hello, i canīt play mp3 files. i read many articles wich were saying that to use xmms to play mp3 i should dowload rpm file to make play it again. but after i install rpm file iīm trying to play mp3 using xmms it just hungs. whatīs wrong? i canīt even close it. i tried to download and install mpg123 player. but also after i type it giving this: [berdy@localhost mpg123-0.59r]$ make linux make CC=gcc LDFLAGS= \ OBJECTS='decode_i386.o dct64_i386.o decode_i586.o \ audio_oss.o term.o' \ CFLAGS='-DI386_ASSEM -DPENTIUM_OPT -DREAL_IS_FLOAT -DLINUX \ -DREAD_MMAP -DOSS -DTERM_CONTROL\ -Wall -O2 -m486 \ -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-all-loops \ -finline-functions -ffast-math' \ mpg123-make make[1]: Entering directory `/home/berdy/mpg123-0.59r' make[2]: Entering directory `/home/berdy/mpg123-0.59r' gcc -DI386_ASSEM -DPENTIUM_OPT -DREAL_IS_FLOAT -DLINUX -DREAD_MMAP -DOSS -DTERM_CONTROL -Wall -O2 -m486 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-all-loops -finline-functions -ffast-math -c -o mpg123.o mpg123.c make[2]: gcc: Command not found make[2]: *** [mpg123.o] Error 127 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/berdy/mpg123-0.59r' make[1]: *** [mpg123-make] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/berdy/mpg123-0.59r' make: *** [linux] Error 2 but i can listen to cd, so i donīt have any problems with my sound card. please, help! donīt let me go back to windows. berdy.

You need to go to freshrpms.net and get the mp3 plugin for xmms. They are in the process of moving so if thier site is down do a google search for a mirror. It is a small download I have never had a problem with it on any of my RedHat 9 boxes Take Care Ron

thank you for your reply. but it didnīt help. i downloaded that rpn file - no result. same thing - it is playing exacly 1 sec, and after ĻhungsĻ but it plays cd though. any ideas, why my xmms player hungs?

hi, after installing take preferences in xmms, i think ctrl+p or right click on xmms player options-preferences check the player with diffrent Audio i/o plugins, hope this would work, coz, i too had the same pbm, but doing this solved my problem. b@bs

hi, check the output plugins.. i forgot to say that b@bs

Hi berdy, You got : "make[2]: gcc: Command not found" ? Did you install egcs on your system ? If so you should make a symlink to it with the name gcc in /usr/bin. Else you should install gcc from your distro, or get it on it's binary form, or even compile it, if your computer is getting bored, like mine :-). Anyway, it would be fine if you could tell me which Xmms version it was and if you got any error messages.