On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:59 PM, P. Larry Nelson<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Troy,
>
> Thanks, but no joy.
> Installed the 2 you mentioned, restarted firefox and same sequence
> of events occurs - Helix fires up but another box pops up right away
> saying I need RealPlayer. This doesn't need a reboot does it?
No reboot should be needed. Are you using KDE or Gnome? [Also what does
yum list '*mp3*'
say. There may need to be another app.
http://www.real.com/linux
has the realplayer that should work with 4 (I think.. it may only work
with 5 though :/).
> Then I tried saving the MP3 file and double-clicked on it.
> This time an app called Noatun pops up, but none of its buttons
> do a damn thing.
>
> - Larry
>
> Troy Dawson wrote on 6/5/2009 3:46 PM:
>>
>> P. Larry Nelson wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've always done linux admin on just servers, so I've never needed
>>> to know about such things as playing MP3 files on linux.
>>>
>>> Well, now I've got a user with a fully patched SL4.6 laptop and
>>> is trying to get an MP3 file to play.
>>>
>>> Go to a web page with an MP3 sample and click on it.
>>> A dialog box pops up asking whether to save or use the default
>>> application, which is something called Helix. Choose Helix.
>>> Helix app box pops up but then another box opens and says one
>>> needs to get RealPlayer. Fine, except I can only find RealPlayer-11
>>> which doesn't install on SL4.6 due to dependencies.
>>>
>>> So, my question is (at its simplest) how does one play MP3 files
>>> on an SL4.6 box? Is there something other than Helix that doesn't
>>> need RealPlayer? Or, if RealPlayer is indeed needed, where can
>>> I find a version of RealPlayer that works on SL4.6?
>>> Googling, so far, hasn't helped - but then it hasn't been an
>>> exhaustive search.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> - Larry
>>
>>
>> yum install gstreamer-plugins-mp3 xmms-mp3
>>
>> Troy
>>
>
>
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