playing video and playing mp3

[rowy]

Hi all
I just installed linux junior and when i try and open a mpg i get the error no installed viewer capable of displaying it.
Allso i open a mp3 and get 3 error msg 1 check u have selected the out put plug in or 2 that no other programs blocking your sound
thanks for any help as i would like to move away from windows
thanks Duane

[pbharris]

hello,
i am not aware of a distribution called linuxjunior, but from the problem you are having i am guessing you have redhat 8.0.
go here and download the rpms for redhat 8.0
http://www.xmms.org/

here is a cheat sheet on how to istall rpms
http://www.linuxjunior.org/cgi-bin/p...play&id=35

[kornp]

lol, i just had to vote on that one, bet you can't guess which option i picked!

and welcome to LinuxJunior btw.

[praetorian]

You need the smpeg-xmms plugin to play MPG's in XMMS..

Go find the MP3 libaries for RH 8.0 and install 'em.

[Kernel_Killer]

Try out Mplayer. Much better for video. Play any video format you want to view. ;D

[imported_RedHat]

[quote author=Kernel_Killer link=board=6;threadid=6569;start=0#61914 date=1047617245]
Try out Mplayer. Much better for video. Play any video format you want to view. ;D
[/quote]

Argh, mplayer requires a million dependencies when I try to install the RPM. Dontcha hate that.

[kornp]

[quote author=RedHat link=board=6;threadid=6569;start=0#61915 date=1047618476]
[quote author=Kernel_Killer link=board=6;threadid=6569;start=0#61914 date=1047617245]
Try out Mplayer. Much better for video. Play any video format you want to view. ;D
[/quote]

Argh, mplayer requires a million dependencies when I try to install the RPM. Dontcha hate that.
[/quote]

Ah, but it's worth it! Maybee I just think this because I have a package management system that takes care of it all, but really, it's a great movie player, and is worth the extra effort. (Xine is also good)

[praetorian]

Build an MPlayer package from source on Debian and have it install the dependencies.

[quote author=RedHat link=board=6;threadid=6569;start=0#61915 date=1047618476]
Argh, mplayer requires a million dependencies ...
[/quote]
Not really, all you need is mplayer and mplayer-common, get it here if you like.

[Schotty]

[quote author=Kernel_Killer link=board=6;threadid=6569;start=0#61914 date=1047617245]
Try out Mplayer. Much better for video. Play any video format you want to view. ;D
[/quote]

I officially fourth that opinon. Mplayer is the best as far as features. Xine and Ogle are good too.

For music, grab the latest xmms package/source tarball.