Redhat-install-list Digest, Vol 7, Issue 17

[Tapas Ranjan]

    It's better to remove the xmms version coming with the default 
Redhat version and try downloading other xmms rpm alongwith it's devel
rpms and install that one. Don't forget to remove the ~user/.xmms, 
while testing the new install.
	
	---Tapas

>> Recently I migrated my comp to RedHat Linux 9.0, when tried to play a
>> mp3 file, there is a message "License Issue".
>>
>Howdy Naveen,

>visit www.google.com
>and enter:
>xmms mp3 license

>You should find something about how xmms devel lost the lease for the
>codecs necessary to play mp3 files. it was part of some stupid lawsuit
>over copyright infringement, IIRC...
>
>You can download a version that will play mp3 files just fine. I however,
>use mplayer (formerly gmplayer) with a script that plays the files
>randomly. Sharing done via request.
>
>Karl