MPEG 2 : xmms/audacious

[Richard Emberson]

Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On 10/01/2008, Richard Emberson <remberson at edgedynamics.com> wrote:
>> Fedora 8
>>
>> I've got one mp3 file that plays with xmms but not with
>> audacious. I've got another mp3 file that can not be
>> played with either.
>>
>> XMMS
>> Options->Prefences
>>      Input plugins
>>      MPEG Layer 1/2/3 Placeholder Plugin [librh_mp3.so] (disabled)
>>      MPEG Layer 1/2/3 Player 1.2.10 [libmpg123.so]
>>
>> View File Info over file entry that plays
>>      MPEG 1, layer 3,
>>      Bitrate: 128 kb/s
>>      Samplerate: 44100 Hz
>>      19913 frames
>>
>> View File Info over file entry does not play
>>      MPEG 2, layer 3,
>>      Bitrate: 56 kb/s
>>      Samplerate: 22050 Hz
>>      23352 frames
>>
>>
>> Click on file entry
>> On Alert popup:
>>      Please check that:
>>      Your soundcard is configured properly
>>      You have the correct output plugin selected
>>      No other program is blocking the soundcard.
>> StdOut:
>>      ** WARNING **: alsa_setup(): Set buffer time failed: Invalid argument.
>>
>> AUDACIOUS
>>
>> click on file that plays with XMMS
>> On Alert popup:
>>      Please check that:
>>      Your soundcard is configured properly
>>      You have the correct output plugin selected
>>      No other program is blocking the soundcard.
>> StdOut:
>>   *** PULSEAUDIO: Unable to create stream.
>>    MADPlug-Message: failed to open audio output: XMMS reverse
>> compatibility output plugin
> 
> Both your examples show that you could not play the file. Else you
> wouldn't get those messages on stdout and not the error dialog about
> verifying your soundcard configuration either.
> 
The MPEG2 file could not be played by either xmms or audacious.
The MPEG1 file could not be played by audacious.
>> How do I get XMMS to play an MPEG 2 file?
>> How do I get audacious (the better xmms) to play any mp3 file?
> 
> Installing audacious-plugins-nonfree-mp3 would be enough for Audacious.
> 
# yum install audacious-plugins-nonfree-mp3
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Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Package audacious-plugins-nonfree-mp3 - 1.3.5-1.lvn8.i386 is already 
installed.
Nothing to do

audacious-plugins-nonfree-mp3 is already installed.


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