If you use the rpmforge repo you can also get VLC too and between Mplayer and VLC I have not found an audio format they wont play. On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 10:15:30 -0500 "Brunner, Brian T." <BBrunner at gai-tronics.com> wrote: > > http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html > > Step-by-step mp3 play > > http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/dag/packages/xmms/ > > Also works > > You may try > rpm -Uhv > http://apt.sw.be/packages/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5. > rf.i386.rpm > Then > yum install xmms xmms-skins xmms-mp3 > yum install gstreamer-plugins-bad > yum install gstreamer-plugins-ugly > > Another path to the answer > ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/i386/audacious-plugins > -nonfree-mp3-1.3.2-1.lvn6.i386.rpm > ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/fed > ora/linux/extras/6/i386/audacious-plugins-1.3.3-1.fc6.i386.rpm > ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/fed > ora/linux/extras/6/i386/audacious-1.3.2-1.fc6.i386.rpm > ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/e > xtras/6/i386/audacious-libs-1.3.2-1.fc6.i386.rpm > > I'm sorry you asked a question to which there are MANY correct > answers. Here at work I'm stuck with a windows box and a sounless > centos box; at home my centos box just plays what I tell it to so I > have no recollection of exactly what I did (besides install and > upgrade all) to get as happy as I am. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Johan Scheepers > > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 10:05 AM > > To: centos > > Subject: [CentOS] centos 5.5 - using mp3 > > > > Good day, > > > > Been googling about this matter. > > Afraid I am now confused. > > Too many options..: for/against/whatever. > > Some is years ago. > > > > Kindly please a step x step manner in which to accomplish to > > enable mp3 please. > > Thanks > > Johan > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > ******************************************************************* > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom > they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please > notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this > email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. > www.Hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated** > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos