same problem
>   As I remember, the Freshrpms site is the place to look
>   I installed this RPM from the site:
>   http://psyche.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=107
>   and as I recall I also installed the xmms RPM from there also
>
>
>   Adam and Paul have pointed out the reasons for this already
>   I also echo what Paul says about using Ogg
>
>
>
>
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