I'd like to install "Gstreamer" so that I can get MP3 support in Rhythmbox. At least, I'm led to believe MP3 support comes with installing Gstreamer from Rhythmbox's FAQ.
But when I get to the Gstreamer download page: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/download/
... it says:
"Do not compile from source yourself unless you are certain you have to or want to"
Okay, fine. So I look for an RPM. But it doesn't have those, it only has repositories for Fedora and Red Hat.
A while back I messed up my system by installing repositories for Fedora, so I'm wary of doing that kind of thing again.
I tried a YUM search for gstreamer to see if it was available on DAG, but no luck there.
Does this mean I fall into the category of compiling myself because I have to? The warning on the web site makes it sound like this is something for experts to do.
Dave
On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 10:41:58PM +0900, Dave Gutteridge enlightened us:
I'd like to install "Gstreamer" so that I can get MP3 support in Rhythmbox. At least, I'm led to believe MP3 support comes with installing Gstreamer from Rhythmbox's FAQ.
But when I get to the Gstreamer download page: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/download/
... it says:
"Do not compile from source yourself unless you are certain you have to or want to"
Okay, fine. So I look for an RPM. But it doesn't have those, it only has repositories for Fedora and Red Hat.
A while back I messed up my system by installing repositories for Fedora, so I'm wary of doing that kind of thing again.
I tried a YUM search for gstreamer to see if it was available on DAG, but no luck there.
Does this mean I fall into the category of compiling myself because I have to? The warning on the web site makes it sound like this is something for experts to do.
gstreamer is already part of the base CentOS 4 install.
yum list "*gstreamer*"
It may be that mp3 support was ripped out by upstream to avoid legal issues, but that may be resolved by a few packages available from dag such as gstreamer-ffmpeg.
Matt
It may be that mp3 support was ripped out by upstream to avoid legal issues, but that may be resolved by a few packages available from dag such as gstreamer-ffmpeg.
Hmmm... I'm not sure what to make of this result. I installed the file from Dag that you suggested, and now Rhythmbox recognizes MP3 files, whereas before it wouldn't even load them.
But when I press play, it graphically shows the file playing (the timer counter moves along), but no sound comes out of my speakers.
I double checked and XMMS no longer plays MP3s either.
So, did the gstreamer-ffmpeg possibly do this, or might this have something to do with my recent fix to FireFox to get it playing sound?
Dave
On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 12:38:31AM +0900, Dave Gutteridge enlightened us:
It may be that mp3 support was ripped out by upstream to avoid legal issues, but that may be resolved by a few packages available from dag such as gstreamer-ffmpeg.
Hmmm... I'm not sure what to make of this result. I installed the file from Dag that you suggested, and now Rhythmbox recognizes MP3 files, whereas before it wouldn't even load them.
But when I press play, it graphically shows the file playing (the timer counter moves along), but no sound comes out of my speakers.
I double checked and XMMS no longer plays MP3s either.
So, did the gstreamer-ffmpeg possibly do this, or might this have something to do with my recent fix to FireFox to get it playing sound?
Probably the latter. What the .asoundrc file did was configure the ALSA sound system for your user. You might try changing the output plugin on xmms to ALSA and see if it starts playing again. Same would go from Rhythmbox.
Matt
I'm a little confused.
First, I discovered something just after my last post. And that is that if i go to Applciations | System Settings | Soundcard Detection, it's been set to a "Labs SB Live" sound device which is, I believe, the motherboard's onboard sound device, as I have no sound card.
My sound device is a Kenwood stereo, that is connected by USB.
When I first installed CentOS, it not only detected my Kenwood Audio Device, it detected it twice. When I go to the Soundcard Detection interface, it shows the Labs SB Live on one tab, the Kenwood on the tab to the right, and then a third tab with the Kenwood device listed again.
When I installed CentOS, I selected the Kenwood Audio device as the default, and it's worked perfectly for months, until today.
When I first installed the .asoundrc file, it worked and I could hear sound from within FireFox.
But after installing gstreamer-ffmpeg, it seems that now it is insisting that my sound device be the "Labs SB Live" device. Which has no speakers attached, so of course I can't hear it even if it is working.
So, I'm open to the idea that it's the .asoundrc file that's changed things, but then why did it work at first as far as FireFox goes? Now, no sound at all works in FireFox or anything else?
Can I force CentOS back into using my Kenwood device as my primary - and only - sound device?
Dave
On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 01:17 +0900, Dave Gutteridge wrote:
Can I force CentOS back into using my Kenwood device as my primary - and only - sound device?
In .asoundrc, find the line in pcm.dmixer that says hw:0,0 and change the first 0 to a 1 or 2, then go into ctl.dmixer and change the number after card to the same value.
In .asoundrc, find the line in pcm.dmixer that says hw:0,0 and change the first 0 to a 1 or 2, then go into ctl.dmixer and change the number after card to the same value.
That's done it! I changed the 0 to a 1 in both places, and now I'm sailing.
Thanks everyone for the great advice. Every step was very clear and helpful.
Dave
I had the same kind of problems with java and finally find a solution here it is
http://www.fedoranews.org/contributors/stanton_finley/fc3_note/#Java
create link as follows and will work for mozilla and firefox. The only way soft link does work is this way. so do like this:
ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0_04/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so
--- Dave Gutteridge dave@tokyocomedy.com wrote:
I'd like to install "Gstreamer" so that I can get MP3 support in Rhythmbox. At least, I'm led to believe MP3 support comes with installing Gstreamer from Rhythmbox's FAQ.
But when I get to the Gstreamer download page: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/download/
... it says:
"Do not compile from source yourself unless you are certain you have to or want to"
Okay, fine. So I look for an RPM. But it doesn't have those, it only has repositories for Fedora and Red Hat.
A while back I messed up my system by installing repositories for Fedora, so I'm wary of doing that kind of thing again.
I tried a YUM search for gstreamer to see if it was available on DAG, but no luck there.
Does this mean I fall into the category of compiling myself because I have to? The warning on the web site makes it sound like this is something for experts to do.
Dave
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
__________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca
-
Dave Gutteridge -
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams -
Matt Hyclak -
mohamed yusuf