[FC3] No mp3 activity at any cost

[Kenny Gow]

Brian Fahrlander wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 11:02 -0600, Kenny Gow wrote:
> 
> 
>>>    Ah; ok.  I yanked it all, loaded from base+freshrpms and it can read
>>>an mp3 _file_ just fine.  (Ten more files added to the library...)
>>>
>>>    Now, I'm having trouble using it to decode streams from online
>>>services like shoutcast and WLSAM.com.  Something about "decoder or
>>>demux not found".
>>>
>>>    The URL's I'm trying are:
>>>
>>>http://abcrad.sc.llnwd.net:12015/listen.pls
>>>
>>>http://shoutcast.com/sbin/shoutcast-playlist.pls?rn=6929&file=filename.pls
>>>
>>>    Or maybe this is some kinda whacked-out RB problem?
>>>
>>>    Is anyone able to use RB ("Music Player") to hear these under FC3?
>>>
>>
>>Hi Brian,
>>
>>First, let me say that I really want to like Rhythmbox music
>>player, but it often doesn't work right. Seems every other
>>update seems to work, sort of. The version I have right now
>>can't scan my music folders properly, hanging after
>>getting about 50% of the files loaded.....
>>
>>BUT, the version of rhythmbox I have is:
>>
>>$ rpm -q rhythmbox
>>rhythmbox-0.8.8-1
> 
> 
>     Rats; me, too.  Maybe there's a newer version on their site?
> 
> 
>>and, whaddya know, those two Shoutcast links you posted
>>above play just fine in rhythmbox. And other Shoutcast links
>>seem to play just fine.
>>
>>Perhaps you need to upgrade rhythmbox?
> 
> 
>     Would, if I could; will if I can.  It's also possible some kind of
> configuration thing is messed up.
> 
>     Here's the kicker: when I clicked on the URLs above, Firefox opened
> ***MOVIE PLAYER*** and one of them worked.  Go figure.
> 
FYI, I can also play those links in RealPlayer 10 (Linux),
xmms, and xine.