Unable to play mp3. Error says: could not find plugin for mplayer2

sreeramabsc · 01-30-2006, 02:38 AM

Hi friends,
I use RedHat 9 .
I am unable to play songs. The error says unable to get plugin mplayer2. What is this "mplayer" and what all should I load to get this working. Actually I have all the 3 CDs of RedHat with me. So, if anyone can guide me through the process of loading the mplayer (or tips to know whether it is loaded already), I would be very thankful.

Kindly suggest.

Regards,
Sreeram

djuhl30 · 01-30-2006, 02:52 AM

What you need to play mp3's is a mp3 decoder. Redhat wont ship the decoder with there distro cause it a commerical codecs. they leave it up to the user to install it. You can go to www.freshrpms.org or com and download the xmms-mp3 plugin rpm. MPlayer is a media player they have that at site as well. You need libdvdcss to decrypt dvd's.

Dave

sreeramabsc · 01-30-2006, 03:21 AM

Hi,
Thanks for your reply. I visited the site www.freshrpms.com ,but I failed to identify the xmms-mp3 plugin and also I failed to download the same. Are there any other means, from where I can freely download the x-mplayer2 ? If yes, kindly suggest.

Regards,
Sreeram

djuhl30 · 01-31-2006, 02:47 AM

Here http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrp...at/9/xmms-mp3/
It I made a error. I haven't used red hat in so long. It was .net not .com. Use google to look for a working plugin. One exists. If not go to www.xmms.org and download and compile xmms. Xmms has it in the code.

Dave

sreeramabsc · 02-01-2006, 02:09 AM

Hi,
Thanks for your reply. Can this run windows media songs? Basically I get that error when I try to run songs of the windows media format. Which application should I use to run the windows media format songs? Where can I download it?

Please inform.

Thanks,
Sreeram

djuhl30 · 02-01-2006, 11:41 AM

yeah there is a wma plugin as xmms as well... Or just get MPlayer

djuhl30 · 02-01-2006, 04:13 PM

There is a plugin for wma for xmms... Same site just backup a few directories..

Dave